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A homegrown remedy to tame American empire

By Erik Curren | January 26, 2015

U.S. empire

There's lots of talk of localization or re-localization in the Transition movement and among environmentalists and economic justice advocates generally. And for good reason. Today's global economy where big corporations, with security provided by the United States military, ship plastic crap from Chinese sweatshops thousands of miles to consumers around the world who don't need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: American empire, Civil War, John Michael Greer, Kirkpatrick Sale, relocalization, secession, U.S. global dominance

American kids in the Age of Oil: ‘Economically worthless but emotionally priceless’

By Erik Curren | November 3, 2014

In colonial America, kids died young. No matter how unwelcome, Death was a frequent visitor at family firesides from Boston to Savannah, where parents could expect to lose, on average, up to half of their brood before they reached adulthood. According to 17th-century Puritan minister Cotton Mather, "a dead child [was] a sight no more surprising than a broken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: agrarian economy, child labor, Civil War, Cotton Mather, elderly, retirement

Farewell to empire

By Erik Curren | August 5, 2013

Vermont independence parade entry

For one of America's smallest states, Vermont has a lot to teach the rest of the country about living locally. It's always had the local democracy of the New England town meeting.  Now Vermont is getting attention for a thriving local food economy of small farms, great farmers markets and food entrepreneurs exporting everything from organic seeds to local tofu. And in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Ben Falk, Civil War, James Howard Kunstler, Kirkpatrick Sale, Vermont, Wendell Berry

Emancipating slaves then and now

By Erik Curren | April 24, 2013

emancipation cartoon

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It's a needed chance for Americans to talk about slavery that has helped us reexamine our history. For example, recent documentaries and museum exhibits on America's Founding Fathers regularly show that slavery played a big role in the lives of several heroes of the American Revolution. So, now we know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, emancipation proclamation, Hannah Arendt, Modern Slavery, Robert E. Lee, Slave Labor, slavery

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