In a discussion on money, politics, and the growth of organic political reform movements in America over the last few years, Dylan Ratigan talks with Lawrence Lessig about his new book, One Way Forward: An Outsiders Guide to Fixing the Republic. You can read Lessig’s book here. … Read More …
FYI: Joint announcement by PGA and SG on International Women’s Day
8 March 2012 JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS on the occasion of the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations would like to jointly propose …
The Koch Brothers, The Cato Institute, And Why Nations Fail
The Baseline Scenario The Koch Brothers, The Cato Institute, And Why Nations Fail Posted: 08 Mar 2012 02:36 AM PST By Simon Johnson A dispute has broken out between the Cato Institute, a leading libertarian think tank, and two of its longtime backers ? David and Charles Koch. The institute …
The Surprising Natural Resources Sector
Happy ‘Gender Bilingual’ Day Time to rename the day? Avivah Wittenberg-Cox’s new blog at Diversity Executive magazine questions our frames. Globalization has led companies to grow managers who are multicultural and multilingual. They have invested millions in learning the culture and language of the Chinese, Indians and Brazilians. An increasing …
Decentralized Global Rebellion: G8 On The Run; Occupy News Roundup; American Police State; Move To Amend
This Is NOT What Democracy Looks Like! Criminalizing First Amendment Rights If laws like the new Trespass Bill (HR 347) had been in effect during the Civil Rights movement, there would have been no March on Washington. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fellow activists would have been rendered criminals. …
Frozen in time: Gender pay gap remains unchanged for 10 years
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 033/070312 Frozen in time: Gender pay gap remains unchanged for 10 years – Asia shows greatest wage difference between men and women – New industry ranking puts domestic workers on largest gender pay gap – Women in unionised sectors are less likely to …
How I would lead the World Bank
How I would lead the World Bank By Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. My quest to help end poverty has taken me to more than 125 countries, from mega-city capitals to mountaintop villages, from rain forest settlements to nomadic desert camps. Now …
Occupied – OWS Updates for the Week of March 5
Spring is in the air, and Occupy momentum is growing. We invite you to join the upcoming events contained in our inaugural Occupy Wall Street newsletter. Inside you will find: Every Day in March Cultural Occupation Of Liberty Square (COOLS) Wednesday, March 7 OccupyFaithNYC Action: “Parables of an Immoral Budget” …
WINDOW2050 Clelbrating International Women’s Day at the RSA, London
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re bringing together a number of speakers to share with you their thoughts on the future for women from WINDOW2050’s six perspectives. Event Speaker contributing to Image, Consumption & Responsible Lifestyles: Hazel Henderson – Ethical Markets Media, LLC (via live videocast from US courtesy of …
The 99% Are Not For Sale – AmpedStatus Stays True to Its Roots, 100% United to Get Money Out, March 1 Relaunch
Given our role in building the 99% Movement, A99 and Occupy, we have had several offers from people who are interested in buying the site from us. While we believe some of the people making offers have the best intentions and want to help keep our ?readers? engaged, selling the …