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As Spain's Recession Darkens, Alternative Economies Rise
Submitted by miraluna on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 12:27pm"This is part of the cooperatives, credit unions, community banks, organic farms and recovering factories — the alternate economy — that the Occupy movement is groping towards"
Biketopia Exists!
Submitted by miraluna on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 2:52pm
I like to think of utopia as the space where idealism meets reality. Over the years, I have found few radical social change projects that met reality without failure or conflict, especially within a capitalist economy. Transformative projects often fail to take off and end up disillusioning their founders and volunteers. The Bike Kitchen model is one of those unique exceptions that we can try to learn from.
The first time I visited the San Francisco Bike Kitchen...
