GLEANINGS

Grassroots Democracy in Venezuela

michaeljohnson — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:58:37 -0500

a struggle for participatory budgeting in the largely agrarian municipality of Torres (population 197,000) in the central-western Venezuelan state of Lara

Announcing a Global Teach-In

michaeljohnson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:10:13 -0500

Building a new economy and new wealth through democracy networks, green jobs, and an alternative financial system

A Call for Revolutionary Love Letters

michaeljohnson — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:06:13 -0500

revolution is also about a change of heart: r/evolution in our relationships with ourselves, each other and the land--with life itself

Grace Lee Boggs Message to the Occupy Movement

michaeljohnson — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:10:36 -0500

Move on from protest to re-inventing the institutions and practices we need

Worker-Owners of America, Unite!

michaeljohnson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:17:40 -0500

Is the NY Times getting it?

The power of Occupy Wall Street at Lincoln Center Plaza

michaeljohnson — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:26:27 -0500

OWS "Truth-Force" Obliterates New York Police Department Barricade with Gandhi power

A more than interesting proposal

michaeljohnson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:51:42 -0500

"I know that this uniform doesn't have a heart, but I do."

Civil Society at Ground Zero:

michaeljohnson — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:42:45 -0500

Civil Society at Ground Zero: You Can Crush the Flowers, But You Can't Stop the Spring

More Low-Wage Workers Become Their Own Bosses

michaeljohnson — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:26:53 -0500

From California to Maine, over the last 15 years low-wage workers have steadily organized employee-owned small businesses

Get Occupied With the Co-Op Movement!

Ethan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:10:27 -0500

By Emily Kennedy, Huffington Post

I bet you haven't heard of the global movement that's demanding a democratic economy. The one that's unsatisfied with the corporate business model and the way banks dominate the system. The one that's been occupying the social change arena since 1844. They're the Co-Operative Movement.