Labor Notes

putting the movement back in the labor movement

  • Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
  • Through our magazine, website, books, conferences and workshops, we promote organizing, aggressive strategies to fight concessions, alliances with workers’ centers, and unions that are run by their members … (about 1/2).

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Magazine; Archives; Blog; Music; Schools; Staff; Solidarity Network; Donate; Troublemakers Handbook
Address (1 of 2): Labor Notes, Main Office, 7435 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … Labor Notes is also a network of rank-and-file members, local union leaders, and labor activists who know the labor movement is worth fighting for.  Continuer la lecture de « Labor Notes »

The Money Masters

THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning  sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth … (full long text about).

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Principles; Reform Act; Interview Requests; Secret of Oz; Glossary; END THE FED; FAQs; 5 Bank Wars; Links; Order;
Address: The Money Masters, c/o Royalty Production Company, P.O. Box 67, Manitou Springs, CO 80829-0067, USA
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The Two Step Plan to National Economic Reform and Recovery:

  • Step 1: Directs the Treasury Department to issue U.S. Notes (like Lincoln’s Greenbacks; can also be in electronic deposit format) to pay off the National debt.
  • Step 2: Increases the reserve ratio private banks are required to maintain from 10% to 100%, thereby terminating their ability to create money, while simultaneously absorbing the funds created to retire the national debt.  Continuer la lecture de « The Money Masters »

Rethinking Schools

publisher of (paid) educational materials

  • In 1986, a group of Milwaukee-area teachers had a vision.
  • They wanted not only to improve education in their own classrooms and schools, but to help shape reform throughout the public school system in the United States.
  • Today that vision is embodied in Rethinking Schools.
  • Rethinking Schools began as a local effort to address problems such as basal readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum. Since its founding, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Magazine current Issue; Archives; Catalogue; Games etc.; Links;
Address: Rethinking Schools, 1001 E. Keefe Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53212, USA;
Contact our Staff.

About 2/2: … While the scope and influence of Rethinking Schools has changed, its basic orientation has not. Most importantly, it remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy.  Continuer la lecture de « Rethinking Schools »

Mouvements – des idées et des luttes

Chercheurs, journalistes et militants peuvent-ils s’essayer, ensemble, à décrire le monde social et contribuer au débat d’idées ? C’est le pari lancé par la revue Mouvements : se constituer en espace d’information critique, d’enquêtes sociales, de travaux théoriques et d’interpellation politique afin d’intensifier les échanges entre travaux de recherche, espaces de résistance et de proposition politique. Ni journal en ligne, ni liste de diffusion partisane, ni blog collectif, mouvements.info est un espace réactif de réflexion politique et théorique … (qui sommes-nous 1/2).

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Dossiers; Archives; Newsletter; Abo revue; Liens colonne de gauche: la revue, recherche, les partenaires, Twitter;
Contact online.

Qui sommes-nous 2/2: … Dans le contexte d’une crise sans précédent de la presse généraliste et des revues de sciences humaines, Mouvements entend conjuguer le sérieux et la rigueur à un souci de réactivité aux grands débats et faits du moment, et montrer que les sciences sociales peuvent contester ou utilement éclairer les prises de position politique.  Continuer la lecture de « Mouvements – des idées et des luttes »

The Blog: Transition Culture

an evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent.

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Why; Shop;
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About this site and me: For more about this website and what is all about take a look at the page Why Transition Culture. This section is to tell you about myself.  It is written in the third person not due to delusions of grandeur, but so that people who need biog pieces can cut and paste it from here.

“Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He has many years experience in education, teaching permaculture and natural building, and set up the first 2 year full-time permaculture course in the world, at Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland, as well as co-ordinating the first eco-village development in Ireland to be granted planning permission … (full text about).