The Center for Economic and Social Justice

[GPDP]

I think I recall hearing about these guys before, but I decided to visit their website and see what they're about. Apparently they put forward what they call a "third way" alternative to both capitalism and socialism:

http://www.cesj.org/thirdway/comparison3rdway.htm

Looking it over, it seems their idea of socialism is whatever the USSR had, and their "third way" looks to me like it's just social-democracy... which is still capitalism, just prettied up and made more "just."

Are these guys even relevant? I know, an ironic question to ask when socialists are fragmented as fuck, but still. I don't see what's so unique about their proposal. Like I said, it doesn't look very different to what the Scandinavian countries have.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Are these guys even relevant?

No.

[Gorilla]

Apparently it's based on the ideas of Louis Kelso, an investment banker who apparently invented employee stock ownership programs (ESOPs). The Sourcewatch article (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Economic_and_Social_Jus tice) says it's an all-volunteer outfit, and they seem to be heavily tied in with Catholic social justice teaching, with priests on the board etc. A couple of the people are former Reagan appointees. To the extent it does anything, it promotes ESOPs.