From the burgeoning popularity of farmers’ markets and co-operatives to the revitalisation of community banking, people are organising to reclaim the economy from large profit-driven corporations and ‘too big to fail’ financial institutions. The small-scale and diversity of these local initiatives masks the immense potential they hold for addressing fundamental […]

Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com. A new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans view the government as too powerful and obtrusive. The poll found: – 59% of Americans now believe the federal government has too much power – 46% believe “the federal government poses an immediate threat to […]

The recession is clearly not over, at least when it comes to the United States’ inability to protect its citizens homes. Americans continue to lose their homes and foreclosures continue to rise, who is to blame for this crisis? [youtube]i8wRaTiGB9E[/youtube] Many people have said that the banks are to blame […]

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