April 1, 1995 For over a decade the Naugatuck Valley Project has tried to hold on to jobs, to build community and to gain control over the Valley’s economy. What is most exciting about this pamphlet is that it shows how people in one locality can learn, change and assert themselves in the process… Read More »
ALL WE WANT IS MAKE US FREE: THE STORY OF AMISTAD
September 12, 1994 Draft text for a half-hour educational documentary sponsored by the Amistad Committee, Inc [Opening location: possibly a 19th century sailing ship on Long Island Sound or the Amistad monument in New Haven. The narrator may tell the story to a group of New Haven school children.] Narrator: This is the story… Read More »
SMALL CAN BE STRONG
February 20, 1994 As Connecticut’s economy stagnates, proposals proliferate for casinos, sports arenas, malls, fantasy theme parks, giveaways to lure out-of-state companies and contracts for just one more militarily-useless weapons system. The Land of Steady Habits is in danger of becoming the land of the quick fix. The new global economy pushes us toward… Read More »
HOW TO GROW THE ECONOMY
July 18, 1993 Connecticut faces two intersecting economic crises. The first is the long-term concentration of poverty in many of the state’s urban and rural areas. The second is the sharp military spending cuts and national and worldwide recession. Both have been accompanied by a reduction in lending and investment- a withdrawal of… Read More »
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