# \[NorCal • SFBA\] In Search Of Co-operative Creative Partners for Community **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Tags:** makerspace, community-vision, work-in-progress, ecovillage, seeking-members, bipoc, lgbtqia2\ **Created:** [July 2, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602 "2023-07-02T06:35:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/21 "2023-07-19T21:24:19Z")
My last post reference generational attributes and biases. Now as a person of African-American/Afro-Bermudian heritage born in the mid-1950s, I’m lumped into a Boomer generational definition that has absolutely no relevance to the Black experience of the Jim Crow world of my childhood. I love some music, food, motorcycles, cars and guitars of the 1950s and 60s, but those were NOT “Happy Days” for me or any other Black families throughout the US. Nothing I’ve ever read or heard about “Boomers” is relatable. ## Adam Conover asks Jean Twenge, “Do Generations Exist?” | Factually! Podcast [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/3/34fd9ab88c013cfad9201c4d0c5c22b1a87ada6b.jpeg "Do Generations Exist? with Jean Twenge - Factually! - 219") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOPmtYj8C8) Are Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers truly distinct groups or just convenient labels? With millions of individuals in each category, it’s hard to imagine they all share common experiences. Together with renowned psychologist Jean Twenge, Adam unravels the conventional notions of generations, exploring when these labels can be helpful and when they might miss the mark. Find Jean’s book at [factually.com/books](http://factually.com/books) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/22 "2023-07-22T21:06:23Z")
## RFK’s COVID Claims EXPOSED By “The Real Truther” [@thereal\_truther](https://twitter.com/thereal_truther) | The Majority Report [@MajorityFM](https://twitter.com/majorityfm) [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/9/91457aab473b40778256c50199779bee19005329.jpeg "RFK's Covid Claims EXPOSED By Fact-Checker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8ZEOsAq5Q) **Effectiveness and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in real-world studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis** Qiao Liu, Chenyuan Qin, Min Liu & Jue Liu Published: November 14, 2021 > **[Effectiveness and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in real-world studies: a...](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-021-00915-3)** > > Background To date, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) becomes increasingly fierce due to the emergence of variants. Rapid herd immunity through vaccination is needed to block the mutation and prevent the emergence of variants that can completely... With 5,571 reports accessible via just this single aggregated authoritative institution, the National Library of Medicine, no reasonable person would consider this statement hyperbole. Whether driven by fear or dishonesty, the problem is that people are not being reasonable. [Search results on “covid vaccine efficacy” here.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=covid+vaccine+efficacy) #SARS-CoV-2, #Vaccine, #Effectiveness, #Safety, #Meta-analysis ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/23 "2023-07-22T21:33:25Z")
## Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet The climate crisis is not primarily a problem of ‘believing science’ or individual ‘carbon footprints’ – it is a class problem rooted in who owns, controls and profits from material production. As such, it will take a class struggle to solve. In this groundbreaking class analysis, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted for producing climate change. Yet, the narrow and unpopular roots of climate politics in the professional class is incapable of building a movement up to this challenge. For an alternative strategy, he proposes climate politics that appeals to the vast majority of society: the working class. Huber evaluates the Green New Deal as a first attempt to channel working class material and ecological interests and advocates building union power in the very energy system we need to dramatically transform. In the end, as in classical socialist movements of the early 20th Century, winning the climate struggle will need to be internationalist based on a form of planetary working class solidarity. > **[Climate Change as Class War](https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/775-climate-change-as-class-war)** > > The climate crisis is not primarily a problem of ‘believing science’ or individual ‘carbon footprints’ – it is a class problem rooted in who owns, controls and profits from material production. As such, it will take a class struggle to solve. In this... The Majority Report’s [Emma Vigeland](https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland) hosts [Matt Huber](https://twitter.com/matthuber78), professor of Geography at Syracuse University, to discuss the book. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/2/2734ef535bd7e7a69bb5bfb8ca949bcdb24f17df.jpeg "Climate Change As Class War: Can Socialism Solve The Climate Crisis? | Matt Huber | TMR") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4JHK3uyn-o) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/24 "2023-07-28T23:04:06Z")
