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Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)

March 7, 2018

Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier) David Bollier joins us this week to discuss “the commons” and what such a concept means for social transformation. You can read more about David’s ideas in his paper for the NewSystems: Possibilities and Proposals series, and also read more of his work at www.Bollier.org. Subscribe to […]

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Prepare for War: Globalism, Socialism, and Communism vs. Freedom

March 6, 2018

Prepare for War: Globalism, Socialism, and Communism vs. Freedom “Peace Sells, But Who’s Buying?”  – Megadeath “SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLVM.”  (If you wish peace, prepare for war) PVBLIVS FLAVIVS VEGETIVS RENATVS (aka: “Vegetius”) “Peace through superior firepower.” – former President Ronald Reagan *** History: It repeats itself and is consistently ignored before it does so. Ignored are […]

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Re-branding Dissent

January 2, 2016

Re-branding Dissent I am one of those who thinks that democracy is being destroyed.  I know its fashionable to play cynical one-upmanship and say – ‘we’ve never had democracy’, or, ‘it was destroyed long ago’,  but that game aside, I think its worth actually thinking about how, many forms of democratic expression, effective dissent and peaceful self-determination are […]

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Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time

September 15, 2015

Who May Use the King’s Forest? The Meaning of Magna Carta, Commons and Law in Our Time The relationship between law and the commons is very much on my mind these days.  I recently posted a four-part serialization of my strategy memo, “Reinventing Law for the Commons.”  The following public talk, which I gave at […]

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Is a New Political System Emerging in This Country?

March 23, 2015

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Is a New Political System Emerging in This Country? Have you ever undertaken some task you felt less than qualified for, but knew that someone needed to do? Consider this piece my version of that, and let me put what I do understand about it in a nutshell: based on developments in our […]

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Sustainability for Whom?

March 7, 2015

Sustainability for Whom? The mission of UPSTREAM (formerly Product Policy Institute) is “sustainable production and consumption and good governance.” Sometimes I feel like we’re swimming against the tide in advocating a role for government action in ensuring sustainable production and consumption. Big brands like Wal-Mart, Nestle, Procter and Gamble can effect rapid, systemic change in their global […]

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