Worker Ownership For the 21st Century? Worker Ownership For the 21st Century?
The country's largest industrial labor union is teaming up with the world’s largest worker-cooperative to put people to work in enterprises that build worker power.
Mar 27, 2012 / Laura Flanders
An Economy We Want to Occupy An Economy We Want to Occupy
At a time when so many are so clear that the current system is not working—what might? Is it already happening?
Mar 21, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO) Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO)
Jeff Sachs, who promises he’d lead the World Bank to a new era, proposes more of the same—plus population control. That’s taking us to a new era of Malthus.
Mar 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Remembering Lucy Gonzales Parsons This International Women’s Day Remembering Lucy Gonzales Parsons This International Women’s Day
Workers shouldn’t “strike and go out and starve, but strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production.” So believed Lucy Gonzales ...
Mar 8, 2012 / Laura Flanders
2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO 2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO
Around the world, a billion people belong to co-ops. The top 300 have combined sales in excess of $1 trillion. That’s according to the United Nations. That’s right, it'...
Mar 2, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op
In 2008, a worker occupation at the Chicago factory sent up a flare of resistance. Now those same workers are considering alternatives to working for a boss.
Mar 1, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?
Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?
Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders
How the 1 Percent Get So Rich? (VIDEO) How the 1 Percent Get So Rich? (VIDEO)
Even in an Occupy world, most Americans don’t know exactly how the 1 percent does what it does. The money media haven’t explained it, and the 1 percent likes things t...
Feb 17, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Tip Your Servers This Valentine’s Day Tip Your Servers This Valentine’s Day
In the restaurant industry, the wage gap between men and women is a matter of policy. Millions of the restaurant workers who serve our food cannot afford to eat.
Feb 14, 2012 / Laura Flanders
How the 1 Percent Loves: The $100,000 Valentine How the 1 Percent Loves: The $100,000 Valentine
Lest any of us forget, some people have plenty of money to throw around. A $100,000 Valentine anyone?
Feb 14, 2012 / Laura Flanders