G'RE:D(1RlZBEE WAS NOT ESPE.CIALLV IN SPIRED BY Hl5 JOB AS A CLERK IN TfIT P.U. PLASTLCS CoRRJRA- TlO~... 1N fACT, KE Wl\~ A TI(PLCAL NElJR..oTlC WRECK F'ROM nus JOB!! tives and others who demanded or accepted more than that average. "If they can't live on what an average New Yorker (or Alabaman, or teacher, etc.) makes, how can they claim to be competent to represent us in Congress (or City Council, or school board)?" It's much more reasonable to lower the income or wealth of the few wealthy to achieve equity than to increase the income of the many poor- and much more realistic than to depend on "future economic growth" to make us all equally wealthy. The alternatives to greed as a basis for our society are equally obvious and ancien t- Equality, Respect, Justice, Moderation and Honesty. We're learning, in the effects of their absence, their necessity for the survival and well-being of our society. Here are a few gleanings from my past month's diggings, with lots of details. More will follow. Global Reach, Richard Barnet and Ronald Muller, 1974, $6.95 from: Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 The claims and the realities of multinational corporations and their destructive effects on both the U.S. and underdeveloped countries that have resulted in worsening conditions in both areas, while exponen tially increasing their own power and wealth. This has the details. REJlW{ G£TTIN'G l1'l SHAPE. HELPUiG H15 W[FE Wl\S l)EFlN'ITW( Food First, Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins Institute for Food Development Policy 2588 Mission San Francisco, CA 94110 A more detailed analysis of one sector-food- showing the interweavings of corporate ownership, control, propaganda and effect. Clearly shows the impact of changing our assumptions, and what can follow from taking people rather than profit first. Red Bologna, Jaggi, Muller and Schmid, 1977, $4.45 from: Pathfinder Press 410 West Street New York, NY 10014 The impressive achievements of Bologna show what is possible when a community reevaluates its assumptions as well as its problems. Bologna's 30-year-old freely-elected communist administration-the oldest in Italy-succeeds not only in getting more public participation and support for its innovative projects than any U.S. city, but is making major headway toward workable and fundamental resolution of urban problems. Democratic and decentralized government works in Bologna, and humanely. They've banned chain stores, but set up modern local shopping cen ters wi th local merchants. They have instituted free public buses during rush hours, banned autos from two-thirds of the streets, and taken strong planning action to minimize need for transport by keeping home, work and shopping close. They've restored rather than destroyed the historic urban center, de-insti tu tionalized social mE. Wi\S GOING ALI" OUT.f<E SOLD 'ff{E FAMILY'S EXPEtJSIVE, ENERG,{ GOBBLING SlJBlJRBIIN [.{()t(lE AJro JOllieD A HolJSINC, 00· OPERATIVE. 'T'fre BUILD· INC, W/I$ OWNED BY £VE;~WHO LIVED TKE>1f . WKlCH MI\I)E. EACH Ollll;'S PAI{ ME.N1'5 ALMOST NO,{,KiIJ6 iKEit' US!;!) 'l"Kt. J;XfRA MONtI( 'TO FIX TKE OLD f{OtJSE. UP" . ~
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