socialism

This declaration appeared nowhere in the mainstream media but it is an important statement of an alternative direction to the desperate attempts to save the failing system of corporate capitalism.  There is almost no debate of these issues north of Mexico but we need to learn from the reinvention of a real social economy and deep democracy in many Latin American countries.  This is statement is a good summary of the values underlying this reinvention.  Here is an excerpt

So much for the new era of social economy and social entrepreneurship. NGOs and foundations are downsizing left and right. A prominent social change event attended by social entrepreneurs and social innovators has had to be postponed because of the economic crisis.