[...] We are unprepared for the coming decade of disruption. Globalisation is likely to continue to evolve, with economic power shifting eastwards. [...]
[...] In the Information Age, access to and control over knowledge and ideas has become a potent new source of power.
Like nature, existing nature is a commons that has been built up over millennia. Its opportunity cost is zero which means that its price should in theory also be zero. But in mod…
An effective strategy for this kind of organization is to form committees in and out of workplaces. These committees would not be traditional unions. They would not immediately ask people to sign union cards in preparation for an NLRB representational election. Instead, they would start as discussi…
Some unions still hire intellectuals as functionaries of their political machine. They edit the newspaper, do administrative work, and sometimes serve as organizing and line staff. But since unions have renounced a transformative vision of social and political relations, they no longer see the nece…
