Aikido Activism -- a new economic and social model already begun?

2004-04-06 Thread Burkhart
A NEW PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRATEGY: AIKIDO ACTIVISM Traditional capitalism segments For Profits from Not for Profits with one result being excess on both sides: - For Profits aim for maximal profits while often ignoring social and environmental consequence (responsibility) - Not

Re: Aikido Activism -- a new economic and social model already begun?

2004-04-07 Thread Burkhart
not the Nikes of the world, but the countless smaller, often unnamed clothing manufacturers. Thanks dd for your questions. Burkhart

Re: Houses of the People

2004-04-12 Thread Burkhart
+ What houses of the people exist today? What radical spaces + (democratic places by and for working people, not leftists/socialists + per se) might be created in the present/the future? How might this + happen? Michael Hoover In a GLOBAL age brought in by GLOBAL telecom and transportation

Abraham Lincoln on War and Corporate-Enthronement

2004-05-12 Thread Burkhart
As a result of the war corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow More of the quote: We may congratulate ourselves that this cruel war is nearing its end. It has cost a vast mount of treasure and blood It has indeed been a trying hour for the

Re: Abraham Lincoln on War and Corporate-Enthronement

2004-05-12 Thread Burkhart
James Devine writes: [Burkhart writes: If corporations are so powerful, why don't we cleverly exploit them for progressive change?] how would you do that? Jim D. Hi Jim, When I played Water Polo at Caltech, we used to occasional go play Loyola's team. It was a unique pool with changing

genius, defect/challenge, inspiration evolution

2004-05-18 Thread Burkhart
In the sociological dimension of economics (how societies compete and gain ascendancy) one argument is that the policies of social inclusion in the United States led to broader inclusion of those with hardship, hence promoted the meme recently mentioned on this list (genius or inspiration born

Re: Can corporations have sex?

2004-05-24 Thread Burkhart
, please request a copy from me via email)? Burkhart

Re: Capitalism and differing systems/ideologies

2004-05-24 Thread Burkhart
is important because both are proxies for power. Burkhart

More on Venture Communism

2004-07-17 Thread Burkhart
(or whatever the current time-value-of-money equivalent of that old phrase -- lest my two cents be counted for less than it should!) Burkhart