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Capitalism

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Posted on December 9, 2017 by Josh Snodgrass — 15 Comments ↓

On Dec. 3, 2017, we began a discussion contrasting the books Capitalism & Slavery by Eric Williams (1944) and Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman (1962)  [Note: free electronic versions of books at those links.] Our next meeting will be Continue reading Capitalism→

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Welcome to Alt-B on-line discussions

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Posted on December 9, 2013 by Josh Snodgrass — No Comments ↓

For a while I’ve been feeling that we need a facility for open discussions between meetings (and also archived in a way that we have a record of them). Inspired by Merlyna’s great presentation the progress on this web site Continue reading Welcome to Alt-B on-line discussions→

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New and Noteworthy 2019

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Josh Snodgrass

On Sunday, Dec. 23, we will be at Columbia 3-5 pm as usual.  Join us there! For the week of Dec. 16 to 22, 2018 Banking and Finance Official Charter of the Yellow Vests Blacking out the yellow vests on Continue reading New and Noteworthy 2019→

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UWS Action: DCCC

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Jonathan — 12 Comments ↓

Hi, this is a place to post comments on meeting with DCCC. I’ll start with Dale’s framing of questions for the meeting: I [Dale] suggest starting with a general open-ended question about DCCC’s role in picking candidates. Here are questions Continue reading UWS Action: DCCC→

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Inequality

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Josh Snodgrass — 2 Comments ↓

We are working on organizing a conference on inequality. Here is some food for thought on the subject: Visualization of outcomes for children born in varying economic circumstances, by race and gender or, as the NY Times more directly puts Continue reading Inequality→

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http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2017/05/02/20-computer-experts-issue-letter-to-kemp-on-e-voting-unreliability/

Posted on June 23, 2017 by juliaactivist

Stolen elections are so plainly a part of the US “democratic” electoral process. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2017/05/02/20-computer-experts-issue-letter-to-kemp-on-e-voting-unreliability/

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Book reviews coming soon

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Josh Snodgrass

Jarrettia has volunteered to write book reviews. We are greatly looking forward to them. Return here to see them when they appear.

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Opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Josh Snodgrass

ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON LETTER (all are encouraged to join) Please add your group at: http://tinyurl.com/TPPsignon Dear Representative / Senator: We urge you to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a binding pact that poses significant threats to American jobs and wages, the environment, Continue reading Opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)→

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Marni's Protest in Hoboken New Jersey

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lychee007 — No Comments ↓

Wake Up America: Let’s stop pandering to the wealthy donor class and make some noise to our politicians to get some real leadership on the progressive front to return more power to the ordinary citizen to create policy instead of Continue reading Marni's Protest in Hoboken New Jersey→

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We are on Huffington Post again.

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Tamir — No Comments ↓

Check out “Affordable Housing Needs a Reset”.

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More Big Trouble for HPD

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Tamir — No Comments ↓

Just as we were discussing the horror show that is HPD … still more.  Check out the News and Noteworthy listing on the indictments announced today.  We were having trouble quantifying the scale of bad HPD generated construction.  No prob Continue reading More Big Trouble for HPD→

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