Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
"The bottom 50 percent of households in 2019 accounted for only 1 percent of the nation’s total wealth. The top 10 percent accounted for 76 percent. And this was before the pandemic accelerated income disparity."
FREE THEM ALL! A Story by Roger Cuthbertson
"FREE THEM ALL! (Yes, free all of the people locked up in jails and prisons in the U.S.)"
The world’s happiest people already have a Green New Deal, and they love it, by George Lakey
The Nordics [are] in the top tier of nations for equality because they adopted a radically different economic model...
David Korten: Why the Economy Should Stop Growing—And Just Grow Up
“How do we grow the economy?” is an obsolete question. Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies.
Sonali Kolhatkar: Cutting Through Police Propaganda in Baltimore
Kolhatkar: Such police responses to the burgeoning anti-brutality movement are part of a concerted campaign to maintain support for the status quo. That status quo has been in place since the end of slavery: Poor communities, especially communities of color, are expected to submit to the authority of the police state.
A new anthem for Occupy> Hawaiian singer surprises Obama summit with ‘Occupy’ song
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE&w=560&h=315] Hawaiian singer surprises Obama summit with ‘Occupy’ song By Agence France-Presse Sunday, November 13, 2011 via Raw Story HONOLULU, Hawaii — A popular Hawaiian recording artist turned a top-security dinner of Pacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the “Occupy” movement. Makana, More
Cornell West arrested in DC> October2011> Occupy Everywhere
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQNH4wphca0&w=560&h=315] Global Grind October 16, 2011 The October2011.org Movement that is occupying Freedom Plaza, led an impromptu march of 250 people up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S.Supreme Court where Dr. Cornel West climbed on the steps of the Supreme Court and denounced court decisions that have produced money-based elections that empower corporations. Dr. More