5.06 promoting economic justice

Responding to Main Street: A Sensible Plan for Recovery

End the Bush Bailout, Wall St., NY, NY, September 25, 2008. photo: Lee-Sean Huang, http://www.flickr.com/photos/cosmic_smudge/2904667723/
Authors: Chuck Collins Dedrick Muhammad John Cavanagh Sam Pizzigati Sarah Anderson

Summary:

An alternative to Wall Street bailouts.

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Democratizing the Global Financial Architecture: Redesigning Economic Regulation for Global Needs

Pictures from the "billionaires for the bailout" protest / street performance by D.C.'s Jobs with Justice. Photo: Joe Newman
Authors: Arnie Alpert Jessica Walker Beaumont

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The global capitalist model is broken.

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Cooperative Alternatives to the Capitalist Meltdown: An Economy Based on One Person, One Vote

Opening pomegranates. Arghans soap cooperative, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: (c)www.sarahchayes.net
Authors: Erica Buswell

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Imagine how different our society would look if wealth was owned and controlled by collectives.

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From the Editor's Desk

Authors: Sam Diener

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The Suchitoto 13: An Update from El Salvador

February, 2007. ''Women demand the repeal of the anti-terrorist law.'' Seven hundred Salvadorans made a three-day march from Suchitoto to San Salvador for the freedom of the "Suchitoto 13," political prisoners detained under an El Salvador law modeled on
Authors: Cristina Damon

Summary:In the year following the arrest of fourteen social movement activists in Suchitoto, there have been gains for the Salvadoran social movement; however, there have also been significant losses.

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The Human Right to Health: Reflections of a Community Educator

Rusasa, Rwanda, March 2008. Azalia Mitchell and participants in a week-long workshop on basic health education and the roles and responsibilities of health workers. Photo: James Haganza
Authors: Azalia Mitchell Melony Swasey

Summary:

No one should have to suffer and get sick because of a lack of information.

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Peace and Permits in Al Aqaba: A Palestinian Village Seeks Security in Area C

Authors: Haj Sami Sadik

Summary:The Israeli Army Civil Authority declares the130 Palestinian villages in Area C as "unrecognized," making residents lawbreakers just by living in their homes.

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The Logic of Solidarity: A Revitalized Vision of the UN

Monrovia, Liberia. An International Women's Day march from the center of Monrovia to the Liberian Supreme Court. Photo: UN/Eric Kanalstein
Authors: Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann

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Love prompts us to take action in the construction of a more just and nonviolent world, with solidarity as its most important feature.

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Alternative Economics Resources

Police officer in St. Paul on Sept. 4, 2008 in standoff with demonstrators. Photo: Alshain49 via Flickr
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The Joys and Challenges of Public Schools: An Activist Roundtable

Peace Rally at PS 191/Hudson Honors Middle School, New York City. Photo: Peace Games (www.peacegames.org)
Authors: Curtis Gomez James Noonan Kathleen Kelly Lisa Graustein Sara Burke

Summary:In order to fix our schools, we all need to start taking responsibility for the racism, poverty, and violence that are what's really undercutting them.

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