“We should just abolish money and return to barter.” Such and similar phrases are sometimes heard in anarchist debate. It usually shows a basic misunderstanding of the nature of money. This essay tries to explain what it would really take to abolish money, and what would not be enough. Once this is understood, and some possible ways to have moneyless economies are known, it should be easier for everyone to decide on whether they really want to abolish money.
everything FREE! An introduction to The Free World Charter.
Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts
People lined up on the veranda of the American mission hospital here from miles around to barter for doctor visits and medicines, clutching scrawny chickens, squirming goats and buckets of maize. But mostly, they arrived with sacks of peanuts on their heads.
L.E.T.S Timebank to beat the local economy blues
I can’t help feeling its very timely to have Avalon Fairshares back in action.
Smothering the Flames of Revolution in Tibet
On October 1, China’s National Day, Tibetans' flames of protest erupted in the Sichuan, fanning a tired message of independence and religious freedom. Two teenage Tibetan monks set themselves on fire during a protest, demanding the return of the Dalai Lama and for Tibetan autonomy.
The people finally realized that we are serfs in a feudalistic system
My job as an economic hit man during the 1970s was to enslave nations that had resources our corporations coveted by burdening them with debts they could never repay. We then demanded that they sell those resources cheap, without social or environmental regulations, to our corporations.
Hugh Laurie: "Antidisestablishmentarianism"Peru’s Congress approves 10-year GMO ban
Peru’s Congress announced Friday it overwhelmingly approved a 10-year moratorium on imports of genetically modified organisms in order to safeguard the country’s biodiversity.
ayaklan / occupy istanbul kasım 5 / nov. 5th 2011
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GENERAL STRIKE, children's brigade, decolonize oakland
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