A project of the Labor Institute to reverse runaway income and wealth inequality.
From the Austin DSA Newsletter, July 2017 Austin DSA Members Participate in CWA “Reversing Runaway Inequality” Workshop Reported by David Pinkham On Saturday, July 8th at the bright and early hour of 8 A.M., Colin Gray and I, cramming our faces with cold coffee and Clif bars, carpooled down to Southwest Austin and managed to arrive … Read more
People across the country are letting us know they want to be trained to be trainers to reverse runaway inequality. The map helps us focus energy setting up training sessions. Join RunawayInequality.org and let us know where you are and if you want to be a trainer! The Continental US. The Pacific States and Philipines
The NY Times’s David Leonhardt borrows a chart from Thomas Piketty and his crew that shows how income gains have been distributed since World War II. Read his story at the New York Times.
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Across the country, educators are finding ways to spread the word about the damage runaway inequality is doing to our country. Check out the stories below from New York and Texas and some upcoming events in California and North Carolina. Staten Island, NY Austin, TX Oakland, CA: Train-the-trainer, Sept. 10 Wilmington, NC: “What Happened to the … Read more
The focus will be on using the Small Group Activity Method of training trainers. For information how you can participate click here. Or to purchase a sliding-scale ticket click here.
Runaway inequality comes at a steep price. The money that enriches the few is extracted from all that we hold dear: our public life, our incomes, our health, our environment, and the education of children. What would the world look like if we were able to reverse this? How is your vision different from the … Read more
Jane LaTour spent some time visiting activists on Staten Island, the most conservative of New York City’s five boroughs, and finds a progressive culture among the union organizers and peace advocates there. She visited a Runaway Inequality forum on June 22nd, and reports about what she learned. “On June 22nd, Sustainable Staten Island held a … Read more
A Daily Show writer in the NY Times describes her upbringing in a union home.
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