On Boston: The Inevitability of Vulnerability

From ISE board member and outstanding singer/songwriter Ben Grosscup: Boston Tragedy Reveals Inevitability of Vulnerability By Ben Grosscup Public acts of inexplicable and horrific violence such as what we saw …

Ben Grosscup: Questioning “economic development”

It is time to question the ideology of job creation that holds sway in most discussions of so-called economic development… The real mark of economic health is not merely that firms in a given municipality are hiring. Economic health is when the basic economic functions of society make ours a healthier place to live – a place with less war, less disease, more ecological health and justice.

Grosscup challenges Sen. Kerry (D-MA) over war funding

On February 19 ISE Board member Ben Grosscup joined a reported crowd of over 250 at a “town-hall-style” meeting with Senator John Kerry. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported on the …

By Ben Grosscup | February 28th, 2011 | Current Movements, Social Ecology Blog | 4 Comments |

The Potentials and Pitfalls of Town Meeting Advocacy

(This article was published by Communalism: A Social Ecology Journal, Issue #2 Spring/Summer 2010) Many communities in New England have a tradition of town meeting, dating back to the American Revolution. In …

By Ben Grosscup | May 16th, 2010 | Article Archive | 1 Comments |

Mass Movement: Genetic Engineering becomes question of Democracy at Massachusetts Town Meetings

(This article was published by Gene Watch, Volume 20 Number 3 May – June 2007. http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/volume20.html) Since the year 2000, in many parts of New England — especially Vermont, Maine, …

By Ben Grosscup | May 1st, 2007 | Article Archive | 0 Comments |

Crisis and Crisis Management in Hurricane Katrina: A Radical Critique

During crisis events, people often show their most compassionate and even heroic sides. In Hurricane Katrina’s disruption of every day life, most people in New Orleans have done the best …

By Ben Grosscup | September 4th, 2005 | Article Archive | 2 Comments |

The Vote Fallacy: Strategically Advancing Radical Politics in the 2004 Elections

While election seasons are widely seen as times when the polity practices politics, this is an illusion; electoralism that accepts the premises of representative democracy is conceptually distinct and incompatible …

By Ben Grosscup | October 26th, 2004 | Article Archive | 0 Comments |