Today In Labor History March 26, 1850: Edward Bellamy was born. Bellamy was an American author and socialist political activist, most well-known for his utopian novel, “Looking Backward,” one of the most commercially successful books published in the 19th century. It particularly appealed to the intellectuals who were alienated by the Gilded Age greed, corruption and violence. His book inspired many to form so-called “nationalist clubs” to implement his ideas of a society free of private property, social classes, war, poverty, crime, lawyers, politicians, prostitution, merchants, soldiers, and taxes. Plus, everyone could retire by the age of 45. He died at the age of 48 from tuberculosis.
John Green to the United Nations, speaking on tuberculosis and the unfair system that allows millions to die while a few profit obscenely off illness and hunger and need.
John Green with some amazing tuberculosis news that will save many lives, and context on why and how a lot of this progress is delayed, on purpose, by big pharma.
Call to action: John Green on how to force corporations to change.
"they cannot make decisions that would harm the shareholders even when that would benefit the entirety of humanity...talking to other shareholders about how they're profiting off of price-gouging the wolrd's poorest people and those who serve them....The only way to get them to do the right thing is reputational harm"