Background Papers

Which People's Republic?

The relationship between real estate development and political reform in Cambridge. Focus on urban renewal, university expansion, the Plan E charter, and rent control between 1930 and 1970 and during the late 1990s.

voting and voter registration trends in Mass. cities and selected towns 1990-2002

artificial inflation of voting lists in the Commonwealth’s administration of the 1993 “Motor Voter Law” (report created May 15, 2003 to support H.1267, sponsored by Rep. Paul Demakis (D Boston)

Learning from the Goldschmidt Report: Land Reform and American Agriculture

This article appeared in Counterpunch online, May 24, 2006

Che cos'è lo sviluppo: analisi di un mito

December 13, 2005 (Guido Dalla Casa)— development as insustainable growth

Uscire dallo sviluppo

April 29, 2006 (Fare Verde)— Changing the world, living better with less.

Would the West actually be happier with less? The world downscaled

What if the very idea of growth—accumulating riches, destroying the environment and worsening social inequality—is a trap? Maybe we need to aim to create a society that is based on quality not quantity, on cooperation and not competition.