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Jan 9, 2012, 2:17pm
Jerry Elmer
January 12, 2012 is the one hundredth anniversary of the commencement of one of the most important labor strikes in American history – the bloody 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile strike that lasted 63 days. The strike represented the...
The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ is a legitimate wake-up call to all Americans regarding the systematic theft of our futures – the 99%. I want to discuss my area of highest concern. I’m a veteran, part of the VA system, that knows that the war I...
Jul 19, 2011, 11:36pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
by Ray V. Foss with Thomas H. Greco, Jr.Creation of fiat money as interest-bearing debt causes growth imperatives destructive to both the social fabric and the environment. Continued dependence upon this system portends a continuing crisis for...
Jul 19, 2011, 12:30pm
William Hathaway
“We’ve always had wars. Humans are a warlike species. Without an army to defend us, someone will always try to conquer us.”These assumptions have become axioms of our culture. They generate despair but also a certain comfort...
May 26, 2011, 5:16pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
In some of our society’s most powerful assumptions – such as “more (money) is better,” “time is money” and “economic growth is an unquestioned societal good” – we need to experience the power, strength, anger and call to repent (to turn around)...
Jun 26, 2009, 12:27pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
FeaturesThen, This Is the Year: Imagining Our Way to the Peace Economyby Frida BerriganActive Nonviolence: Transforming the Scriptsby Ken ButiganA Courageous Dialogue: Overcoming the Triple Threatby Bernie MeyerSociopathic Capitalism...
