Sunday, March 4, 2007
Often people is the other word for men. So people's profit is invariably construed as men's profit, and then there are a few crumbs thrown in for women as a great favour. It needs to be said again and again and again that people's profit means profit of all people, not just men, not just women, not... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Somebody asked me whether there can at all be a concpt like People's profit
The question is well taken. If people work, what they will get is their dues. The profit will go to the capitalist. If people are to get more than their due for the work they put in, this can only happen in a truly co-operative set up where the profits are shared among the share-holders. But then... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Where development will be planned according to the available local
skills and natural resources and where all people notwithstanding their caste, creed, class, sex, tribe, will have a say, such is the development that is bottom and can mean profit for people. It would then be people not corporates who would be at the centre of development. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Profit over people - Noam Chomsky
Profit over people by Noa Chomsky is worth a read. Here's how its contents are explained on the "seven stories" web-site: Combining detailed historical examples and uncompromising criticism, Chomsky offers a profound sense of hope that social activism can reclaim people's rights as citizens rather... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Is democracy about enabling PEOPLE to make profit?
Is democracy about enabling people to make profit? Or the moment the word profit comes in, does that invariably mean gross earnings for a few while the others languish? Does the democratic system of governance enable people's power. It may be better than a dictatorship, but is there another model of... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
People's profit calls for transparency beyond the token transparency that
People's profit calls for transparency beyond the token transparency that laws demand or that we perceive as transparency as in presenting details before a group of people who understand nothing about the details in question. What say? Sometimes democracy in these non-profits takes the shape of a... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, September 9, 2006
People's profit calls for transparency beyond the token transparency that
laws demand or that we perceive as transparency as in presenting details before a group of people who understand nothing about the details in question. What say? Sometimes democracy in these non-profits takes the shape of a farce. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Oppose special economic zones!
Oppose special economic zones! I think this is something non-profits and charities in India should take up in a big way. What are special economic zones? Places where the law of the land will not apply in the ordinary course. It is a form of colonilasm where our lands will be acquired to set up... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Oppose special economic zones!
I think this is something non-profits and charities in India should take up in a big way. What are special economic zones? Places where the law of the land will not apply in the ordinary course. It is a form of colonilasm where our lands will be acquired to set up these Special Economic Zones and... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
How do co-operatives handle the profits they get out of co-operative
business ventures? Does everybody get an equal deal? or are some more equal than others? or do people at the helm of the co-operatives get some political mileage which power they use for their own political gains Sign in to see full entry.