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Peter Coyote Challenges Capitalism at the Free Store

03 min 35 sec

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Peter Coyote describes the Free Stores run by the Diggers during the 1960s in San Francisco. The stores were meant to make people question their role as consumers in a capitalist society.

He tells a humorous story about an elderly black woman who was "stealing" from the store.
Peter Coyote on Complacency and the 'Corporate Republic'

04 min 13 sec

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As the economy continues to meltdown, Peter Coyote predicts, "Community is going to start to resurface." He also blames the lack of public protest on the Bush administration’s continued abuse of power on internet-induced complacency.

"People are just typing and shopping," he says.
Peter Coyote: Obama Needs to Appoint a True Progressive

02 min 20 sec

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Peter Coyote expresses dismay at the lack of progressive appointees in Barack Obama's cabinet, but maintains hope the President-elect will keep those appointed on a short leash.

"A cattle thief would be better than what we've had," he says.
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Jann

Posted: 05.04.10, 06:20 AM

@Umfundisi basically you asking: "If we start thinking in a new way, how we should keep thinking the old way?"

mekongkayak

Posted: 03.18.10, 06:55 PM

In reply to: "Without capitalism, Mr. Coyote... Who's gonna refine the oil into gasoline? Who's gonna build the truck? " Please walk into a museum...you will see a HUGE variety of human creativity, almost all of it created without venture capital.

svax

Posted: 02.01.09, 10:15 AM

33:00 A hero can be famous or infamous, but not anonymous.

svax

Posted: 02.01.09, 10:03 AM

24:30 "By attaching ourselves to our personal style we lost the opportunity to organize some of those kids." So true, and not only of the counterculture.

svax

Posted: 02.01.09, 09:59 AM

22:05 It sounds like the problem is Coyote's heroes were perfect, and people are not.

svax

Posted: 02.01.09, 09:55 AM

Money doesn't create scarcity; it expresses it. Although, the proportion of money to scarcity can be manipulated. Also, since we went off the gold standard in 1970's, you can print your own money, all the money you want. You just can't pretend it's the same as the money the government prints. But if people are willing to accept your money as payment, then it's money.

ruiz1707

Posted: 12.19.08, 08:14 PM

impressive personality!! He looks like a free person

Umfundisi

Posted: 12.19.08, 05:30 PM

Without capitalism, Mr. Coyote... Who's gonna refine the oil into gasoline? Who's gonna build the truck? "In the '60s, we used to..." Uh-huh...