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WESPAC promotes Economic Justice through promoting fair trade year round and helping to organize the annual Margaret Eberle Fair Trade Festival in White Plains. We also partner with the Wassaic Community Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) http://wassaiccommunityfarm.com. WESPAC is an active member of the Hudson Valley Fair Economy Coalition that meets monthly at the Union Hall in Port Chester, and we have taken a lead role in promoting a public bank for the State of New York. To get involved, please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or by email at [email protected].
Oligarchy, American Style
Oligarchy, American Style By PAUL KRUGMAN, NYT, 3 Nov. 2011 Inequality is back in the news, largely thanks to Occupy Wall Street, but with an assist from the Congressional Budget Office. And you know what that means: It’s time to roll out the obfuscators!...
The Economics of Happiness!
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Occupy Wall Street
The young people protesting in Wall Street and beyond reject this vain economic order. They have come to reclaim the future • Police tactics attacked as officers pepper-spray women • Occupy Wall Street: the protesters speak David Graeber guardian.co.uk, Sunday...
Report Back from White Plains Budget Forum
We had a successful forum in White Plains last night, with about 55 people
in attendance. There is a followup meeting in Mt. Kisco on Social Security,
What Americans Want: The People’s Budget
Published on Sunday, June 12, 2011 by In These Times What Americans Want: The People’s Budget The Congressional Progressive Caucus lays out a surprisingly popular vision of the future. by David Moberg A national budget tells a lot more about a country and its...
Town Hall Meeting on Federal Budget
Town Hall Meeting on
Future Directions for America
The Great Land Grab
The great land grab: India's war on farmers Foundational changes that have taken place in the agriculture sector of India have led to a epidemic of farmer suicides over the past 16 years, according to a new report. Released by the Center for Human Rights and...
Educated, Unemployed and Frustrated
March 20, 2011 Educated, Unemployed and Frustrated By MATTHEW C. KLEIN WE all enjoy speculating about which Arab regime will be toppled next, but maybe we should be looking closer to home. High unemployment? Check. Out-of-touch elites? Check. Frustrated...
Cooperatives as a safe haven from neoliberalism
Cooperatives Offer an Alternative By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Mar 15, 2011 (IPS) - After years of decline, the cooperative movement in Mexico is reviving as a relatively safe haven from the shocks of the neoliberal free- market model of production and the financial...
WESPAC on Facebook
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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new dedicated Annual Awards page on the WESPAC website.![]()
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For more than fifty years, WESPAC has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership, vision, and commitment have helped advance peace, justice, human rights, environmental sustainability, and dignity and freedom for all. Our Annual Awards Gala has become an important opportunity to celebrate the people and movements working to create a more just and compassionate world.![]()
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The new webpage serves as a central location for information about our Annual Awards program, including details about current and past honorees, event materials, photographs, and our Awards Journal. We hope it will help preserve the history of this important tradition while highlighting the inspiring work of those we have been privileged to recognize.![]()
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We invite you to visit the page and explore the 2026 Awards Journal, which features this year's honorees and many of the community partners who work alongside WESPAC in advancing progressive social change.![]()
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Thank you for your continued support of WESPAC and our shared commitment to building a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable future.![]()
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WESPAC Annual Awards! WESPAC Annual Awards Celebration For more than five decades, WESPAC has celebrated and honored individuals and organizations whose courage, vision, and dedication have helped adv...
We went today to Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in New Jersey to show our solidarity to those incarcerated and to their families. There have been people on hunger strike since last Friday and the community is out in front in support around the clock: