Is privatising nature a good thing?
This seems to be a pivotal moment in contemporary struggles over how nature is best valued, managed and allocated.
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Cooperatives: A Historical and Cross Cultural Perspective
The cooperative movements represent large, diverse alternatives to the dominant private-ownership model and the cooperative ideal has resurfaced many times during the history of modern industrial development.
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•’Sleepwalking to Extinction’: Capitalism and the Destruction of Life and Earth •The story of how greens became energy enemy number one •Collapsing Consciously
Land and Resource Scarcity: Capitalism, struggle and well-being in a world without fossil fuels
This is a book that seems to be created above all for people who are active in social movements, but who are also uneasy about the current global crisis.
Grow Heathrow: here to stay?
Our project was set up by Transition Heathrow…which aims to create a resilient, sustainable space in the community that can survive many generations, survive any shocks or attacks it might face.
How the new peer-to-peer economy can lead to the renaissance of the commons
The “peer to peer” and commons-oriented vision for a new type of civilization and economic system starts from an analysis of what is fundamentally wrong with the current economic system.
Cool capitalism: changing the principles of protest
It’s 45 years since the wave of youth-led rebellions that followed Paris’s May Events in 1968, and the anniversary has reawakened "culture war" debates…
A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis
A more radical approach to the crisis of climate change begins not with a long-term vision of an alternate society but with an honest engagement with the very compressed timeframe that current climate science implies.
“The democratic crisis of capitalism: Reflections on political and economic modernity in Europe”: Review
Should there be a link between capitalism and democracy?
How Unchecked Capitalism Has Brought the World to the Brink of Apocalypse — and What We Must Do Now
We have both a moral obligation and practical reasons to work for justice and sustainability.
Free Time: The Forgotten American Dream
In the early 20th century, there was strong support for the “shorter hours” movement, and working hours were essentially cut in half as people began to embrace the possibilities of life beyond everyday work.
The Next American Revolution Has Already Begun: An Interview With Gar Alperovitz
The coming painful decades may be the prehistory of the next American revolution – and an evolutionary process that transforms the American system, making it both morally meaningful and ecologically sustainable.
