I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.

In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.

Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics.

Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity.