Apr 2 2012in Direct Democracy by mbsteisslinger The Future of Work for the 99%?
“Yes Magazine” shared this wonderful look at worker-owned cooperatives… 7 minutes of video inspiration, from Cleveland, Ohio Evergreen Cooperatives to the mountains of Spain and Mondragon… towards a new world of working for ourselves and the greater good. p.s. 2012 is the International Year of the Cooperative!
Feb 3 2012in Direct Democracy, FoO Media, Social Innovation, Working Groups by Colin Davis Occupy the solutions
By Colin Davis America, as a culture is very goal oriented. We have a hard time getting a lot from process itself and we want to see results. It’s a cultural thing. Keeping that in mind, I think, will help Occupy related groups to keep the energy going. I find it healthy that Occupy groups [...]
Feb 1 2012in Commons, Direct Democracy, FoO Media, Working Groups by Anna Betz Working groups are seeds for a healthier healthcare infrastructure
We often talk about “an idea whose time has come”, but have you ever wondered how we can be sure that its time has really come? I have and here’s what I concluded: its time has come when it helps us see new kinds of answers to the urgent problems we’ve long been stuck in. [...]
Jan 13 2012in Activism, Identity & Strategy by Anna Betz No Comments »
An article by Yotam Marom speaks not only for OWS although Yotam was clearly inspired by that. He has a message relevant for the whole of the Occupy movement. He summarised his message to the movement of how to stay powerful, create solid foundations and expand in 5 words: Grow, Deepen, Build, Liberate and Fight. The quotes in [...]
Dec 11 2011in Movement Documents by mbsteisslinger Model Community Bill of Rights Template for Occupy Communities
Prepared by Jeff Reifman, Envision Seattle and Thomas Linzey, Esq. What is this document? We’re offering the model Community Bill of Rights template below for Occupy communities that wish to begin mobilized initiative campaigns in their region. Think of the template as a menu to pick and choose what’s important in your community. It’s meant to provide a framework and a [...]
Dec 11 2011in Direct Democracy, Social Innovation by mbsteisslinger Pittsburgh Challenges Corporate Personhood: Bill of Rights Template for Occupy
Jeff Reifman, Envision Seattle and Thomas Linzey, Esq of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) recently posted a major message to the Occupy movement, both a warning and a challenge… “Mainstream progressive groups have failed by constraining their activities within legal and regulatory systems purposefully structured to subordinate communities to corporate power. Real movements don’t operate that way. Abolitionists never sought to regulate [...]
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