https://www.routledge.com/Solidarity-Economics-Building-Sustainable-Social-Relations/Kaufman/p/book/9781032853055 Organizers all around the world are working to build ways of managing resources that serve human and ecological needs. But how can these projects be more than small islands of solidarity and sustainability surrounded by oceans of domination and environmental destruction? Solidarity Economics: Building Sustainable Social Relations lays out the landscape of these projects aimed … Continue reading Solidarity Economics: Building Sustainable Social Relations
Thinking about Fascism
The 2016 presidential election made me think about 1933 and Hitler's rise to power. I've known that he came to power through constitutional means and then used that power from the inside to destroy a constitutional system of government. This seemed like a good time to better understand the way that someone who was a … Continue reading Thinking about Fascism
Making Rights Work
Making Rights Work: A Review of "The Human Rights Enterprise" A few years ago, when California was going through a major budget crisis and money for education was being cut back dramatically, many students protesting the cuts claimed that education was a right. Conservatives shot back that education wasn't a right, it was a privilege. … Continue reading Making Rights Work