Review: Extreme Democracy
Mitch Ratcliffe, Jon Lebkowsky 5.0 out of 5 stars SIX STAR #OWS Primer Wow Wow Wow,October 20, 2011 I bought this book in October 2010 because I was getting to know both Mitch Ratcliff and Jon Lebkowsky better, but at first pass through it did not really draw me in. Then OccupyWallStreet happened. I read …
Directory (List) About #OWS Occupy Wall Street
This is a selective directory of items from the Rolling Update. Day to day stories are not included. Use the Rolling Update for current snap-shot, use this Directory to think about OWS in deeper terms. Updated 9 Nov 2011 0900 EST Hottest New Items Revised Statement of Demand (3.4) and Revised Electoral Reform Act of …
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Review (Guest): Treasure Islands – Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
Nicholas Shaxson Selected Editorial Comments: “Shaxson’s story of offshore banking is nothing short of Shakespearean, a drama full of secrecy, treachery and corruption in which wealthy countries, companies and individuals collude to horde wealth in a complex global network of largely unregulated tax havens. To realize this end, they install corrupt leaders, exploit indigenous populations …
Review: The Innovator’s Manifesto – Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth
Michael Raynor 5.0 out of 5 stars Helps Understand OccupyWallStreet–Solid 5 Misses Mark on True Cost Economics,October 13, 2011 I was given this book as a gift, and could not have–in a million years of planning–gotten a better book relevant to OccupyWallStreet (OWS) than this book. I read it this morning while my MGB was …
Worth a Look: The Real Cost of Cheap Food
Amazon Review ‘This is an engaging, brilliantly argued and very well-written text. It is among the best books about agri-food issues I’ve read in recent years. Its structure is logical, its arguments are coherent and practical, and it draws on a huge, diverse and up-to-date literature.’ Geoffrey Lawrence, Professor of Sociology, University of Queensland, Australia …
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Tom Atlee: Understanding Occupy Wall Street
Robert Steele to Tom Atlee: From a very smart, very senior observer who is trying to understand how I see what I see. This is a problem. The movement needs some clarity for the externals. —- One of us is wrong on what they want. You have been there and I have not. No matter …
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