December 31, 1997 PREFACE: In an age when “how to” books deal with self-centered making out, whether in commerce or sex, Jeremy Brecher’s work is astonishing and refreshing; and, God knows, necessary. History From Below is an exciting primer, enabling “ordinary” people, non-academics, to recover their own personal and community’s pasts. At a time… Read More »
CAN’ST THOU DRAW OUT LEVIATHAN WITH A FISHOOK?
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 »
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 »