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New Work, New Culture Technology and the shrinking job market could liberate us from meaningless work and allow us to do things we care deeply about. An interview with Frithjof Bergmann, by Sarah van Gelder According to philosopher and community catalyst Frithjof Bergmann, we are less free than we think, surrounded as we are [...]
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Living For Change Violence in Detroit By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, May 22-28, 2011 In the summer of 1967, in reaction to a police raid on an after hours joint, massive violence erupted in Detroit. Tens of thousands took to the streets, looting and burning. Whole neighborhoods went up in flames. Law and order [...]
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/imagining-detroit/?hp Detroit was once called the Paris of the West, but at this point it’s more reminiscent of Venice. Like Venice, its demise has been imminent for some time, as crucial businesses and huge chunks of the population flee. And, like Venice, it has a singular look. Not everyone will find Detroit beautiful, but with [...]
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Commentary No. 299, Feb. 15, 2011
“The World Social Forum, Egypt, and Transformation”
By Immanuel Wallerstein
The World Social Forum (WSF) is alive and well. It just met in Dakar, Senegal from Feb. 6-11. By unforeseen coincidence, this was the week of the Egyptian people’s successful dethroning of Hosni Mubarak, which finally succeeded just as the WSF was in its closing session. The WSF spent the week cheering the Egyptians on – and discussing the meaning of the Tunisian/Egyptian revolutions for their program of transformation, for achieving another world that is possible – possible, not certain.
By Tom Stephens Counterpunch September 24, 2010 “We inherited a hell hole.” – Mayor Dave Bing Between September 14 and 22, 2010, Detroit experienced five extraordinary, well-attended public meetings on the subject of land use and related public policy issues. Mayor Dave Bing, Kresge Foundation-funded Team Leader Toni Griffin, Co-Team Leader (and Deputy Director of [...]
by Matthew Rothschild In The Progressive and at Common Dreams September 4, 2010 Glenn Beck’s got me worried again about fascism in America. His so-called restoring honor rally last weekend assumed that somehow America has been dishonored, and that is a classic trope of fascists. Nor was I comforted by all talk from Beck about [...]
By Michael Carriere and Alex Knight The End of Capitalism July 20, 2010 The following exchange between Michael Carriere and Alex Knight occurred via email, July 2010. Alex Knight was questioned about the End of Capitalism Theory, which states that the global capitalist system is breaking down due to ecological and social limits to growth [...]
Democracy – Everywhere? Nowhere? by Immanuel Wallerstein Agence Global, Sep 15, 2010 Democracy is a very popular word these days. There is virtually no country in the world today whose government does not claim to be the government of a democracy. But at the same time, there is virtually no country in the world today [...]
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