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Democratizing the Economy from the Bottom Up

(This article first appeared in Tikkun Magazine, Winter 2011) Workers at Ohio Cooperative Solar (left) and Evergreen Laundry take part in a strategy to capture ever-greater shares of spending in health, energy, and other key sectors for an integrated, large-scale network of worker-owned businesses. PHOTOS: JANET CENTURY. by Gar Alperovitz We are entering one of […]

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Socialism Based in Community

(This article first appeared in the April 22, 1991 issue of The Nation) by GAR ALPEROVITZ The left is, and was always, wrong: Capitalism is, and will forever be, triumphant. The condemning propositions ring from every source of conventional wisdom. In his widely quoted essay, Francis Fukuyama tells us that even history IS over. Many […]

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