May 2008: Money & debt

With Canadians’ debt levels at record highs and the U.S. economy in the midst of a massive housing/credit deflation, Briarpatch takes a sorely needed critical, radical look at the politics of money and debt in this issue. From exposing the spectre of diabolical materialism to offering “concrete” investment strategies and tools for getting out of debt, from profiling alternative currencies to outlining the options for conscientious objection to military taxation, Briarpatch puts its money where its mouth is.

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features

das crapital
By Don Sawyer
A spectre is haunting the suburbs of North America — the spectre of diabolical materialism!

freedom 25
By Calvin Neufeld
One couple’s quest to achieve financial independence in the first quarter-century.

debt cemetery
By Geordie Gwalgen Dent
Will the carnage in the U.S. housing & credit crises spread northward?

‘weird money’ (a tale of two currencies, part I)
By Shayna Stock
Making friends with the Saugeen Trading Community.

trading favours (a tale of two currencies, part II)
By Erin Mulligan
Calgary Dollars in action.

not in my name, not on my dime
By Jan Slakov
Conscientious objectors to military taxation make the connections between taxes & war.

4 reasons to get out of debt & 9 ways to do it
By Dave Oswald Mitchell
We’ve become a nation of debt slaves — so what are we going to do about it?

departments

letter from the editor
The politics of debt

film review
The rising interest in debt: a review of In Debt We Trust and Money as Debt.
By Brent Erickson

quotes from the underground
from Edward Abbey, Eduardo Galeano, Alan Stang, Saint Jerome, Stan Goff, Saul Alinsky, Bill Rees & Georg Lukacs

parting shots
A concrete investment plan
By Kubate Baba Edward

luz: girl of the knowing
“Tiny Beginnings”: Claudia Dávila’s peak oil comic.