capitalism on the back foot
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The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation
by David Bollier on May 26, 2020 at 8:00 am
The following essay is adapted from a talk given on May 5 at Radical May, a month-long series of events hosted by a consortium of fifty-plus book publishers, including my own publisher, New Society Publishers. My talk — streamed and later posted on YouTube here — builds on two previous blog posts. As the pandemic continues, it... Continue reading → The post The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Institutional Innovation appeared first on P2P […]
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Awakening to an Ecology of the Commons
by P2P Foundation on May 25, 2020 at 10:36 am
What is the future of The Commons movement? What are some of the pathways for a commons transition? How do we formulate an alternative political economy and livelihoods out of the ashes of neoliberalism and the covid-19 pandemic? And how do we understand all of this in the broader planetary context of the anthropocene? Our... Continue reading → The post Awakening to an Ecology of the Commons appeared […]
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How Africa is Coping With Coronavirus
by Yves Smith on June 5, 2020 at 6:46 am
Politics and the caliber of social programs have influenced how countries in Africa have tried to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus.
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Liz Theoharis: Organizing the Rich or the Poor? Which America Will Be Ours After the Pandemic?
by Yves Smith on June 5, 2020 at 5:33 am
Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 20
by stutteringsteps on June 1, 2020 at 6:46 pm
The killing of yet another Afro-American citizen of the USA, George Floyd, on May 25th, has once again revealed that alongside the Covid-19 biological virus pandemic, there run much older intellectual viruses of prejudice. Intellectual as well as biological viruses … Continue reading →
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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 19.
by stutteringsteps on May 29, 2020 at 8:32 pm
To mask or not to mask? The surgical mask became one of the visible signals outside of China announcing the emergence of the virus we now know as Covid-19. As more countries recommend the wearing of these basic masks in … Continue reading →