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BiodiverSeed is a seed-saving and seed-swapping community, and a sustainability blog.
http://www.biodiverseed.com/tagged/living+walls
more small steps forward: https://www.ttbook.org/interview/how-socialism-won-seattle
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
How Socialism Won in Seattle
Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant is the first socialist to win an election there in almost a century. Her platform included fighting for — and winning — a $15 minimum wage, and a tax on the wealthy.
Love this especially "Asserting oneself as a woman or as a person of color or as a member of the LGBT community or as an immigrant is extremely important, especially given the absolutely horrendous attacks by Trump and the right wing and the Republican Party. That is actually playing a role in energizing and activating women and other people of other communities that face specific oppressions.
I think what you will see in the next year is people of all identities running on platforms that unite working people."
I think what you will see in the next year is people of all identities running on platforms that unite working people."
#latestagecapitalism But the economic exploitation of prisoners doesn’t end when they’re released. In 49 states, inmates are charged for the costs of their own incarceration.
The way this works varies. In some states, formerly incarcerated people are sent bills, and in others they are charged fines (sometimes called legal financial obligations, or LFOs). Some states collect the cost of incarcerating someone through windfall statutes, grabbing any inheritances, lottery winnings or proceeds from litigation. (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-prison-strike-labor-criminal-justice_us_5b9bf1a1e4b013b0977a7d74)
The way this works varies. In some states, formerly incarcerated people are sent bills, and in others they are charged fines (sometimes called legal financial obligations, or LFOs). Some states collect the cost of incarcerating someone through windfall statutes, grabbing any inheritances, lottery winnings or proceeds from litigation. (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-prison-strike-labor-criminal-justice_us_5b9bf1a1e4b013b0977a7d74)
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You've Served Your Time. Now Here's Your Bill.
Even inmates who work in prison are made, upon release, to pay for their own incarceration.