Economic Justice

Worker-Owners of America, Unite!

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

Is the NY Times getting it?

The 99 Percent Organize Themselves

michaeljohnson — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:43:56 -0500

OWS and its progeny are creating a "rough and ready democracy" around the country

Move Your Money Campaign --Amy Goodman

michaeljohnson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:27:58 -0400

Campaign Grows to Divest from "Too Big to Fail" Banks to Local Banks, Credit Unions...Saturday Nov. 5 set as "Bank Transfer Day"

Occupiers Have to Convince the Other 99 Percent

michaeljohnson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:24:16 -0400

The occupation movement's greatest challenge will be overcoming the deep distrust of white liberals by the poor and the working class, especially people of color. The civil rights movement achieved a legal victory, not an economic one. And for the bottom two-thirds of African-Americans, life is worse today than it was when Martin Luther King marched in Selma in 1965.

The Public Option in Banking: The German Model

ajowa — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:54:28 -0400

Publicly-owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany’s “economic miracle” after the devastation of World War II. Although the German public banks have been targeted in the last decade for takedown by their private competitors, the model remains a viable alternative to the private profiteering being protested on Wall Street today.

OCCUPY! CONNECT! CREATE! - Imagining Life Beyond "The Economy" (part one)

Ethan — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:29:28 -0400

by Ethan Miller

"Fall in love with hard and patient work-we are the beginning, not the end."

-Zizek, at #OccupyWallStreet

"Lost my job, found an occupation!"

- sign at #OccupyWallStreet

NYC City Council Beginning a Focus on Worker Co-ops

michaeljohnson — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:37:03 -0400

Announcment from the NYC Network of Worker Co-ops in English and Spanish

From #OccupyWallStreet to #OccupyCampus?

michaeljohnson — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:58:26 -0400

It's time for higher education institutions to rethink their role in our economy and our society.

Sharing Power: Building a Solidarity Economy

michaeljohnson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:42:56 -0400

expanding our desires to share to address social inequity

Searching for a Way Forward

michaeljohnson — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:10:09 -0400

An early reflection on the #OccupyWallSt phenomenon