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Envisioning Where We Want to Go: An Interview With Evolutionary Reconstructionist Gar Alperovitz
Longtime activist, historian and political-economic theorist Gar Alperovitz conducted an email interview with us on the occasion of the creation of his new website, the Pluralist Commonwealth.
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The Perverse Politics of Alcohol
Corporations that profit from sales of alcohol politically maneuver to prevent more benign alternatives from being available to alcoholics.
“Unraveling”: Anti-Trafficking NGOs and the Garment Industry
The threads that tie anti-human trafficking organizations to the international garment trade finally give way.
The Truth Behind Mergers
Microsoft's buyout of Nokia and subsequent plans to layoff thousands of employees illustrates the dire economic implications of multinational corporation's mega-mergers and acquisitions.
A Dangerous Mixture in “Poison Valley”: Neoliberalism, Pesticides and the Kaua’i Anti-GMO Movement
For the first time in history, County Council in the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i blocked a citizen-led petition to stop further GMO development until corporations could prove the safety …
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Why the US Chamber of Commerce Is Wrong on Citizens United
By a large margin Americans of all political persuasions object to the notions that money is speech and corporations have the rights of citizens.
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Is Worker Ownership a Way Forward for Market Basket?
Market Basket seems a prime candidate for transition to employee ownership that can keep the leadership that built the company's culture in place.
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Is Google the New Sheriff in Town?
When Google acts essentially as an arm of law enforcement, it raises some big questions about privacy and security in a world where pretty much everyone communicates on some …
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We’re Being Robbed Every Time We Fly
We shouldn't have to feel like weu2019re being robbed every time we fly home to see family members or jet off for vacations.
Protests Greet Lawmakers, Corporate Officials Gathering in Dallas as New Arm of ALEC Is Announced
Much of ALEC's agenda for this week's meeting is returning to the organization's focus on promoting the extraction, production and exportation of fossil fuels.