WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PEOPLE POWER   Occupy the Banks: Strategies for Transformation Gar Alperovitz   |   Oct 28, 2011 Beyond revolution and reform: Gar Alperovitz on how we can fundamentally transform our financial system.   MORE » Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections Brooke Jarvis   |   Oct 27, 2011 For more than a decade, a groundbreaking Clean Elections law has helped protect Maine politics from the influence of big money. But what’s happening now that big spenders have free rein to influence elections—and what does it mean for the rest of the country?   MORE » Occupy Wall Street, 1979 John Cavanagh, Robin Broad   |   Oct 25, 2011 Before there were hashtags, more than a thousand protesters tried to shut Wall Street down for a day ...   MORE » PLANET   EU: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands? Robert Mellinger   |   Oct 28, 2011 A controversial move to prohibit oil imported from what’s been called the world’s dirtiest fuel source could be an example for the rest of us.    MORE » NEW ECONOMY   Graduates Get a Crash Course in Sharing Malcolm Harris   |   Oct 26, 2011 How new graduates are improvising when expected careers aren’t panning out.   MORE » Elders a (Labor) Force for Social Change Marc Freedman   |   Oct 26, 2011 Boomers discover ways to apply their skills and life experience to purposeful second careers.   MORE » Bank Transfer Day: A Guide to Closing Your Account Oct 25, 2011 To protest the behavior of big banks, thousands have pledged to switch to small credit unions on November 5. Follow these steps to simplify the process.    MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Women Farmers Feed the World Christa Hillstrom   |   Oct 22, 2011 In West Africa, women's resistance to the new Green Revolution shows that the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality.   MORE » PHOTO ESSAY OF THE WEEK    Inside Occupy Oakland Oct 27, 2011 This week, police closed down Occupy Oakland, arresting dozens. Comics journalist Dan Archer visited the encampment before the raid to meet the people behind the occupation.    MORE » YES! Magazine  ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA CONTACT US VIA EMAIL   ::  Phone: 206-842-0216 / 1-800 937 4451 We never sell or share our email list. To remove yourself from this list, go back to your email and click the unsubscribe link at the top.  Please add yesnewsletters@yesmagazine.org to your email address book to ensure delivery.   If this email was forwarded to you, sign up for your own YES! Magazine newsletters Each quarter, YES! Magazine takes on today’s critical issues with a fresh and positive point of view. Our stories fuse powerful ideas and practical actions, and inspire people to create a better world. YES! is an independent, non-profit, ad-free magazine printed on 100% post-consumer-waste paper. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL RATE