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Related: About this forumThe Rise of the New Economy Movement
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/11572-the-rise-of-the-new-economy-movements our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In 'New Economic Visions', a special five-part AlterNet series edited by Economics Editor Lynn Parramore in partnership with political economist Gar Alperovitz of the Democracy Collaborative, creative thinkers come together to explore the exciting ideas and projects that are shaping the philosophical and political vision of the movement that could take our economy back.em>
Just beneath the surface of traditional media attention, something vital has been gathering force and is about to explode into public consciousness. The New Economy Movement is a far-ranging coming together of organizations, projects, activists, theorists and ordinary citizens committed to rebuilding the American political-economic system from the ground up.
The broad goal is democratized ownership of the economy for the 99 percent in an ecologically sustainable and participatory community-building fashion. The name of the game is practical work in the here and now-and a hands-on process that is also informed by big picture theory and in-depth knowledge.
Thousands of real world projects -- from solar-powered businesses to worker-owned cooperatives and state-owned banks -- are underway across the country. Many are self-consciously understood as attempts to develop working prototypes in state and local laboratories of democracy that may be applied at regional and national scale when the right political moment occurs.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement (Original Post)
eridani
May 2012
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Great news and this WILL happen. We have reached the absurdity point in predatory capitalism.
mother earth
May 2012
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mother earth
(6,002 posts)1. Great news and this WILL happen. We have reached the absurdity point in predatory capitalism.
Applauding your catch, eridani! Thank you for the silver lining.
K& R!
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)2. Mother Earth's response number one catches
My enthusiasm as well.
Thank you very much, eridani.