high-road economic development

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

Gar Alperovitz: Neither Revolution Nor Reform: A New Strategy for the Left

michaeljohnson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:53:33 -0400

"institutional reconstruction" aims either to weaken or displace corporate power in favor of democratic control

Looking backwards and wanting what 'ought' to be

michaeljohnson — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:59:54 -0400

empirical activism to achieve meaningful mutual advantage

Congressman Dennis Kucinich makes a plea to House colleagues to save America

ajowa — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:51:44 -0400

The following communication was sent Sept. 9, 2011 by the American Monetary Institute regarding Kucinich's Sept 7, speech in which he introduced the National Employment & Economic Defense (NEED) Act.

Mondragon Diaries: Day Three

michaeljohnson — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:49:07 -0400

Our topic this morning is the wider range of the cooperative movement, both in the Basque Country and Spain. Mondragon is a part of the Basque Cooperative Confederation. There are currently 755 cooperatives in the Basque Country, and only 80 of them are the worker-owned MCC coops. There are a total of 537,000 members of all the coops, but only 54,919 are worker members, and 37,860 of these are the MCC worker-owners.

Senate committee holds hearing on employee ownership in Montpelier

michaeljohnson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:35:52 -0400

Vermont Employee Ownership Center reports onthe field hearing of the Senate committee on Health, Education, Kabir, and Pensions (HELP) conerning worker-ownership legislation Sen Bernie Sanders has introduced. http://www.veoc.org/hearing.html

Doing Green Jobs Right

michaeljohnson — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:26:22 -0400

An article in The Nation magazine tells how Boston's Green Justice Coalition is creating "a model to connect the struggle for environmental justice with the fight for living-wage jobs, helping to lay the groundwork for a new generation of community-labor coalitions across the country."

The "B" Corp: A New Social Model for Business

Ethan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:36 -0400

The "B Corp" (B for "beneficial) is growing in popularity among mission-driven businesses.