Tag: Occupy movement
We are the majority; we must turn that into power
We are building toward being a movement that can make transformational changes over the next decade.
Revolution Is in the Air
“We will have to do this together. No one will do it for us. And as the numbers in the streets swell the corruption of our political system becomes ever more apparent.”
Here’s What a Solidarity Economy Looks Like—From Quebec to Chicago to...
While solidarity economy isn't very well known in the English-speaking world, it's been gaining a foothold in academia and civil society groups since the turn of the century. But now the idea has had an impact on economic thinking in the U.S.
Talking Democracy: Reassessing Formal Consensus
As way to highlight some of the Occupy movement’s successes, Formal Consensus isn't ideal for every situation or issue. So where do we go from here to develop a better system?
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Bank regulator clears a Trump family crypto venture to open a national trust bank
The OCC's own decision letter records four commenters raising conflict-of-interest objections involving the president and his family, and the agency placing most of those questions outside the scope of its review.
‘My religion’s better than yours’ – so there!
To fix all truths on realms invisible Strikes skeptics as inadmissible.
“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice
The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour
Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.
Mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before Trump shrank Bears Ears
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.