General Baker of Detroit quote: "The struggle for equality is being transferred to a struggle for survival" If robots are more productive than we are, then who has the right to live, to have productive work? We need a vision of the world we want to live in."
Jihan Gearon, Black Mesa Water Coalition quotes:
"We want a healthy economy"an economy based on our traditions, but cutting out the middlemen."
"We need to build solid relationships based on trust: people are so used to being taken advantage of."
"Let's challenge the use of precious resources. How is it that there's no water to create a wool-washing sector among the Navajos when nearby Peabody coal has unlimited, free access to the Navajo watershed?"
" The biggest challenge is fear. It feels like we're biting the hand that feeds us. We must create and inspiration campaign--which is the most important and the most fun."
Joel Uehlein, Labor Network for Sustainability quotes:
"Transitioning to a New Economy will require focusing on the needs of our workers, our communities, our regions."
"One of the biggest challenges to a New Economy is understanding the primacy of working in people's lives and the role of fear."
"It's about making a living on a living planet--sustainability starts at the kitchen table."
"If we're going to talk about divestment/reinvestment it's important to talk to the right people. Talk to the pension fund advisors for labor. They will talk to the unions."
"Ownership of resources is about reclaiming the commons."
"The New Economy should be generating more wealth IN the communities than is extracted FROM the communities."
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