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The End of Capitalism Has Begun

ussen2016-01-12T15:10:22-05:00 Paul Mason, The Guardian, July 17, 2015 The red flags and marching songs of Syriza during the Greek crisis, plus the expectation that the banks would be nationalised, revived briefly a 20th-century dream: the forced destruction of the market from above. For much of the 20th...

Mixed fortunes as solidarity economy takes root in Greece

ussen2015-07-15T20:33:24-04:00 Time banks, farmer-to-buyer sales groups and alternative currencies springing up but expansion has not been steady or easy A bartering bazaar in Volos, where tem currency coupons are exchanged for products or services. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Emma Graham-Harrison in Athens Friday 17 July 2015 07.36 EDT Last...

US SEN Website Re-boot

ussen2015-03-10T19:34:14-04:00We have had a terrible time with our old website and are in the midst of changing over to a new site. Please bear with us.