The Working Class and Occupy Wall Street

Union membership doesn’t increase much due to patient organizing work, as sociologist Dan Clawson explained in  “The Next Upsurge : Labor and the New Social Movements”, published in 2003.  Instead, it shoots up during upsurges of strike activity, and then levels off. According to Clawson, in the 1980s and ’90s, unions had slowly developed new tactics, [...]

New Novel Explores Life on a 19th Century Plantation in Puerto Rico

History aficionados will find “Conquistadora” a fascinating text with detailed views of a Puerto Rican sugar cane plantation in the mid-19th century. By Rafael Ocasio Conducive March/April 2012 Esmeralda Santiago was born in the working-class neighborhood of Villa Palmeras, in Santurce, in the outskirts of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1948. In 1961, when she was barely a [...]

What Can a City Farm Accomplish?

It is  a testimonial to the power and potential of the sustainable food systems movement to transform not just the lives of the Whole Foods set, but of a diverse group of people. by Abbe Futterman Conducive March/April 2012 Part coffee table book, part documentary account, “Growing a Garden City” by  journalist Jeremy N. Smith is a [...]

Beyond Disposable: A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Living

All day, everyday, we do it without really thinking about it. Pull that coffee filter full of spent grounds out of the machine after your morning cuppa, and toss it into the kitchen trash. Grab a paper towel from the office pantry to serve as a napkin for your lunch break, wipe your mouth and [...]

August/September 2011

  Conducive Magazine‘s new issue is on the topic of land and farming. We look at the power of possessing land and the power of entities with not enough land to posses it. Why You Should Care About Land Grabs The recent phenomenon of aggressive land takeovers, also known as land grabs, has resulted in [...]

Why You Should Care About Land Grabs

How Do You Grab Land? The recent phenomenon of aggressive land takeovers, also known as land grabs, has resulted in the taking of enormous portions of land throughout Africa. In 2009 alone, nearly 60 million hectares of land was purchased or leased throughout the continent for the production and export of food, cut flowers, and [...]

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Fiction, Film, Poetry

Charlize Theron on Battle in Seattle

  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Charlize Theron comedycentral.com Daily Show Full Episodes Important Things w/ Demetri Martin Political Humor Purchase a copy of Battle in Seattle here. Democracy Now interview with director Stuart Townsend and organizer David Solnit from the Real Battle in Seattle.

Beneficial People

Urban Fruit Gleaming

Around the country food banks are experiencing food shortages. Meanwhile fruit trees across U.S. neighborhoods go unpicked. The people at Portland Free Tree Project found a way to easily clean up their neighborhood by giving excess fruit to those who can use the fresh organic produce. They show us how we can clean up our [...]

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July/August 2009

ISSUE 2 KEEPING IT TOGETHER Conducive knows our readers want to create a purposeful, sustainable life, but face numerous challenges. That’s why it’s so important to find ways to overcome those obstacles and continue on. In this issue we launch our new section “Keeping it Together” to provide tips, explore ideas, and get your feedback [...]

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June/July 2009

ISSUE 2 MARRIAGE IN VISIBILITY Is Your Marriage Invisible? Same Sex Marriage and the 2010 Census BY HEATHER TIRADO GILLIGAN To be counted on the census entails social and political visibility. To be measured is to be politically noticed, and to be noticed is to have a claim on government resources. Political visibility follows on the [...]

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