## U.N. Warns: “The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived” | Democracy Now! [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/a/a45de92e5d403d102d64d997005476dbbbe4dae1.jpeg "U.N. Warns: "The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3V29nBkhLE) July is on pace to be the hottest month ever recorded, and the impact of the soaring temperatures is being felt across the globe in massive heat waves, wildfires, flooding and more. On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the world has entered the “era of global boiling,” and President Joe Biden gave a major speech to unveil new measures to combat the crisis but resisted calls to declare a climate emergency. [David Wallace-Wells](https://twitter.com/dwallacewells), an opinion writer for The New York Times and a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, says the world is not moving quickly enough to phase out fossil fuels, and even some of the progress that has been made is easily erased by massive wildfires like those burning in Canada right now. We also speak with [Dharna Noor](https://twitter.com/dharnanoor), fossil fuels and climate reporter at The Guardian US who wrote an exposé on “Project 2025,” a right-wing plan to dismantle environmental policies and many regulatory protections if a Republican takes the White House in the next election. She calls the document’s drafters “a who’s who of the far right.” ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/25 "2023-08-05T13:59:37Z")
## Cool Communities Without AC | DW Planet A [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/b/b25bd3449cb9d8963f42861e31bc28150637e935.jpeg "How to cool our homes (even without ACs)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbEOMCsqaI) As the planet gets hotter, more people use air conditioners to keep cool. Running these takes lots of energy, which means emissions that then further speed up global warming. Rethinking our architecture and using more efficient cooling technologies could help us break this vicious circle. #ClimateAdaptive #DistrictCooling #DistrictHeating #MicroGrid #PermacultureCooling #IntentionalCommunity ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/26 "2023-08-05T14:12:19Z")
## District Energy: The Key to Achieving Low-Carbon Communities [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/9/9491b556a3597ffef934fc66474ee1d7cfd0884f.jpeg "District Energy: The Key to Achieving Low-Carbon Communities") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BznKyEb0bc) **International District Energy Association** [https://districtenergy.org](https://districtenergy.org) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/27 "2023-08-06T15:26:56Z")
## What is the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes? | PBS Terra [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/f/fb4d7df9c11b738d36a87321b767a50748c64298.jpeg "What is the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Oe6YK0DgE) Climate Change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters all around the world. And in the United States, more and more people seem to be moving to the places that are projected to be most impacted by climate change, from hazards such as flooding, wildfire, storms, drought and extreme heat, and leaving the most climate-resilient areas. At first glance, this seems like a bizarre and paradoxical trend. So, for this episode of Weathered, we decided to see if we could get to the bottom of it. We spoke to experts and sifted through lots of data about moving trends and shifting climate patterns to figure out what’s really going on here and what you can do to avoid moving into harm’s way. Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert **[Maiya May](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maiyamay/)** and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare. ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/28 "2023-08-07T17:03:10Z")
I’m 66 years old and have always stood by Black Women personally and politically, despite the fact the majority, including Black women of the FIC, do not accept me as a woman, nor acknowledge that I carry the same burdens of discrimination and violence. The passive-aggressive ostracization by the women of the FIC BIPOC Fund speaks volumes. ## Kimberlé Crenshaw on Black Women Killed by Police & DeSantis’s Pro-Slavery Curriculum | Democracy Now! [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/b/b69b8a8ad2d4df33275346cb855686a0e7b7c3ab.jpeg "#SayHerName: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Black Women Killed by Police & DeSantis's Pro-Slavery Curriculum") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaRDtbG_log) We speak with acclaimed scholar and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw about her new book [#SayHerName\_](https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/sayhername_), which honors the stories of 177 Black women and girls killed by police between 1975 and 2022 whose deaths received little media coverage or other attention. “We can’t give these women back to their families, but we can make sure that they are not lost to history,” Crenshaw tells Democracy Now! She also discusses the ongoing right-wing “attack on Black knowledge,” such as Florida’s new education curriculum that claims slavery had “personal benefit” for enslaved people, as well as the recent death of civil rights scholar Charles Ogletree. ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/29 "2023-08-09T22:09:43Z")
