A project of the Labor Institute to reverse runaway income and wealth inequality.
Its no secret that the rich are getting richer while the rest of us are finding it harder to make ends meet. Why do the top one percent get all the breaks while others struggle to find a good job, live in fear of a major health crisis, and get buried under growing debt? Many … Read more
We’re putting together a database of Train the Trainer sessions held since Reversing Runaway Inequality started in 2015. What started out with just a few T4T events our first year has gained momentum. We’re now up to 486 people on our Trainers Map (there are two not shown in Hawaii), and more than 3,500 people … Read more
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.92″ src=”https://runawayinequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/buffington0521-2.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_layout=”light”] Who Sponsored the Event?: Alliance for Economic Justice Date: Saturday May 19, 2018 Zip Code: 28403 Describe your event: On Saturday, May 19th the Alliance for Economic Justice held its first Reversing Runaway Inequality workshop for 13 community allies. The workshop … Read more
A Runaway Inequality activist, Tim Cates, sent along an article from his local shopping paper, the Ashland Sneak Preview. In the April 2018 issue, the publisher, Curtis Hayden writes about reading Les Leopold’s book Runaway Inequality. Mr. Hayden does a great job of laying out the problem with wealth and income inequality, and settles on … Read more
JP Morgan says S&P 500 companies will buy back $800 billion of their own shares this year, up from the $530 billion spent in 2017. Read the whole story here. Read about financial stripmining, the extraction of wealth from companies for the benefit of the wealthy, and how it crushed the middle class, here.
“Economic Inequality: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Get Out?” University of California Berkeley – Social Justice Symposium Jan. 27, 2018 After hearing Les Leopold speak in Berkeley, Debbie Notkin and Emily Wheeler were inspired and signed up for the Runaway Inequality Train-the-Trainer session held Sept. 10, 2017 in Oakland. … Read more
Very well for the wealthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opinion/investors-republican-tax-cut.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
Jim Henry sent us a video about the recent workshop Indivisible St. Johns, in St. Augustine Florida, ran. Jim says the video is a little down and dirty, because he was facilitating the workshop as well as shooting the video, but hopes it still gets out the word about what’s happening in these events all … Read more
A group called Sustainable Staten Island organized a conference on the anniversary of the first Women’s March of a coalition of grassroots community groups and organizations. Under the #SIUnited2018 banner, they gathered to build a strong progressive movement in New York City’s most conservative borough. Visit the conference website for more. Runaway Inequality’s Les Leopold … Read more
Reversing Runaway Inequality – SF Bay Area Tues. Feb. 6, 2018 6-7pm PST Dear Movement Builders, You are invited to join the first Monthly Call for the SF Bay Area educators network. Calls will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The agenda for the call is attached. Ideas for Future Workshops We are pleased … Read more