Ian's News Links

Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream | The Nation

EMILY FLAKE It's time to put the taboo subject of public ownership back on the progressive agenda. It is the only way to solve some of the most serious problems facing the nation. We contend that

Oct 17

Blueprints for a New Economy | The Nation

Civil Rights icon Ella Baker speaks at a news conference in 1968. Baker came up in the movement as a builder of parallel institutions. (AP Photo/Jack Harris) Across the United States, people ar...

Oct 16

SoKind is a registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, day-of-event help, and more. Here's to more fun and less stuff!

Oct 16

Aussie Company Planning To Use Drones For Textbook Delivery - Slashdot

Talk about automation!

Oct 16

Woman giving birth on a clinic garden when nurses denied her treatment " FB

A disturbing photograph of an indigenous woman from Mexico delivering a baby on a patch of grass outside a medical center has set off a firestorm online and sparked a national debate that led to the

Oct 16

Converted Ballistic Missiles Could Launch Aid to Disaster Zones

The best way to send much-needed supplies to isolated communities in the wake of an asteroid impact or other natural disaster may be to launch them atop a converted intercontinental ballistic ...

Oct 15

Hi, reddit! I'm Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, former Legislative Director in the US House and Senate, ...

Oct 15

In this provocative paper, PCI Executive Director Asher Miller and Transition Movement Founder (and PCI Fellow) Rob Hopkins make a convincing case for why the environmental community must embrace ...

Oct 15

They lied to us about Mossadegh in Iran. They lied to us about the premise for entering Vietnam. They lied to us about the murder of Allende in Chile, the history of intervention in Haiti and Cuba ...

Oct 15