By Marybeth Gardam, Women, Money & Democracy Committee chair, and Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee chair
Join “Building a Peace Economy: How To Defund War & Create a Peace Economy through Right Valuing Land & Tax Reform” on April 15—Tax Day—at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT/5:00 p.m. PT.
This event is co-sponsored by the Women, Money & Democracy Committee (W$D) and the Earth Democracy Committee.
The meeting is free and open to all—not just WILPF members. Please join the meeting using this Zoom link.
While billionaires amass enormous unearned wealth through financial gains and land speculation, communities continue to struggle to access housing, health care, and other basic needs. This webinar will explore how shifting our tax system—taxing what they take from the commons—can fund the foundations of a truly peaceful society.
The webinar will explore:
- Why billionaire wealth is largely unearned—and what that means for democracy.
- The history of privatizing land and resources, “the commons,” and the historic enclosure of the commons.
- Land value taxation as a tool for affordable housing and shared prosperity—and real-world examples of how it can work.
- The link between economic inequality, militarism, and the peace we seek.
Beginning with a look at the history of land and resource privatization, and moving through the entrenchment of wealth at great human cost, this webinar will offer concrete solutions for transforming our tax system and honoring the sacred value of land and water. Our speaker will connect these issues and present actionable solutions we can advocate for together.
About the presenter:
Alanna Hartzok is a WILPF member, educator, activist, and lecturer at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. She authored The Earth Belongs To Everyone, which received the Radical Middle Book Award. Alanna serves as co-director of the Earth Rights Institute and as a U.N. NGO Representative for the International Union for Land Value Taxation. She also helped design the landmark Pennsylvania land value tax reform legislation.
