NEW ECONOMY
A fair economy that works for people and the planet.
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Worker Owned and Local Businesses
by Dan Swinneyposted Mar 31, 2001 - Downsized? Stuck in a cubicle? Here is how some people are creating a livelihood and also building the foundations of a life-sustaining economy.
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Why Work?
by Bob Blackposted Mar 31, 2001 - Bob Black, Why Work? Examines the stultifying impact of work and jobs and advocates the abolition of most production and the tranformation of work to play.
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The Year of Global Protest - "We withdraw our
consent!"
by Walden Belloposted Mar 31, 2001
- The Year of Global Protest: "We withdraw our consent!" by Walden Bello. Reviews anti-globalization protests and activism following the Seattle WTO demonstrations and considers the process of deligitimization of the institutions of global capitalism.
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One Meal, One Vote
by Donella Meadowsposted Oct 27, 2000
- One meal, one vote, by Donella Meadows. Consumers have the power to end factory farming and the dangers it poses to humans and animals.
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India's Silent But Singing Revolution
by Pramila Jayapulposted Oct 27, 2000
- India's silent but singing revolution, by Pramila Jayapul. Swadyaya social movement in India is based on belief that God resides within, all people and nature are connected, and a person's responsibility is only to do one's duty to the best of one's capability for God and without attachment to the fruits of the labor.
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Garden of Simplicity
by Duane Elginposted Oct 27, 2000
- garden of simplicity, by Duane Elgin. Simplicity is the new mantra for the overworked, over-stressed, and over-cluttered, and for those who want to lighten their impact on the Earth. The author of the classic book on voluntary simplicity says the ways to simplicity are many.
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The New Solidarity
by Anthony S. Archposted Oct 27, 2000 - the new solidarity, by Anthony S. Arch. Steelworkers and forest activists forge a new alliance.
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Conservation Measures
by Susan Callanposted Sep 30, 2000
- Eco-design resources for making a green workplace.
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Wild Rice Moon
by Winona LaDukeposted Jun 30, 2000
- The ancient, wild rice-centered culture of Minnesota's Anishinaabeg people confronts cultivated "wild" rice.
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This Is What Democracy Looked Like
by Amber Gallupposted Jun 30, 2000
- Amber Gallup reports from the IMF/World Bank protests in Washington, DC.
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Farms of the Future
by Senator Byron Dorganposted Jun 30, 2000
- Contrary to myths about the efficiency of corporate agriculture, family farmers are the most efficient producers - and they produce much more than food
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Hog Heaven
by Brian DeVoreposted Jun 30, 2000
- combining some old-fashioned animal husbandry with new, low-tech facility design and sophisticated ideas about the relationships between livestock and the land.
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November 30 WTO Showdown
by Paul Hawkenposted Mar 31, 2000 - The most dramatic confrontations took place on November 30 (N30), when thousands of protesters blocked WTO delegates from reaching the meeting. Author Paul Hawken was among them.
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From the Trenches: Opening Day of the WTO Ministerial Meeting
by Tracy Rysavyposted Nov 30, 1999 - WTO On-Site Report, November 30, 1999 by Tracy Rysavy.
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WTO Is Anti-Democratic, Anti-People, and Anti-Environment
by David C. Kortenposted Nov 30, 1999 - Guest editorial on the Seattle WTO Protests, aired on KPLU, Tacoma, WA November 1999
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