A POSTCAPITALIST PARADIGM: THE COMMON GOOD OF ...

can also do so through their representatives in international organizations
like Unesco and the Organisation of the United Nations itself. There will
be a political struggle, but it is worth doing and can be seen as one of
the symbolical elements of the revolution necessary for redefining the
paradigm of the collective life of humanity on the planet.
It is very important to make the links between defending ‘common
goods’ like water, re-establishing the priority of a ‘Common Good’ and
the vision of a new construction of the ‘Common Good of Humanity’.
On the one hand, because the holistic vision embodied in the latter concept
requires practical implementation - as in common goods for example
- if it is to emerge from the abstract and be translated into action.
On the other hand, because specific struggles must take their place in
the overall plan too, in order to characterise the role they are playing,
not simply as mitigating the deficiencies of a system (thus prolonging
its existence), but rather as contributing to a profound transformation -
one that requires the coming together of the forces for change in order
to establish the bases for the survival of humanity and the planet.
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