Tag Archives: Socialism

Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries V: Innovation and Transformation

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Mondragon website.Mondragon Diaries, Day FiveInnovation and transformationtowards a third wave futureBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 “The world has not been given to us simply to contemplate it, but to transform it. And … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries IV: Banking on the Future

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Arrasate-Mondragon in the Basque Country of Spain. Image from SolidarityEconomy.net.Mondragon Diaries, Day FourWorker coops, worker banks, worker skills:Weathering today’s crisesBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 1, 2010 [This is the fourth of a five-part series by Carl … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries III: Visions of the Future

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Otalora: This old blockhouse fortress now houses a worker-owned credit union. Image from Udalatx / Flickr.Mondragon Diaries, Day ThreeVisions of the future, ties to the past:Tools for shaping organization for tomorrowBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 27, … Continue reading →

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Hugh O’Shaughnessy: Former Guerrilla Rousseff Set to Lead Brazil

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dilma Rousseff: Brazil’s next president? Photo from Menas Associates.Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff:Former guerrilla in line to beworld’s most powerful woman By Hugh O’Shaughnessy / September 16, 2010 See ‘Female representation: A woman’s place… is in the government,’ Below. The world’s most … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries II: It Starts With a School

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Basque Country. Image from PermcultureCooperative.Mondragon Diaries, Day TwoIt starts with a school:Knowledge and the path to workers power By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 23, 2010 [This is the second of a five-part … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries I: Bridges to Socialism

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Not paradise, but close: Mondragon Cooperatives in Spain’s Basque Country. Photo from Model-Economy.Mondragon Diaries, Day OneBridges to 21st century socialism:Why humanity comes first at workBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 “This is not paradise and … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Time for Progressives to ‘Get on the Bus’

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Organize: The handwriting’s on the wall.Social justice and the fall elections:Mobilizing the progressive movementBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2010 “Get on the Bus.” That was the conclusion 16 activists from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky came … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : U.S. Social Forum a High Energy Event

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

10,000 marched through downtown Detroit to kick off the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, June 22, 2010.U.S. Social Forum in Detroit:High-energy gathering fires upA new generation of activists The gathering in Atlanta in June 2007 had 12,000 people come together … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ on Capitalism : How Profits Trump Safety

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Skeptic Cat.Collateral Damage, Dept:Of capitalism, profits, and destruction By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 I have been thinking a whole lot about the virtual destruction of the Gulf of Mexico, the rich animal … Continue reading →

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Naomi Klein : Chile and the Free-Market Fundamentalists

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Salvador Allende, Chile’s democratically-elected socialist president, removed in a U.S.-backed coup in 1973. Photo from Jaume d’Urgell / Flickr.Credit where credit is due:Chile’s socialist rebar After the coup and the death of Allende, Pinochet and his Chicago Boys did their … Continue reading →

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Vicky Starr of ‘Union Maids’ : Working Class Hero

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Stills from Union Maids. Images from escholarship.org. Vicky Starr (Stella Nowicki) is on right.Vicky Starr dies at 93:Socialist, labor organizer, feminist, film starBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 I read recently that Vicky Starr died … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Obama, the Democrats, and the Months Ahead

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Carl Davidson. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.A report and perspective from the rust belt:Obama, the Democrats and the months aheadBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 Carl Davidson will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest … Continue reading →

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