"More from Less" not happening, not likely to happen

Global resource use has actually been accelerating faster than growth in the global economy. We are becoming more resource-intensive, not less. -Jason Hickel

http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2021/02/demateralizing-economy-isnt-happening.html 

Autosprawl collapse

Texas storm misery as 500,000 without power, stores run out of food, hospitals evacuated and seven million under boil water orders
https://t.co/2LpX8vxmSe

— The Sun (@TheSun) February 19, 2021

How will we pay for cars?

 

Free Public Transit website to close down

Our website https://freepublictransit.org will soon be taken down after 14 years.

Why we should say "Fight Racism" not "Black Lives Matter"

To achieve any progress for poor and working people anywhere, first we must be united. In the US the protests against racist police brutality have been given the name "Black Lives Matter." Sounds good at first. But, stop and think, what does that actually say. 

• First it is a truism, like "water is wet." 
• Second, it says nothing about why black people are being attacked, or what to do. 
• Third, it is ambiguous and raises more questions, such as what about disabled lives? 
• Fourth, it is divisive. It does not directly address oppressed in general. 
• Fifth, what is it's impact on people for whom English is a second language? Do they immediately interpret it as a fight against racism? Do Vietnamese lives matter? Korean? Polish?
• Sixth, it is weak and liberal and sounds like something in church, not the streets. 
• Seventh, it can be used by racists to appeal to white oppressed and say: "see? no one cares about you."

The MSM has great power in shaping protest. They choose what's "popular" by what they feature. Let's not let them hijack the fight against racism.

Make your sign say "Fight Racism." It is unambiguous.

We had a choice...

We had a choice. Biosphere or cars. We chose cars.

What happens when you build a system where cars are more important than people?

Desolante ... Thousands of cars form a mile-long line at Dallas food bank after unemployment benefits were reduced | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/TwsZ8jEL1P

— Andrea Mazzalai (@icebergfinanza) August 14, 2020

Movement for a Peoples' Party

"Repair our aging and leaking drinking water pipes, meters and wastewater treatment plants. Expand bus lines, subway systems, high speed rail and other means of public transportation. Reduce public transit fares to broaden access and take more cars off the road. Create millions of living wage jobs modernizing the infrastructure that powers American life and commerce. Classify the internet as a public utility and bring the country online with universal high-speed community broadband that covers rural communities."

Movement for a Peoples' Party in the US calls for expanding bus lines and reducing public transit fares. This will not be enough to address the "unmentionable" problem: sprawl. However, as the movement grows, this could change. But if sprawl is not addressed, the party will fail.

https://peoplesparty.org/

US bet on sprawl and lost

So about that V-recovery? Sunday drive down Main Street and food bank line spotted. pic.twitter.com/KC3jfSdwUd

— Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) June 28, 2020

How US plan for massive spending before election will cause more unrest