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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].

Dec. 13 People’s Bailout Action

DEC. 13 PEOPLE'S BAILOUT ACTION IN WHITE PLAINS PART OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN Please come Saturday, Dec. 13 at noon to the fountain at Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains to be part of the People's Bailout March and Rally where we will call on Congress to...

Need Money? End the War!

Need Money?  End the War! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! END THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN! No War on Iran!  No War on Pakistan! End US Support to all Wars and Occupations! Money for Housing!  For Jobs!  For Education!  For Pensions!  Not...

Shock, Denial, Frustration, Anger?

Shock, Denial, Frustration, Anger? What you are about to read is the single most important commentary I’ve written since I first began publishing The Grandich Letter in 1984. Every American should read it, and those who do will likely wish they hadn’t. What I’m about...

Politcal Economy of Gender

  Politcal Economy of GENDER The Invisible Care Economy The field of economics until recently has not focused on activities that occur outside of the market.  However many of these non-market activities, such as caring labor, are necessary for the...

Register for Solidarity Economy

There's still time to register for this course on the Solidarity Economy! A few scholarships are available.   ******************************* If you have ever asked yourself...         What's the Economy For, Anyway?...

Solidarity Economy Book

I wanted to let you all know about about a newly published book that documents the Social/Solidarity Economy (SSE) track that CPE was involved in organizing at the US Social Forum last summer. It includes contributions from many CPEers who taught workshops...

Short Film on Challenges of Cooperatives

I wanted you all to know that there is a new film available about the successes and challenges of worker owned cooperatives in Barlovento, Venezuela.  It is produced by the Prout Research Institute in Caracas.   I watched it yesterday evening and plan to...

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All are welcome and please share widely. We have several new people to WESPAC this summer. This gathering on September 16th would be a lovely introduction to the broader social justice community: @followers ... See MoreSee Less
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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: ... See MoreSee Less
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