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Blog #30 – Transformative Proposals in Nine Areas
Blog #30: Beyond Immediate Proposals: Some Transformative Provocations The last blog, Blog #29 began with the puzzle that the United States faces deep-seated problems today: problems of poverty, inequality, discrimination, poor education, unemployment, unaffordable housing, unaffordable health care, social aggressiveness … Continue reading
Blog #29 – Premature Democracy, Congress, the 99% and the Tea Party
What’s the matter with the United States Congress? Too much democracy? ? “Premature democracy”? If the 99% are dissatisfied with the status quo and it only benefits the 1%, why don’t they change it? What explains the Tea Party’s positions … Continue reading
Posted in 99%, Housing, Occupy, Politics, Right to the City, Social Justice, tea party, Tea Party
Tagged 1%, 99%, Consumption, Demands, Elections, Middle Class, Occupy, property rights, Protest, Right to the City, tea party, Transformative Demands, utopia
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Blog #17 – 99%/1%: The Slogan and the Reality
Blog #17 – 99%/1%: The Slogan and the Reality There are five blogs dealing with: the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Right to the City Alliances, as representative of the 99%, who is in them and who in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1%, 99%, Occupy, Politics, Right to the City, tea party, Tea Party
Tagged Demands, Occupy Movement, OccupyWallStreet, Protest, Public Space, tea party, Transformative Demands
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Blog #16 – The Future: Strategic Implications
Blog #16 – The Future: Strategic Implications A. Transformation So: since 1968, at least, the situation seems to have been ripe for transformation., objectively the material and technical prerequisites for a more socially supportive and equitable society are … Continue reading
Blog #15 – The Right to the City and Occupy: History and Evolution.
Blog #15 – The Right to the City and Occupy: History and Evolution.[1][2] A. History: Rise, Defeat, and New Life of the Resistance Movements Capitalism, early fostering industrialization but not identical with it, has created wealth and technological … Continue reading
Blog #14 Who is the 1%? The Ruling Class and the tea parties.
Blog #14 Who is the 1%? The Ruling Class and the tea parties. A. How is the 1% defined? Who the 1% is, and how numerous it is, has been the subject of much work. As used in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1%, Occupy, tea party, Tea Party
Tagged Demands, Occupy Movement, OccupyWallStreet, Right to the City, tea party, Transformative Demands
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Blog #13 – Who are the 99%? The Exploited, the Discontented, the Oppressed.
Blog #13 – Who are the 99%? The Exploited, the Discontented, the Oppressed. The sources of resistance that we find today may be understood in terms of the position within the economic and social structure, and each has specific … Continue reading
Posted in 99%, Occupy, Politics, Right to the City
Tagged Demands, Occupy Movement, OccupyWallStreet, Right to the City
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#9. Occupy WallStreet – Claims, not Demands
#9. Occupy Wall Street –Targeted Claims, Not Limited Demands The Occupy Wall Street movement is a basic response to a social system seen as unjust and inhumane, one which is killing people, leaving millions in poverty, destroying the natural environment, … Continue reading
