The Center for Economic & Social Justice is a nonprofit education/action center est. 1984 to advance liberty & justice through equal access to capital ownership
@PoeticLicencedk That is how the employees of Allied Plywood and Mid South Building Supply purchased 100%of their companies on credit through their ESOP and repaid the loans with the future profits of their companies. We can do the same for every citizen, and even create new asset-backed money.
The Economic Democracy Act offers a systemic solution for closing the wealth gap. Central banks must stop creating money backed by unsustainable government debt and Wall St speculation & create money for citizen-owned private-sector capital formation. https://t.co/7y64uXzLJq
Oxfam just reported that the 10 richest people in the world doubled their wealth during the pandemic, while 99% of the world's people saw their incomes shrink. https://t.co/4IurTXHCzw
As we celebrate the life and universal vision of Martin Luther King, Jr., we can see how he was looking toward the next leg of the civil rights journey — a just third way of economic personalism. This 2007 blog shares some profound and little-known quotes: https://t.co/DowXL7WVOR
Hortense the mule gets the message.
Politicians and "experts" are proposing plans for building new infrastructure, new green industries and new economic development.
Ask them three questions: Who will own it? Who will control it? Who will pay for it? https://t.co/7I345GPT9B
@PoeticLicencedk @DefeatTrump2024 Thanks for the mention! There’s a long history behind the movement to empower every person with equal access to lifelong capital ownership. The historic meeting between Louis Kelso and Sen. Russell Long appears in the article, “Dinner at the Madison,” on https://t.co/8n5H3IGAuB
@CoryBooker Baby Bonds is not the answer, very low rate of return, more government spending. We need access to Capital Ownership. “Own or Be Owned.” Economic Democracy Act must be put before Congress.
What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. say about economic justice? Did he see a higher synthesis beyond monopolistic capitalism and collectivist socialism? Here's an excellent compilation from his writings and speeches: https://t.co/DowXL7WVOR
@PoeticLicencedk I thought it was a humpback. I remember your “piercing” whistle. Very annoying to the humans in the whale-watching boat, but it really had the whales going. A couple were leaping out of the water, and the one that came next to the boat seemed curious and friendly. Magical!
Listen to how Gene Gordon, founder of Descendants of American Slaves for Economic & Social Justice (https://t.co/3gv0l3Wyth) would envision a just economy for every person: https://t.co/5OWlFixrVf
Noah Webster: "The liberty of the press, trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Writ, even Magna Carta itself, although justly deemed the paladia of freedom, are all inferior considerations, when compared with the general distribution of real property among every class of people."
Thoughts on Juneteenth 2020:
Without capital ownership, we won’t have power.
Without power, we won’t have justice.
Without justice, we won’t have freedom.
This means, simply,
OWN OR BE OWNED.
Let’s all unite to make every citizen of the world an owner.
Listen to Lisa Saleh, Hubert Humphrey Fellow and CESJ Research Fellow, discuss how the #JustThirdWay of economic personalism and #universalbasicownership can address problems of public health and global poverty.
#Yemen#Covid19 https://t.co/yDhaCwP1Jl
The depth & breadth of the #COVIDー19 crisis creates a moment of unparalleled opportunity, where leaders & citizens may be open to systemic change. Please read & share: "Universalizing Capital Ownership: How Article 17 of the UDHR Can Save the Economy," https://t.co/pmUBJ3oZ7X
Like to discuss how your thinking can be incorporated into a new paradigm which broadens productive capital asset ownership simultaneously with economy's growth using insured, interest-free capital credit. See my article at https://t.co/lGxyatxucX.