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The Reversing Runaway Inequality Petition is Live!

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For the past few weeks we’ve been testing the wording and delivery methods for the Reversing Runaway Inequality Petition, a program of policy ideas designed to reverse runaway inequality. Now the test is done and we’ve gone live. The petition is going out first to the Runaway Inequality Education Network, and the hope is other groups will support our goals and distribute the petition through their networks. Our goal is to demonstrate that progressive ideas are in the mainstream of American political thought, and in the interests of the vast majority of American people. The Petition is addressed to the …

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Let Us Know About Your Events

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Let us know about your Reversing Runaway Inequality training events, so we can show others what we’re all doing on our News page. Email a description, photos, video, and audio to peter@runawayinequality.org.

The People’s Summit: June 9-11 in Chicago

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Les Leopold is speaking at the People’s Summit this weekend, at 1:30pm on Saturday June 10 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Here’s what the organizers say about the People’s Summit: CALL FOR THE PEOPLE’S SUMMIT: BUILDING THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION At a time of tremendous turmoil and progressive opportunity, we invite you to participate in a historic convening of organizations and individuals committed to social, racial and economic justice.  On June 9-11 2017, in Chicago, we seek to bring together activists committed to a different kind of agenda: a People’s Agenda that can enhance and expand issue campaigns and hold all …

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Are You On the Runaway Inequality Educator/Trainer Map? June 20 Edition

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Dear RI: Who Is Working to Reverse Runaway Inequality?

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A photo from a recent session in Cleveland, of people figuring out how to reverse Runaway Inequality. A note from David Bitter: May 13, 2017 I wanted to thank-you for inviting me to attend the May 2017 “Reversing Runaway Inequality” workshop in Cleveland, Ohio. After pondering the experience for a while I would also like to share some thoughts from my perspective. At this unique point in time we face significant challenges associated with not only our desire for various forms of social justice but we also face environmental challenges that, unless satisfactorily resolved, may determine whether human beings face extinction …

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Les Leopold Northern California Speaking Tour May 17-20

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Runaway Inequality author Les Leopold will be speaking about Reversing Runaway Inequality at events in Northern California — May 17-20. Please see the schedule below and reserve your space! May 17- UU Fellowship of Redwood City – 2124 Brewster Ave, Redwood City – 8pm RSVP here: https://e.sparxo.com/RunawayInequalityRedwoodCity?rn=riblog May 18- Indivisible Santa Cruz – Louden Nelson Community Center – 301 Center St, Santa Cruz – 6pm (RSVP to https://www.facebook.com/events/1745762739047446/ OR https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reversing-runaway-inequality-workshop-with-the-author-tickets-34018048900?aff=efbeventtix ) May 19- NextSpace Coworking Berkely, 2081 Center Street, Berkeley – 6pm (RSVP: https://e.sparxo.com/RunawayInequalityBerkeley?rn=RunawayInequality_blog_post_1) May 20- Resistance Bootcamp – Alameda Point – 7pm  (RSVP: https://e.sparxo.com/Rootcamp)

A Review of Runaway Inequality in New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy

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The bulk of the review by Harris Gruman sits behind the paywall. You can buy short-term access ($36!) or get in if you’re a subscriber, but the lead paragraph is worth quoting: “Les Leopold has a mighty ambition for all of us. Like Populist Era “lecturers,” [he believes] we need to educate the people of our land about the economoic big picture in order to build a coherent national agenda and movement. His book, Runaway Inequality, is offered as a handbook for that work, a manual for educators and self-organized reading groups to get a grasp on the interconnectedness of …

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How the Runaway Inequality Educational Project Got Started

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This is from the email Les started sending people who signed up for more information about becoming a trainer or joining the campaign. We’ve moved it here so anyone who is interested might find it. “As an economics educator, I was asked by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in the Spring of 2015 to conduct five half-day sessions for Verizon workers on the need for movement building. None of us were sure what that actually meant but I said I’d give it a go. At the time, I had a rough draft of the book, the chapters of which …

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