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winter2017

“The ditch is nearer.
There are no statues for
the last war here.”
–ROBERT LOWELL

winter2017

Towards a Greener Death

In her recent book, Greening Death—Reclaiming Burial Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth, writer, farmer, and feminist scholar Suzanne Kelly looks at the development of a grassroots movement that has been leading people towards more sustainable burial practices.

BY    Editor
February 21, 2023
winter2017

Against the Renting of Persons

David Ellerman, philosopher, mathematician, economist, and political theorist, is highly critical of the intellectual underpinnings of the current employment system, which he says institutionalize “the renting of persons” on dubious philosophical grounds.

BY    Editor
February 21, 2023
winter2017

From the Editors

When political economist and social reformer Henry George died in 1897, his funeral was attended by thousands who proceeded from Grand Central Palace in Manhattan to Brooklyn City Hall on their way to Green-Wood Cemetery, his final resting place.

BY    Editor
February 21, 2023