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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsConnexions Information Sharing ServicesConnexions compiles and disseminates information about social and economic alternatives. Established in 1975 as an independent non-profit research organization and information clearinghouse, Connexions compiles and publi... International Forum on GlobalizationAn alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity and public education in response to economic globalization.
Marxists Internet ArchiveLarge archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
The Preservation InstituteToday, most people recognize that modernization and growth can harm the natural environment. The Preservation Institute believes that modernization also damages the social environment - that many of our social problems a... New ReleasesConnexions Archive seeks a new home2009-11-18 Connexions Information Sharing Services The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home. Grassroots Archives: Preservation as subversion?2012-10-08 Ulli Diemer of Connexions, a social justice library and archive - www.connexions.org - discusses problems facing grassroots archives at a talk sponsored by the Humanist Association of Toronto (HAT). Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of Memory2012-11-02 Connexions Archive CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). Sources Select ResourcesA Carbon-Free FutureAn Interview with Arjun Makhijani Article 2009 Multinational Monitor A carbon-free future is possible and necessary. The Case for Grassroots ArchivesDiemer, Ulli Article 2012 Connexions Information Sharing Services Grassroots archives play a valuable role in what has been called "the battle of memory". People's history projects such as grassroots archives preserve and share stories of resistance, hidden historie... Land trustConnexipedia Article Article There are two distinct definitions of a land trust: 1) a private, nonprofit organization that, as all or part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or con... Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of MemoryPreservation as subversion: Do grassroots archives have a future? Article 2012 Connexions and Beit Zatoun CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). G... The Microfinance DelusionMarred by Wall Street-Style Greed, Profiteering, Client Abuse, and Market Chaos Bateman, Milford Article 2012 CounterPunch By celebrating self-help and individual entrepreneurship, and by implicitly discrediting all forms of collective effort, such as trade unions, social movements, cooperatives, public spending, a pro-po... Radical Simplicity And The Middle ClassAlexander, Samuel Article 2012 Countercurrents A description of what a life of radical simplicity might look like suggesting radical simplicity is appealing, provided that the transition was anticipated and widely negotiated. The Red and the BlackProfit is the motor of capitalism. What would it be under socialism? Ackerman, Seth Article 2012 Jacobin In this essay, I start from the common socialist assumption that capitalism’s central defects arise from the conflict between the pursuit of private profit and the satisfaction of human needs. Then I ... What Do We Do Now? Building a Social Movement in the Aftermath of Free TradeDiemer, Ulli Article 1989 Connexions Information Sharing Services / Ulli Diemer We have the potential to create a social movement in this country that goes beyond single-issue organizing to work toward an integrated vision of a more just and caring society. Why Cooperative Businesses Are Not the AnswerSpritzler, John Article 2013 NewDemocracyWorld.org The problem with the worker-owned cooperative business economic model is that this model retains one of the most important defining characteristics of the capitalist model with which we are so familia... Why The Language of the Commons Matters Bollier, David Article 2012 David Bollier Our very language for identifying problems and imagining solutions has been compromised. We may have many unattractive human traits fueled by individual fears and ego, but we are also creatures entire... Sources BookshelfE-Commerce vs. E-CommonsCommunications in the public interest Moll, Marita; Shad, Leslie Regan (eds.) Book 2001 From privacy issues to intellectual property, from universal access to union activism, these essays challenge the rush to deregulate and disconnect communications from the public interest. Atlantic Co-operatorDedicated to the development of the co-operative movement and community development in Atlantic Canada. Canadian DimensionAn independent magazine of the Canadian Left, of interest to radical Left and anti-capitalist activists and interested observers. Good Work NewsA forum for issues related to unemployment and poverty, updates on community tools projects, updates for the Alternative Work Catalogue, perspective on simple living, environmentalism and producerism. |
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