Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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Banking on the People
There is another way to do banking: rather than feeding off the community, banking can feed the community and the local economy. These George Bailey-style banks, now on the rise, base their decisions first and foremost on the needs of people and the environment.
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A Rural California Town Fights Globalization
Showing fierce resistance to Chase Bank and CVS pharmacy, which are attempting to move into this semi-rural Northern California town, Occupy Sebastopol and community groups say it is time to reverse globalization and trumpet re-localization.
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Baseline Welfare: A Primer
A monetary system constructed like ours can be taken quite simply as the planned, gradual dispossession of all entities that are not banks—a brutal daylight raid run straight through the economy and the citizenry.
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New York and Los Angeles Approve Responsible Banking
City councils in the nation’s two largest cities have approved laws aimed at forcing banks to invest more in their local communities.
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Occupy Wall Street Vs. the American War Machine
Where a state stands on the international scale impacts the fate of that state's social movements. The United States' position as a global military power puts the Occupy Wall Street movement at a particular disadvantage.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, 75,000 people descended on Chicago to protest the NATO summit, two judges sided with Occupy Wall Street against the NYPD, the indefinite detention clause of the NDAA was halted by a judge, several shareholders meetings were #occupied and protesters swarmed the G8, despite its move to isolated Camp David.
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A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age?
For the general population, the situation is bad and could get worse, says Noam Chomsky. This could be a period of irreversible decline, where the 1% and the .1% are more powerful than ever, controlling the political system and disregarding the public.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models.
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Climate and the Commons
To stop climate change, we have to stop neoliberal capitalism.
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Quebec Inches Closer to Martial Law
An “emergency law” to “restore order” in Quebec amounts to a declaration of war on the student movement as mass protests continue against proposed 80% increase in tuition costs.
