Staff (2023-12-04). Remembering the rise and fall of Grenada's New Jewel Movement. therealnews.com In 1979 a socialist revolution under the leadership of the New Jewel Movement took power in Grenada. For the next four years, the Caribbean island nation engaged in a daring experiment of popular sovereignty and democracy, tackling questions of education, inequality, and hunger head-on. But the revolution didn't last. Weakened by infighting and eventually deposed …

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-12-04). People Have Taken Action UK-Wide Over Fuel Poverty. popularresistance.org Campaign groups Fuel Poverty Action, Unite Community, and their allies held nationwide protests this weekend, carrying out 'Warm Ups' to demand action on fuel poverty. People occupied British Gas offices, protested outside Scottish Power, and engaged their local communities. | However, not everyone was receptive to the groups' demands. Security at a South London shopping centre removed activists, simply for 'warming up' — albeit with a rather large banner reading 'Cold Homes Kill'. | Fuel Poverty Action has carried out Warm Ups for over a decade. Activists enter buildings or public spaces in order to warm u…

Dean Baker (2023-12-05). How Does a Person's Lived Experience Tell them the Local Economy Is Good, but the National Economy is in the Tank? counterpunch.org All the normal economic data tell us that people should feel pretty good about the economy right now. Unemployment has been below 4.0 percent for 21 consecutive months for the first time in more than half a century. Tens of millions of people have left jobs they didn't like to find better ones. As a

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-12-05). We Can Have Either Billionaires or Democracy. Not Both. counterpunch.org The wealthy are so secure in the protections they have from democratic curbs on their financial power that their biggest worries, as per the UBS report, include "geopolitical tensions," inflation, recession, and higher interest rates. Fears around a "tight jobs market" and "stricter sustainability rules," fall low on their list. In other words, they feel secure against threats of wage rebellions and government regulations.

WSWS (2023-12-04). The bankruptcy of the Signa Real estate empire. wsws.org Real estate speculator René Benko is the product and embodiment of a sick society in which profit and wealth count for everything, while the fate and even the lives of ordinary people count for nothing.

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-12-04). People Have Taken Action UK-Wide Over Fuel Poverty. popularresistance.org Campaign groups Fuel Poverty Action, Unite Community, and their allies held nationwide protests this weekend, carrying out 'Warm Ups' to demand action on fuel poverty. People occupied British Gas offices, protested outside Scottish Power, and engaged their local communities. | However, not everyone was receptive to the groups' demands. Security at a South London shopping centre removed activists, simply for 'warming up' — albeit with a rather large banner reading 'Cold Homes Kill'. | Fuel Poverty Action has carried out Warm Ups for over a decade. Activists enter buildings or public spaces in order to warm u…

WSWS (2023-12-04). The bankruptcy of the Signa Real estate empire. wsws.org Real estate speculator René Benko is the product and embodiment of a sick society in which profit and wealth count for everything, while the fate and even the lives of ordinary people count for nothing.

Aaron Fernando, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-12-03). Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy Alternative. popularresistance.org We have all experienced it: Some organization or service starts out good — or great, even — and then as time goes on, either costs and fees go up, or quality declines. | In the context of a dominant economy that demands faster production, cheaper labor, and lower quality — all for the sake of channeling wealth upward to shareholders who have little to do with the real-world value created by a business — it is understandable that people may feel cynical about any type of retail organization. | This is a story of how the makers who create a living off their hard-earned skills, banded togethe…