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December 11, 2020 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from  Prometheus — “Our Green New Deal,” read the Labour Party’s 2019 manifesto, “aims to achieve the substantial majority of our emissions reductions by 2030 in a way that is evidence-based, just and that delivers an economy that serves the interests of the many, not the few.”[1] This was a central pillar of the election platform that suffered an historic defeat last December. As the ecologica...

Four Oceans: Lydia, Madeleine, Kate, and Emilie, photographed in Austin on Nov. 13 (Photo by Shelley Hiam) Before each performance, the four women of Ley Line huddle together onstage momentarily to catch their breath, calm down, and reconnect. The group invites audiences into this same circle, opening a space of meditative togetherness with expansive global rhythms and twining harmonies. In fact, the ritual proves essential to the Austin quartet of Kate Robberson, Emilie Basez...

The campaign trail with his little green network, his field notes. hes constantly taking notes, kind of trying to absorb information. and show people that he is kind of learning as he goes along and being open about that. and well see whether that connects with democratic voters. jake? >> and david urban, you traveled to pennsylvania, your home state, my state, with president trump yesterday. he took a shot saying biden abandoned them. of course, the bidens moved from scranton to delaware when j...

Crazy. we made a short run and whacked together a website quickly and put it on the web and the first day they were available weve made 13 sales. >> since then theyve sold millions of field notes because of their limited runs. the element of surprise is now at the core of their company. >> the launch day, that day, that week is tense and nervous and then that day and the next few days are the best. >> it has the field notes loyal fan base chomping at the bit to get the latest designs which have ...

Everyones told to be careful about what they put in the trash and youd be hard pressed to find any designs lying around. >> we have one printer who had a company wide meeting to say like, were working with field notes now and they do these limited editions and if anybody spills the beans, you know, youre gone. >> die hard customers have been known to hunt for clues. a riz sit to headquarters is a chance for people to buy more notebooks and look out for any signs of what design is coming next. >>...

Edition online. >> it was a big deal because its a disappointment for us to have the surprise spoiled and i think for a lot of our customers too. they really want to know what the next edition is but part of them really doesnt and i think they the theatrical nature of the product launch. >> after all of this time, jim and aaron still love the creative process, and, much to the delight of their customers and staff, field notes is still finding ways to raise the bar. >> we have a backlog of ideas....

>> and all the while excitement is building for the newest limited editions for their vintage style notebooks. >> everybody loves a surprise and everybody loves being part of the secret of the surprise. >> this tradition started about a decade ago. whether owners realized they wanted to spice things up around the company. >> it would be easy to make a couple of products and keep making those products and selling them, but coming from a design firm background we always worked best when we had a n...

Example. >> no doubt. >> thank you. >> who doesnt love a surprise? i know i personally love them and the owners of a notebook company discovered the power of surprising their customers and the impact it had on getting people to talk about their brand. part of the thrill for them is also trying to figure out how to keep the latest surprise a secret from their anxiously awaiting fan base. >> if we made it easy for the word to get out, the word would get out. and so we dont make it easy for the wor...

Theyre so crazy. we made a short run of 300 or 400 three-packs, made a website very quickly, and the first day they were available, we made 13 sales. >> since then, theyve sold millions of field notes, in large part because of their surprise days. >> launch day is a ten. that day, that week is tense and nervous and that day and the next few days are the best. >> it has the field notes loyal fan base champing at the bit to get the latest designs, which have been created with different themes, col...