Category Archives: SOLUTIONS

Roll On Wisconsin Unions!

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 by meganwilson
Posted in DEMOCRACY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

Michael Moore To Rachel Maddow On Wisconsin: ‘This Is War’

Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011 by meganwilson

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

SOLUTIONS: The Rich MUST Pay Much Higher Taxes

Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 by meganwilson

How Democrats Can Become Relevant Again (And Rescue the Nation While They’re At It) By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST Republicans offered Democrats two more weeks before the doomsday shut-down. Democrats countered with four. Republicans held their ground. Democrats agreed to … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, SOLUTIONS | 1 Comment

Introducing The ‘American Dream’ Movement

Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by meganwilson

Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnabellasangels/3364865064/ By Van Jones HUFFINGTON POST In the past 24 months, those of us who longed for positive change have gone from hope to heartbreak. But hope is returning to America — at last — thanks largely to … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, RESOURCES, SOLUTIONS | 2 Comments

Anonymous and the global correction

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 by meganwilson

ALJAZEERA A loosely organized group of hackers has been targeting oppressive regimes and has said this is just the beginning. The tendency to relate past events to what is possible in the present becomes more difficult as the scope of … Continue reading →

Posted in SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

Russ Feingold Launches ‘Progressives United’ To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 by meganwilson

By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST Things were like this 100 years ago in the United States, with the huge corporate and business power of the oil companies and others. But this time it’s like the Gilded Age on steroids. WASHINGTON … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT, POLICY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

Buddhist Economics: Raj Patel Suggests a New Way to Define Value

Posted on Friday, February 4, 2011 by meganwilson
Posted in CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

The Invention of Money

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 by meganwilson

THIS AMERICAN LIFE Five reporters stumbled on what seems like a basic question: What is money? The unsettling answer they found: Money is fiction. In other words: MONEY IS OVER IF YOU WANT IT

Posted in CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, DEMOCRACY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

SOLUTIONS: Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 by meganwilson

By Ed Vulliamy GUARDIAN “What I am objecting to is not one particular bank, but a system of structures,” he told the Observer. “I have worked for major banks other than Julius Baer, and the one thing on which I … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL, POLICY, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

SOLUTIONS: High Pay Commission

Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by meganwilson

In an effort to try and curb hefty bonuses, and perhaps risky behavior, in the financial sector, a group of labor unionists, journalists and academics from the U.K. have launched a high pay commission.

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, INTERNATIONAL, POLICY, RESOURCES, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment