Synthesis/Regeneration articles

Recent articles from Synthesis/Regeneration

The case for un-building America.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... Today, as many hundreds of billions of dollars are flying out of federal coffers to bail out and bulk up The Economy, it is instructive to review a few of the places we have not put enough money in the last decades. Universal single-payer health care; living wages for all; effective and...

The best way to protect jobs in auto is to stop making cars.(Collapse of Capitalism?)(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2009... In the days when there was an Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union (OCAW), its St. Louis business agent, Bob Tibbs, Sr., enjoyed coming to Green Party events. He would tell us that his union knew how bad nuclear power plants were and that it would be happy to get rid of them if workers...

The real cost of the bailout and stimulus.(Collapse of Capitalism?)
March 22, 2009... $9.7 trillion. That is what Bloomberg reports as of February 9, 2009 has been committed on behalf of the American taxpayer to bail out America's finance system and stimulate the economy. Only a small percentage of this money--$1.68 trillion--has been voted on by Congress. Congress...

Victory at Republic!(Collapse of Capitalism?)(Republic Windows & Doors)
March 22, 2009... With a unanimous vote, workers at the Republic Windows & Doors plant in Chicago ended their six-day factory occupation on December 10, 2008 after Bank of America and other lenders agreed to fund about $2 million in severance and vacation pay as well as health insurance. "Everybody feels...

A country awash in money but going broke.(Collapse of Capitalism?)(United States economy)(Viewpoint essay)
March 22, 2009... There is plenty of money in this country. Most of it just happens to be held by a very few people. Those who know history are aware that an extreme imbalance in the possession of goods and power will at some breaking point result in the unraveling of the social fabric. Such unraveling is...