by Lindy Davies
Let’s say it’s 1750, and our goal is to rid the world of slavery. There is a group of us, but not so very many. We have truth — and time — on our side, but our wealthy opponents line the corridors of power. What shall we do? Continue reading
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Amidst the blizzard of congressional, bureaucratic, and administrative reports on Hurricane Katrina, the only thing left out is what was left out from the very first day — and every single day thereafter — the People. Continue reading
by Lindy Davies
It would be sensible and charitable, I think, to afford some patience to the Georgist movement — to tolerate a measure of idiosyncracy — to refrain from harsh judgement of our displaying some, shall we say, eccentricities — perhaps even somehow learning to value, or even celebrate our, well, oddness. Continue reading
Usually our cover offers some sort of topical reflection of major themes dealt with in that issue. Not so, this time — the cover merely reminds us that war grinds on, shattering lives and accomplishing nothing. Continue reading
by Lindy Davies
To hear left-leaning folks at places like Common Dreams tell it, we should’ve done something serious about global warming twenty years ago: the glaciers are melting, seas rising, hurricanes intensifying and the polar bears are doomed. Al Gore is the hero of the day, and sentient beings everywhere are all pretty much screwed. I don’t understand why this news is presented with a kind of unnerving, told-ya-so glee, but it is. Continue reading
Our movement has always been about the big questions. We often point out that the single tax is no mere fiscal adjustment; fully applied, it is a comprehensive economic reform, capable of reconciling justice and efficiency. Continue reading
by Lindy Davies
The Beatles released “The White Album” in 1968. The intital reviews weren’t so good, but at least two generations of listeners have loved the record and repurchased it on each new media format. The Fab Four themselves thought of it as their “breakup album” — they weren’t, always, even together when they were recording it; they were in different studios, on different tracks. You couldn’t really blame them. Continue reading
by Lindy Davies
Should we be concentrating on the B region, or the A region, of that glass of water? Ah, well — psychologically, motivationally, we know the answer, but at times it’s a little hard to keep the faith. Recently I’ve gotten three rather telling signals of how much traction Georgism, or the Single Tax, is getting in today’s marketplace of ideas, and the news isn’t good. Continue reading
So here we are, slouching to the close of eight years of unmitigated political disaster, bogged down in two theatres of conflict, watching the economic ball drop. For Georgists the downturn is bitterly sweet in the way it confirms our analysis, but it’s bitter, anyway, for everybody. Continue reading
It’s widely known that many Georgists have other careers, out in the “Real World.” But the connection between Georgist Philosophy and jazz music is one that wouldn’t have occurred to many of us — at least not until speaking with this issue’s interviewee, who is quite a character. Continue reading