Mining and Ecosocialism Forum Outline Presentation by Carl Sack Economic Democracy Conference Madison WI October 12 2012 Introduction Thanks for coming. Start with visioning exercise: “You’re flying over the Earth’s surface, and you see all the environmental problems the world faces: melting glaciers… droughts… polluted
Read more →Question: You brought up the topic of rethinking. As much unnecessary harm that we do to one another, humans have been very successful in terms of growth and invention, but the non-human world has been our sacrifice. Bill Ayers: I agree with you. I think that the
Read more →Workshop: “HEALTH CARE FOR ALL” Workshop Track : Transforming Institutions Saturday, October 13, 2012 PROUT, the Progressive Utilization Theory propounded by P.R. Sarkar of India, has as its basis and goal “the welfare and happiness of all.” Accordingly, medical care is considered one of the minimal necessities
Read more →Presentation by Nada Khader, Economic Democracy Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, October 11, 2012 Thank you, Beth, and thank you to all who helped make this auspicious gathering happen. I know that some of you here this evening have been meeting more than weekly to plan for this convergence
Read more →I am here to welcome you all on behalf of the Alliance for Economic Democracy and all our conveners who have worked so hard and done so much to bring this conference together. It has been an exciting year-long journey beginning with a small handful of organizers,
Read more →(All workshops will be held at Madison College (Wisconsin Avenue Entrance) For Directions and Map – see here. To look up more details on the workshop time and location with a powerful but simple search tool – click here. Session-1 Fri 2:00-3:15pm Social and Economic Justice The
Read more →Madison College – Madison WI, October 11 – 14, 2012 Thursday, October 11 3:00-5:00pm at Madison College (Wisconsin Avenue Entrance) Registration; Getting Acquainted; Gathering with Refreshments 7:00-9:00pm at Inn On The Park History of Economic Democracy and where we are now Opening Ceremony: Beth Wortzel, conference chair Rev. Le Anne
Read more →WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW TO RESHAPE OUR ECONOMY ON A MORE DEMOCRATIC, COOPERATIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE BASIS? The Economic Democracy Collaborative invites the Madison community to free screenings of four films which explore different aspects of this issue. These will be screened in the Grand Hall at
Read more →Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, in their book, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, demonstrate the “pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, and encouraging excessive consumption.” They claim that in more unequal rich countries, results
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