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Thoughts on Transparency
Transparency is becoming a tool for increasing sales and improving customer loyalty. It's also a hot topic in the broader business world.
cooperative economy
(partial) Solidarity Manifesto
becoming the change we want to bring to the world
#Occupy Movement | beyond capitalism | Solidarity Economy Organizing | Strategies for Change | Blog Posts
Where everything human happens
A core operating principle and some corollaries for the Occupy movement
Interesting commentaries on OWS
a number of commentaries on OWS and beyond that I found especially good
Let's honor John Howard Griffin's work by actively exploring and acting on unconscious racism
What would the world be like had America truly learned about Griffin's identification unconscious white racism and had acted even in individual ways on his belief that there is no "other"?
A Confused Southern White Boy Becoming What He Oughtn’t
Brookhaven, Savannah, Griffin, Amarillo, 2008, and Obama 2011
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The Occupation of Economics has begun worldwide!
Some economists really get it and they are putting their names and reputations on the line
#Occupy Movement | Education | Strategies for Change | Blog Posts
Vivian Gornick doesn’t get it either
I hope the Emma Goldman in Gornick’s mind’s eye wasn’t the original Emma Goldman
Arundhati Roy doesn’t get it
The need to move beyond protest is urgent and long-term
Giving Thanks for OCCUPY
Five indicators that the OCCUPY Movement could be a major turn in history
#Occupy Movement | beyond capitalism | Strategies for Change | United States | Blog Posts
Rolling Stone begins to really get it
A movement built on the idea that everyone can speak for themselves is so broad in scope and so elemental in its motivation that it has flown over the heads of many on both the right and the left
#Occupy Movement | anarchist economics | beyond capitalism | Strategies for Change | United States | Blog Posts
November 2011: Agoraphobic moments of revelation
States cannot, by their nature, ever truly be democratic. They are, after all, basically ways of organizing violence.
#Occupy Movement | anarchist economics | beyond capitalism | Strategies for Change | United States | Blog Posts
Tim Wise reflects on race and the Occupy Movement
The question of race in the Occupy Movement has been addressed by a few folks. Here's Tim Wise's take.
#Occupy Movement | Gleanings
Hundreds of thousands leaving banks for credit unions
40,000 moved their accounts on Bank Transfer Day, but leading up to that, 650,000 moved after Bank of America and other banks announced planned debit card fees.
cooperative economy | Financing & Financial Services | Gleanings
Occupy Wall Street - Occupy Yourselves
A different slant on Occupy Wall Street. Check this out....
Connecting from the heart
The biggest obstacle the Occupy Movement is up against is not the 1%.
#Occupy Movement | beyond capitalism | Solidarity Economy Organizing | Strategies for Change | Blog Posts
The not-understood dead weight of cultures
What sustains exploitation as a dominant social dynamic?
#Occupy Movement | beyond capitalism | Strategies for Change | United States | Blog Posts
Slideshow of Occupy DC - McPherson Square, Oct. 31, 2011
Here are photos of the #Occupy DC movement at K Street and 15th, just a couple of blocks from the White House. These were taken around 5:30 p.m., except for the night time shots which were taken around 10:30 p.m. There are a few shots of the Occupy Movement at Freedom Plaza right across from the District of Columbia office building and Federal Triangle.
#Occupy Movement | Gleanings
...and still more OWS links
Navy Veteran Confronts Police about Violence against Vets at Occupy Santa Barbara
#Occupy Movement | United States | Blog Posts
New Links re: success of #OWS
The first three links discuss the amazing success of #OWS. The last one zeroes in on four questions regarding its future.
#Occupy Movement | United States | Blog Posts
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