Building a Local Peace Economy with Judy Wicks

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Judy Wicks about the idea of a peace economy, how the war economy maintains injustice, and how we can start to take action to change it. "People who live in highly self-sufficient local communities are less likely to get involved in large-scale violence than people whose existence depends on world-wide systems of trade." - E.F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guest:Judy Wicks is a sustainable and ethical business pioneer, founder of FairFood Philly, author of "Good Morning, Beautiful Business", founder of Philadelphia's White Dog Cafe, a pioneer in the farm-to-table movement, and cofounder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE).Related Links:Peace Economyhttp://www.codepink.org/peaceeconomy"Building a Local Peace Economy" by Judy Wickshttp://www.alternet.org/local-peace-economy/building-local-peace-economy-we-have-power"Hyperlocal Lending Circle of Aunts and Uncles" by Judy Wickshttp://www.kosmosjournal.org/news/hyperlocal-lending-circle-of-aunts-uncles/Judy Wickshttp://judywicks.com/Good Morning, Beautiful Business by Judy Wickshttp://judywicks.com/book/Small Is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_BeautifulBusiness Alliance for Local Living Economieshttps://bealocalist.org/Music by:"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgThis week's featured music is "Pose Tes Mains" by Mutine. You can find it on Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/mutine/pose-tes-mains-folkAbout Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/