Surviving Capitalism (Not) : David Harvey: Looking Toward a Moneyless Economy and Sleeping Well at Night

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

David Harvey: Looking Toward a Moneyless Economy and Sleeping Well at Night

Click here to access article by Laura Flanders from TruthOut.

This is rather light stuff when it comes to an anti-capitalist critique and pro-social ideas, but it may open more minds to more ideas now that the defects of capitalism are becoming harder to ignore.

This article starts with an introduction to David Harvey, and then features a 17:16m video segment of Flanders' show in which she interviews Harvey regarding his ideas. A transcript of the interview follows the YouTube video.