Monthly Archives: June 2016

“We can change the status quo”

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Marc

“We can change the status quo if we have a vision and think big,” said Senator Sanders. A political revolution is necessary, changing priorities, policies and assumptions to avert exploding inequality, a corporate plutocracy and an all-pervasive mistrust in pay-to-play … Continue reading →

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Social Inequality in the Descent Society

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Marc

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/06/432609.shtml Social Inequality in the Descent Society by Oliver Nachtwey and Gerrit Bartels, June 2016 The elevator effect is not true any more. This changed from the 1990s. People no longer move up together. A society of descent, precariousness and … Continue reading →

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30 minutes with Matthew Fox

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Marc

http://www.kboo.fm/media/50610-way-god Paul O’Brien interviews Matthew Fox on his Pathways program broadcast on KBOO.fm. Matthew Fox is the author of the new book, A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey. Thomas Merton was an American Catholic writer and mystic, … Continue reading →

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Non-Profits versus Profit Maximization: For a New Social Housing Policy

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Marc

Non-Profits versus Profit Maximization: For a New Social Housing Policy In the US, creating a non-profit or cooperative housing sector and long-term low interest loans are crucial remedies to gentrification and exploding rents. Unfortunately these remedies are not discussed and … Continue reading →

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Non-Profits versus Profit Maximization: For a New Social Housing Policy

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Marc

to read the articles by Heidrun Bluhm and Andrej Holm translated from the German, click on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/06/432565.shtml Cooperation and competition strengthen each other. Creating a non-profit or cooperative housing sector is the only remedy to gentrification and commodification as rental … Continue reading →

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Our Neoliberal Nightmare: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Why the Wealthy Win Every Time

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Marc

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/36376-our-neoliberal-nightmare-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-and-why-the-wealthy-win-every-time?tmpl=component&print=1 Anis Shivani’s article published in truth-out.org on June 10, 2016: “Absent the neoliberal framework, we simply cannot grasp what is good or bad for citizens under Cruz versus Trump, or Clinton versus Sanders, or Clinton versus Trump, away from … Continue reading →

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Democracies Dissolve by Wolfgang J. Koschnick

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Marc

Democracies Dissolve by Wolfgang J. Koschnick, 6/5/2016 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/06/432500.shtml Worldview parties mutated to popular or catchall parties and gradually lost their clear profile and their voters. The party competition depoliticized them. In the catchall parties, social life worlds no longer wrestle … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism: Oversold?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Marc

Neoliberalism: Oversold? The IMF Reconsiders by Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani and Davide Furceri June 2016 4pp – pdf http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2016/06/pdf/ostry.pdf Instead of delivering growth, some neoliberal policies have increased inequality, in turn jeopardizing durable expansion Milton Friedman in 1982 hailed … Continue reading →

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