When we were in Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention, we stopped by Vineyards and BioCellar of Château Hough, one of America’s first vineyards set on reclaimed urban land. Part of the “Re-Imagining Cleveland” inner city initiative, the vineyard creates jobs and reinvigorates the...
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A new way of living is in the process of formation. Capitalism as we know it has reached the limits of its ability to adapt. A networked Alternative is already in the works- You can see it in the cooperative businesses on the rise and the tough time traditional parties are having keeping old hierarchies in place. There’s no more exciting or important story to report on – says Paul Mason economics editor at Channel Four News in the UK. Paul joined us often from the frontlines of the anti-austerity rebellions in Europe and the Middle East after the...
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“In the real world, people don’t need heroes, they need systemic solutions to racism, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism.” Journalist and author of “No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality” Jordan Flaherty talks about savior complexes and why they get in the way of real...
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Long time civil rights organizer, Shirley Sherrod, shares her thoughts on Black Lives Matter and its significance...
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The struggle for Black economic independence: not a lot of people, particularly people of color, have had a chance to design a new community, to be different and equal, co-owned by its residents. In 1969 Shirley Sherrod co-founded a collective farm in Lee County, Georgia. At 6,000 acres, it was the largest tract of black-owned land in the United States. What happened to the New Communities land trust they planned? Let’s just say they were way, way ahead of their time but their time just might be coming back. Shirley Sherrod is a long time civil rights organizer, and...
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