# Philanthropy Is Ruining America | [Leeja Miller, JD](https://my.delusionmedia.co/leeja-link-in-bio) [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/6/62d0af525d1766c6e4f405b339a9918916ec0613.jpeg "Philanthropy is Ruining America") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igKJNiOf8xE) Billionaires and multi-millionaires love to pat themselves on the back for their charitable giving. But what if we just taxed the rich and regulated their business practices instead of letting them get away with theft and atrocity while still getting to pad their reputation by giving away the millions of dollars they stole from their laborers? ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/30 "2023-08-11T21:57:47Z")
## When Social Control Masquerades as Social Justice | WHAT IS POLITICS? [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/5/5412d6f2b0076976e30ebb50de309b68b307549f.jpeg "9.2 - “Equity” vs. Equality: When Social Control Masquerades as Social Justice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1cOCegTlG0) When ideas and movements that threaten to overturn established hierarchies of power are absorbed into elite institutions like Ivy League universities and for-profit corporations, they get transformed into ideas that support the status quo, while remaining cloaked in the language and symbols of radicalism and egalitarianism. The replacement of the word “equality” by the word “equity” in the worlds of academia, NGOs, activism, and corporate HR departments, is an example of the attempts by elite people and institutions to transform historical movements for racial and gender equality, into ideas that promote the interest of elites – in particular, economic inequality and the division of the working classes. In this episode, we explore how forms of oppression based on cultural factors like skin colour or gender or religion, etc, can only be understood and effectively combatted by understanding them in the context of economic exploitation and economic competition which is what the human propensity to discriminate evolved for in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/31 "2023-08-11T22:40:20Z")
A higher seat at the table of an unjust system, diversity among the ruling class, is not progress, it is a bribe! ― Muirén Ní Sídach Reach me [muiren@m3it.app](https://muiren@m3it.app), [@muiren@sfba.social](https://sfba.social/@muiren), [Discord](https://discordapp.com/users/677659543723048980), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/muiren/) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/32 "2023-08-12T00:06:21Z")
## How Liberal Comedians Became Lap Dogs for Establishment Power w/Lee Camp | The Chris Hedges Report [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/b/b5b88b286aacdbd096e7e27cc28318494e378a46.jpeg "How liberal comedians became lap dogs for establishment power w/Lee Camp | The Chris Hedges Report") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9sx0PWSe5w) The fusion of politics, news, and entertainment has given prominence to comics like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Bill Maher, who serve as attack dogs for the Democratic Party, which has joined forces with the establishment wing of the old Republican Party against Donald Trump and his supporters. By belittling Trump and his followers, these comics feed the smug, self-righteousness of the ruling establishment, bolstering their sense of moral and intellectual superiority. All the while, they remain comfortably constrained by the corporations and advertisers that employ them. They function as court jesters, never questioning the right of the rulers to rule, or the terrible social injustices built into a rigged system. They serve as attack dogs for establishment power, directing their comedic barbs at critics of the system, even if these critics come from the left. Comedian and political commentator Lee Camp joins **The Chris Hedges Report** discussing the transformation of comedy from an art form rooted in the counterculture to one that has largely become a megaphone for power. Lee Camp is a comedian, political commentator, and former head writer and host of the national TV show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp on RT America. He’s a former contributor to The Onion, former staff humor writer for HuffPost, and his web series “Moment of Clarity” has been viewed by millions. Camp has toured the country and the world with his fierce brand of standup comedy, and George Carlin’s daughter, Kelly, credited him as one of the few comics keeping her father’s torch lit. His website is [https://LeeCamp.com](https://LeeCamp.com) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/33 "2023-08-13T10:48:59Z")
# Economists’ “Holy Grail” Metric Is Totally Bogus | The Majority Report [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/c/c53f604d778e2058692cfbc0a1710a49a84385ad.jpeg "Economists' "Holy Grail" Metric Is Totally Bogus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZUIRS_1Bc) **[Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland](https://majorityreportradio.com)** speak with **[Jon D. Erickson, professor of sustainability science](https://www.uvm.edu/gund/profiles/jon-d-erickson)** and policy at The University of Vermont, to discuss his recent book **[The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics](https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Illusion-Reclaiming-Fairytale-Economics-ebook/dp/B0BNWDKK2S/)**. ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/34 "2023-08-16T14:14:10Z")
## Cooperative Accounting Conundrum | GEO Podcast [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/a/acd2eebbeae03ebb15a98176fab12e1836dde840.jpeg "GEO Podcast #6 - Cooperative Accounting Conundrum") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfD42JkNu9Y) On this episode of the **[Grassroots Economic Organizing](https://geo.coop/story/how-traditional-accounting-hinders-worker-co-op-start-ups)** podcast, Mike Leung talks with Josh Davis about a paradox in how start-up losses are handled in worker cooperatives. ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/35 "2023-08-17T13:08:42Z")
## Unschooling: Why Parents Remove Their Kids From School [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/1/17f1b3ca8fb4f4b95239c9bfc353303119755db4.jpeg "Unschooling: Why Parents Teach Their Kids at Home") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwrCnt6N34) A growing number of parents believe in unschooling — the process of learning through life, outside classrooms. Similar to homeschooling it usually happens at home or within the community. But while homeschooling usually follows a formal curriculum, unschooling doesn’t. So how does it work, and why do parents advocate for it? ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/36 "2023-08-17T13:49:12Z")
## Sociocracy: Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation | Grassroots Economic Organizing [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/9/92179588504d72962a71766852899f95c80e511e.jpeg "Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntHl3-qmviE) **[The Sociocracy for All Co-op Circle](https://www.sociocracyforall.org/coop/),** writes about why they believe sociocracy is especially suited to cooperatives, how it embodies the 7 cooperative principles, and why they think that sociocracy has the potential to act as the “operating system of the new economy.” ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/37 "2023-08-18T05:29:06Z")
## Sociocracy and Co-operation Technology | Adrian Zarif > **[Sociocracy and the cooperation technology](https://forums.sociocracyforall.org/t/sociocracy-and-the-cooperation-technology/3634)** > > Sociocracy and the cooperation technology Sociocracy and the cooperation technology Sociocracy and cooperation technology are two interconnected concepts that can enhance collaboration and decision-making within organizations. Let’s... ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/38 "2023-08-18T15:04:54Z")
## Y’all haters kill me with that illuminati mess… | Signified B Sides #BlackConservatism, #BlackQAnon, #ConspiracyTheories, #antiBlackness, #InternalizedRacism [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/2/21fe8e129220abbcc22ca9e573f99b6e4c9a4fa0.jpeg "Is Beyonce demonic or are you just anti black?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7czkLVS354) ---
**Author:** ![Muiren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ic.org/muiren/32/3012_2.png) [@Muiren](https://forum.ic.org/u/Muiren)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602/39 "2023-08-20T21:25:39Z")
## The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy by Jon Shelton | The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/3/3ddf3c9fee6fad74732769b685fe46162b7e1399.jpeg "The "Education Myth": How American Changed It's Relationship With School | Jon Shelton | TMR") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EoD271Z0UY) “The Education Myth” challenges the prevailing notion that education is the primary avenue to economic opportunity in America. Author [Jon Shelton](https://www.uwgb.edu/directory/people/sheltonj/), associate professor and chair of [Democracy & Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay](https://www.uwgb.edu/democracy-justice-studies/), explores the historical shift in the perception of education’s role in society, revealing that its connection to economic well-being was not always inevitable. While early public education aimed to foster democratic participation, the mid-20th century saw the rise of the education myth, stifling social democratic alternatives and sidelining notions of economic security and social dignity for all. Shelton tracks the transformation from the 1960s onward, as both Democrats and Republicans, including figures like Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, perpetuated this myth, leading to an unequal economy and a deeply divided political landscape over the past four decades. [Link to the book at Cornell University Press](https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501768149/the-education-myth/) For a spot on book review, point your browser to: Public Education Is Vital for Democracy. But It’s Not the Solution to Poverty or Inequality [By Jennifer C. Berkshire | Jacobin](https://jacobin.com/2023/03/jon-shelton-education-myth-review-public-schools-inequality-neoliberalism) ---
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### Could America Have A General Strike Like France? | More Perfect Union **The Class Room featuring [Alice Cappelle](https://www.instagram.com/alicecappelle_/)** [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/ic/original/2X/2/274332b24fed60e461ec8e6eb5b0f6c8b24eef39.jpeg "Could America Have A General Strike Like France? | The Class Room ft. @AliceCappelle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acROsgruQU) When millions of French protesters shut down their country over the president’s decision to raise the retirement age, U.S. commentators said it could never happen here. But why? To find out why, we went back through decades of U.S. and French history. We took a look at the different narratives we tell ourselves about strikes and the different laws protecting the right to collective action in the United States and Europe. [Previous page](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.ic.org/t/norcal-sfba-in-search-of-co-operative-creative-partners-for-community/2602.md?page=3)