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2011-12-22T12:28:00.000-08:00

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Post Digital Press (October 16, 2009)

Author: Kathleen Wright
Subject: Barney Rosset; Evergreen Review; Grove Press; books; literature; freedom of speech
Year: 2009
Collection: ourmedia

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In honor of the Literary Lion of Press, Barney Rosset, we look to archive his excellence in publishing the works of great authors and beat poets. Had it not been for his championship in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Freedom of Speech, would have otherwise have gone uncelebrated in American culture as we know it today.

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FREELANCERS UNION

2011-10-04T16:45:00.000-07:00

New Mutualism:
Mutual Support for the Information Age

The problems at first seem overwhelming. Full-time jobs are disappearing. Government entitlements are shrinking. We're even running out of oil. Fortunately, America has a long tradition of fixing big problems with creative solutions.

Freelancing – once a euphemism for unemployment – has grown to be a dominant force in the economy, with 42 million independent workers (more than the total number of autoworkers, teachers, and doctors combined) driving the U.S. economy. Entrepreneurial organizations are figuring it out by developing market-oriented models that build collective solutions to society's problems. Across the globe, people are building a collaborative/DIY/cooperative culture: online marketplaces like Craigslist and Etsy, peer-to-peer lending like Lending Club, smart food consumption through CSAs and urban farming, and other cost-conscious, socially-minded movements that promote mutual exchange.

We believe that this phenomenon, which we're calling 'new mutualism', is not just a fad. Rather it's the beginning of a movement that relies on sustainable, community-driven solutions to solve seemingly intractable problems.

Mutual support is nothing new. The first wave of mutualism saw the spread of worker and farmer cooperatives, credit associations, friendly societies, and similar groups. The government-sponsored programs of the New Deal supplanted the need for many of these groups, but as government and business sponsored supports are dwindling, interest in mutualism is growing, and advances in technology make it easier for communities to stay connected.

Underpinning the philosophy of new mutualism is the belief that political and economic life flourishes in social networks, and that social change requires individuals to shift their thinking from 'I' to 'we.' At the core of this new movement is a culture of interdependence, mutual support, and affinity, with building sustainability, rather than maximizing short-term profit, as a goal. That's why we're working with our members to build a new social support system that makes sense now and two generations from now.

Want to Learn More? Read:
◦What's Mine Is Yours by Rachel Botsman
◦We Think by Charles Leadbeater
◦Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
◦Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff
◦The Manuscripts by Ezio Manzini
◦The Freelance Surge Is the Industrial Revolution of Our Time by Sara Horowitz

..Freelancers Union.© 2011 Freelancers Union, Inc.
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Early history of the World Alliance of Word Affiliates

2009-10-18T12:49:00.000-07:00

In 1995, the Denver Book Fair brought together poets Eric Hjerstedt Sharp and Wardell Montgomery Jr.
A 1980 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, Sharp developed an interest in poets not necessarily published in the major academic anthologies. Boulder's Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetic's close proximity to UNC in Greeley introduced Sharp to Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and other beats. Friends with Steve Cohen, who also attended UNC, Sharp was introduced to Ginsberg at a downtown reading at the Walrus. Cohen had attended Naropa after graduation from UNC in the late 70s and played guitar at some of Ginsberg's readings. He also took a course from Ginsberg in the poetry of art of William Blake. At the same time, Sharp was taking a course in Blake from James Doyle, the poet-in-residence at UNC.