by Shaun Chamberlin | Apr 2, 2012 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Philosophy, Politics
My hero Enric Duran (AKA Robin Bank) has posted a new video explaining his legal situation and inviting others to join his radical action against the banks.
For those who haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend watching his inspiring 2008 video first:
by Shaun Chamberlin | Jul 25, 2011 | All Posts, Cultural stories, Economics, Favourite posts, Politics, Reviews and recommendations
I recently heard an interviewer ask someone who their heroes are, and was struck by the lack of names that came up when I asked myself the same question (although Dr. James Hansen now springs to mind…)
But now I think I have one, having discovered the brave story of Robin Bank (AKA Enric Duran). He is a Catalan activist who spent the two years to 2008 taking out loans totalling nearly half a million euros, and then donated all of the money to various social movements working to build alternatives to our unequal and suicidal economic-political system. His video message revealing what he had done and explaining his motives is posted above. I consider it one of the most inspiring stories of insight and resultant action that I have yet heard.
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