To say that our current Covid-19 global crisis is causing us to rethink many things is to state the obvious. Far and wide, people are coming to new understanding about their priorities, their values, and their attitudes toward others. Suddenly, that spa treatment isn’t so urgent; the coveted new outfit
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Northern Reflections: King And Economic Justice
We just marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination. We remember him as a crusader for racial justice. But, Michael K. Honey writes, we have forgotten that he was very much a crusader for economic justice: One major failing in how we remember King “is our typing of
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: ‘Tis the Season to Rethink Our Charitable Giving
This op-ed by yours truly was published in The Province. The examples are BC-specific, but the message is much broader: donating to charity is not enough, we also have to change the status quo that forces so many people to turn to charity in a rich country like Canada. —
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream
Kate Aronoff, a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, argues that the recent People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street protests made climate change “impossible for even the most mainstream of media to ignore.” The post People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: To begin the process of democratizing the economy step 1 is to restore the banks to their status as public utilities
More at The Real News This is Part 2 of a three part discussion with James K. Galbraith and Leo Panitch on whether any sort of New Deal is now possible in America. This segment crystallizes for me the difference between Keynesian reformers like Galbraith and Krugman, say, and revolutionaries like Panitch. Galbraith continues to have faith in
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: To begin the process of democratizing the economy step 1 is to restore the banks to their status as public utilities
Politics and Entertainment: To begin the process of democratizing the economy step 1 is to restore the banks to their status as public utilities
More at The Real News This is Part 2 of a three part discussion with James K. Galbraith and Leo Panitch on whether any sort of New Deal is now possible in America. This segment crystallizes for me the difference between Keynesian reformers like Galbraith and Krugman, say, and revolutionaries like Panitch. Galbraith continues to have faith in
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Venture capitalist says middle class are job creators, not super rich
“In a capitalist economy the true job creators are middle class consumers,” says American venture capitalist Nick Hanauer. Delivering a “TED talk” earlier this year, Hanauer says “taxing the rich to make investments that make the middle class grow and thrive … Continue reading →
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver:Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York:And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple p…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
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