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Migrant Farm workers, 1940 California

January 1, 2021 by sergneri 1 Comment

Geyserville Press 5 January 1940 The FARMERS CORNER by RALPH H TAYLOR – Sec. Agricultural Legislative Committee of California California’s battle to escape being known the world over as the promised land of the migrant worker is still far from won. Wheezing relics of the nation’s second-hand car lots—the drab “covered wagons” of the victims … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Arkansas, California, cotton picker, depression, drought, hoping for work, labor, migrants, Oklahoma, Texas

The end of capitalism has begun – Guardian Econ 101

July 16, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian. Paul Mason Fri 17 Jul 2015

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: 2008 crash, austerity, capitalism, depression, economic collapse, Europe, lending, Neoliberalism, ownership, post-capitalism, Postcapitalism, The market

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