Economics

An independent newspaper for the University of Washington community by the Ruckus Collective. We are for participatory democracy, social justice, collective liberation, and resistance to killing the planet.

Volume 10, Issue 2, covers budget cuts in California and Washington; the exploitation of the Olympics; an analysis of The Vagina Monologues; details about climate disobedience; a report on the UW green fund; a local restaurant review; and a calendar of local events.

http://students.washington.edu/gaze/ruckus/Ruckusv10i2.pdf

US out of Colombia

Let the Colombian People Decide!

tri-fold pamphlet

International Opposition to the North American
Free Trade Agreement

by Jason Justice

Corvallis Action on Globalization

In einer bürokratisierten Gesellschaft, die ein bestimmtes Menschenbild schafft, das man als verwaltungsrechtlichen und -technischen bezeichnen kann, werden Menschen dressiert statt gebildet, infolge dessen ihre geistige Tätigkeit zu schablonhaft ablaufenden Vorgängen wird, die Denkfähigkeit ersetzen eingeübte Reflexe. Die auf diese Weise vorgefertigte Automaten kommunizieren miteinander in einer Amtssprache, die keine unzulässige Wortwendungen und Begriffe kennt.  read more »

The United States’ most populous state, California is the world’s eighth largest economy. The state has some of the planet’s most productive farmland and in the 1990s enjoyed an extensive real-estate boom. But intensive, industrialised agriculture has polluted much of the environment and now, with more foreclosed homes than anywhere else in the world, it is also home to a growing number of tent cities. Gifford Hartman takes us on a road trip through California’s Central Valley to witness the toxicity: of mortgages and ecosystems, houses, drugs and human relations.

by fredy perlman.

for yadira lopez, ha!

'Funboat diplomacy' is a short satirical fact/fiction about the UK government's latest proposals to counter Internet piracy. This work builds on some of the rumours that were flying around the story.

Format: PDF booklet
Dave Miller (Summer 2009)

GOOD TIMES! BAD TIMES!! An Introduction to the Capitalist Crisis and what it means for us

CONTENTS:
Our Introduction
Background to the Current Crisis and Recession /
Reports on Crisis: England /
What Recession Means for Us /
Financialisation Primer /
Analysis from Silvia Federici & George Caffentzis, Mario Tronti and Alain Badiou

Published by 56a Infoshop March 2009
56 Crampton Street, London, SE17
www.56a.org.uk

Similarities between types of rented labor: slavery and wage work, or what the term wage slave really means.

Original Black & Red Introduction  read more »

"I can think of no better advice than to read this book...It is a contribution of very great value." -- Noam Chomsky

"Robin Hahnel writes with clarity, originality, verve and a relentless moral passion." -- Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts

"[Hahnel] combines clear exposition and mathematical illustration with a compelling passion for progressive social change." -- Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts  read more »

'Fuck Their Crisis' is a ready to print flyer for any group wanting to use it. A space has been left blank for group details to be added.  read more »

April 24-26 2009 Washington DC

by the SDAC