Small-Mart Revolution author Michael Shuman gave a fascinating talk at the Vermont statehouse the other day.

We've compressed it and hosted it at YouTube - follow the first part below to the whole talk.

Shuman is full of good ideas for decentralizing our economic life.

His talk is worth watching, and you can find out more at his web site.

Courtesy of Rick Foley, Brattleboro.

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This video is a remarkable primer on the unjust and unconstitional nature of our U.S. monetary system - and a good argument for nonviolent secession, as well.

Heady stuff - but vital, for an understanding of the current Wall Street wing ding.

We hosted Chellis Glendinning, Kirkpatrick Sale and Thomas Naylor in the WDEV studio today.

Quite a conversation - listen to the podcast here.

And we remember the close to thirty Vermont soldiers who have fallen in battle in foreign lands these past five years, courtesy of the U.S. Empire.

On this Veterans Day.

What follows are my remarks given in the statehouse legislative chambers for the Vermont independence convention.

Here's how we vote in Waitsfield. Very sophisticated. Cutting edge. Not to be believed. Don't try this at home. You'd be much better off with high-tech machinery and proprietary software provided by large faceless corporations, especially if they work hand-in-glove with political party operatives.

Pearls, Politics and Power - Madeleine Kunin's new book. Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead
By Madeleine Kunin/Book Review by Rob Williams
Chelsea Green; 2008; 233 pages

“Remember the ladies.”
– Abigail Adams

“Well-behaved women rarely make history.”  
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Arno Mayer is emeritus professor of history at Princeton University, my alma mater.

This is a fascinating and important article that makes the same points we've been making at Vermont Commons for close to four years.

Thanks to Counterpunch for publishing it.

Military scholar Andrew Bacevich is a dyed-in-the-wool
paleoconservative who is willing to speak the truth about the U.S.
Empire.

If you've missed his new book, this article is a nice primer.

Free Vermont! 

Rob's Note - My neighbor Win Smith published this editorial in our weekly Valley Reporter last week. He is the current principal owner of Sugarbush Resort and the former chair of Merrill Lynch
International - and proposes a fascinating idea here. We welcome your thoughts.

It's time to find more people to pay Vermont income tax

by Win Smith