Articles by Derek Royden
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The Tragedy in Yemen
Derek Royden | PeaceVoice – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2016
Besides intelligence and targeting assistance provided to the Saudis in Yemen, since 2010 the US has sold $60 billion in arms to the country, an absolute monarchy with one of the worst human rights records in the world. Human rights groups have concluded that these weapons, including cluster munitions banned in most countries, have been used indiscriminately against civilian targets including markets, schools and hospitals.
→ read full articleHere is What a Solidarity Economy Looks Like – from Quebec to Chicago to Mexico
Derek Royden, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Nov 2015
Defining the term “solidarity economy” can be difficult: it has become a kind of catchall to describe everything from worker-owned cooperatives to open source software to complementary currencies. Surprisingly, the ideas promoted in the solidarity economy are not very well known in the English-speaking world.
→ read full articleTalking Democracy: How Movements Decide – Reassessing Formal Consensus
Derek Royden – Nation of Change,
24 Aug 2015
As way to highlight some of the Occupy movement’s successes, Formal Consensus isn’t ideal for every situation or issue. So where do we go from here to develop a better system?
→ read full articleSolutions Movement: How Worker-Owned Co-ops Can Change the Way We Work
Derek Royden, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jun 2015
21 May 2015 – As many of us watch or participate in the movement to improve the lives of service workers through raising the minimum wage, another, more radical story is being told on the margins: the story of worker-owned cooperatives, which have the potential to change the way we work.
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