Category Archives: Economic Democracy

signal boost for Sustainable and Equitable Urban Planning conference

Judith Eversley, a colleague from Bath CND, is planning an upcoming conference (5-7 November): “Equality in the City: Making Cities Socially Cohesive” or http://lnkd.in/dM9QZPR Peace, ShiraDestinie, 26.10.12014 HE Universal Date: Thursday, 26 October, 12014 H.E. (Holocene/Human Era) orig: http://meowdate.dreamwidth.org/10407.html

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The War on Drugs -What happened to The War on Poverty?

Change has to come. But it does not have to be bloody. Yes, local elections, won in large numbers, can change things if the Federal government allows the change. But at the same time, I am convinced, we must have … Continue reading

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How Books (& thus Public Libraries) Save Lives: Class Diffs, People Potential

From: http://meowdate.dreamwidth.org/9671.html Jeanne Benameur’s Les Insurrections Singulières shows a young working class man grow through daring to leave his home -with an elderly lover of books as his guide. Short of the Basic Income and Universal Health Care (as a … Continue reading

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Art helped free individuals who were property, by acting in community

Art helped free individuals who were property, by acting in community (thanks to Milagros Philips for her reply to this on her Racial Healing site…) Tracy Chevalier’s show’s how quilting quilting helped free enslaved people. She portrays the self-discipline and … Continue reading

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Shared Political Governance and Shared Monetary Governance: Two Sides of the Same Coin needing Campaign and Monetary Finance Reform?

Do shared political governance and Shared Monetary Governance require Campaign and Monetary Finance Reform? Sharing Economic Decision-making power is as important as sharing real political power. That was the premise behind my book Shared Monetary Governance. I re-summarize the summary, … Continue reading

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The MEOW Vision: A bit like Herland, but more equal

The ground-breaking novella Herland was a good start, but lacked a vision of fully inclusive equality. The MEOW Vision builds on Gilman’s ideas, with the aim of Fully Inclusive Equality. The Goals (allowing each person to contribute fully): 1. Each … Continue reading

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Marriage and community: Dr. King showed us how marriage for all can keep us safe.

Marriage and community: how marriage for all keeps us safe: an interpretation of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s call for a Basic Income… If society exists to facilitate the maximization of potential of each member of society, and if … Continue reading

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Segregation then, modern mercantile colonialism now

As many reports showed the economic damage that segregation did previously, so do modern reports show the damage done by big box capitalism, which is essentially a modern form of mercantile colonialism. Fair Trade or Equal Exchange and local economic … Continue reading

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DC Social Forum consensus: Public Banks, Time Banks and small groups build Cooperative Society

At the 2012 DC Social Forum, we came to a consensus: Public Banks, Time Banks and small groups build Cooperative Society. The joint presentations at the DC Social Forum, which was held in the DC Friend’s Meeting House, a wonderful … Continue reading

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Did art help free enslaved individuals?

Art may have helped free individuals who were property, by acting in community Tracy Chevalier’s The Last Runaway show’s how different interpretations of art, and even sometimes silence, helped free enslaved people. She portrays the self-discipline and quiet determination of … Continue reading

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I Had a Dream: Teaching via Hidden Race Riots and Community

After reading the excellent: Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington’s Race Riot of 1835 on history and community,I was, for some odd reason, facilitating a workshop at the YMCA, which I get the impression was in … Continue reading

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“Delight, respect, and compassion” in the City of Sorrows: Christian-Jewish Deut.4:24 views via shared struggle, as portrayed using Minbari and ‘Earth’ religions, and analysed via your FaceBook Autobiography?

Well, I woke up this morning with my mind… pondering To Dream in the City of Sorrows. A good friend called me regarding the strange story of how Ziporah rescues either Moses or their son on the way to see … Continue reading

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Universal Income or Land: Reminding Us What We Could Be

I am a true Democrat: following the example of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Chaos or Community , I take seriously the idea that all are equal in dignity, in rights to live up to their full potential, and in ability … Continue reading

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Why write your autobiography? Mar shows the adults…

Michel Grimaud shows us how one young person, too young to know that his task was impossible (a bit like Harry Potter and his friends, but written in 1978…), can do something worth writing about, as he becomes an adult. … Continue reading

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Share the Research Data, NOW…

Normally this blog is not meant to address current events, but the Ebola outbreak begs a compelling question: Why can’t the Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc share the basic data that led to the creation of ZMapp, with other research labs around … Continue reading

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Community currencies vs. Alternative currencies

Thanks to LJuserGoodall for asking about bitcoin, which I do not support. Bitcoin is an alternative to national currencies which is often used for money laundering and other nefarious purposes. It actually does precisely the opposite of what a community-based … Continue reading

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