Gar Alperovitz: Workplace Democracy

Gar Alperovitz on workplace democracy, workers' self-management and co-ops.

Websites for more information:
http://evergreencooperatives.com/
http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/...
http://www.democracyatwork.info/learn...
http://www.thenews.coop/
http://www.democracyatwork.info/
http://shiftchange.org/

http://www.iopsociety.org/
http://www.iww.org/
http://www.afed.org.uk/
http://www.solfed.org.uk/
http://libcom.org/
http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/
http://occupywallst.org/
http://www.occupytogether.org/

http://www.garalperovitz.com/

Videos/documentaries:
"The Cleveland Model"
"The Mondragon Experiment"
"The Take"
"Together" &
"Shift Change" (trailer):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

"What Then Must We Do?" [full]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX-Moc...

Noam Chomsky on Workplace Democracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugGqJ...

Richard Wolff on Workplace Democracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7QZm...

Anarchism and Libertarian Socialism explained:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

Mitt Romney and the 47%

I had this thought immediately after seeing the video on the day it came out, but I haven't had the free time to film and edit a video of my own till today.

Capitalism = coerced labor
The 47% of people who don't pay taxes = victims of capitalism
government services = wages that weren't paid by employers to start with

David Cobb gives a shout out to Jill Stein

JillStein.org

The "crazy radical" that was censored by TED talks

Nick Hanauer in March of 2012:


Me, two years prior in November of 2010:


This isn't a new idea. It's just math. Capitalism is not sustainable.