The more our country crumbles, the more the government says it can't afford to help. Three voices offer 3 different solutions. ANNIE LEONARD says there's plenty of money: just force Congress to close corporate loopholes. KEVIN CARSON says Big Government will always serve the powerful, so let's all develop an alternative economy. CHRIS HEDGES says that civil disobedience is our only option. Includes the entirety of Annie Leonard's new video, "The Story of Broke," plus some reflections by K.D.
"The Story of Broke" is available on YouTube.
Thanks to Robin Upton and "Unwelcome Guests" for Chris Hedges recent talk at Hofstra University (from which I have played excerpts). Audio of the full speech is at http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/584 .
Kevin Carsons essay--which I slightly condensed and edited for radio--is from CounterPunch, November 28, 2011: http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/11/28/two-cheers-for-the-story-of-stuff/ .
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "spreading chestnut tree") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Music added: David Rovics, "Crashing Down"
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