The Web of Debt Blog: Green Light for City-owned San Francisco Bank

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

We at Ethical Markets  fully support publicly-owned  city banks , and for full disclosure ,Hazel Henderson , our Editor serves on the Advisory Board of the Public Banking Institute , headed by Ellen H. Brown J.D.  author of this column and many books including The Web of Debt  and  just …

Revival of film “ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Chávez: Inside the Coup”

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Hugo Chávez’ rule was controversial.  His death has been mourned and celebrated.  Watch this film on one of the more tumultuous periods of his presidency.  From Wikipedia:  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Spanish: La revolución no será transmitida), also known as Chávez: Inside the Coup, is a 2003 documentary …

Ending Climate Silence

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Corporate-NGO Engagement in times of rising Activism.    Future 500 Newsletter March 2013 The bridge between corporations and NGOs ENDING CLIMATE SILENCE Earlier this year we presented our Top 10 Stakeholder Issues for 2013. Issues such as health and obesity, fracking, GMOs, and digital freedom present risk to all companies, but in …

FOCUS: Media Blackout on Mayor Bloomberg’s Raid on Zuccotti Park

kristyGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Reader Supported News | 15 November 11 It’s Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Media Blackout on Mayor Bloomberg’s Raid on Zuccotti Park Mayor Michael Bloomberg suspends the First Amendment. (photo: Andrew Burton/Reuters) Barbara Morrill, Daily Kos Intro: “When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to …

How to Make Monetary Reform Happen!

kristyReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Across the country, thousands of Americans continue to demonstrate to take back the power of government from the corrupt financiers, and to really give them the justice they so richly deserve! Last week, we opened our whistle-stop tour with the occupiers in Chicago. …

FOCUS: The Capitalist Network That Runs the World

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

An important  analysis by  Systems Design Group at ETH Research, Zurich,thanks to our Advisory Board member Rosa Alegria in Sao Paulo,Brazil , Hazel Henderson, Editor s protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a …

BREAKING: Police Arresting Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge

kristyReforming Global Finance

Reader Supported News | 01 October 11 It’s Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News BREAKING: Police Arresting Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge Police arrest demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement as they attempt to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) By Colin Moynihan, The New …