TODAY (Oct 27) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1945 – BIRTH OF LULA DE SILVA, FORMER (AND JUST RE-ELECTED) PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
Greg Coleridge
Greg Coleridge
@gregcoleridge.bsky.social
Retired Co-Director of Move to Amend, Former Board Member of the Alliance for Just Money. Author of The Depth of Change: Selected Writings and Remarks on Social Change. Editor of the weekly REAL Democracy History Calendar and Monetary History Calendar.
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TODAY (Oct 27) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2023 – “Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws” posted article by David Lieb apnews.com/article/ball... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 26) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2017 – “THE NEW ABOLITIONISM — MONETARY REFORM AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE” BY REV. DELMAN COATES btpbase.org/the-new-abol... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
REAL Democracy History Calendar: Oct 26 - Nov 1 This historical knowledge is more important now than ever. realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/r... Free to subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/ #EndCorporateRule #WeThePeopleAmendment #POCLAD #democracy
TODAY (Oct 25) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2007-Digitized version of “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays “It incorporated the literature from social science & psychological manipulation” www.google.com/books/editio... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
MONETARY HISTORY CALENDAR: October 25-31 monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/.../25/octob... Who should have the power & authority to create $$? We the People (legalized in the Constitution)? Or banksters by creating $$ out of thin air as debt? Our choice! It's free! Email monetarycalendar@yahoo.com
TODAY (Oct 24) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2023 – “The GOP Is Attacking the Infrastructure of US Democracy” posted opinion by Thom Hartmann www.commondreams.org/opinion/gop-... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 24) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2019 — “AND THE NOT-THE-NOBEL-PRIZE IN ECONOMICS GOES TO…” POSTED ARTICLE internationalmoneyreform.org/news/2019/10... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 23) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2024 – “THE EVOLUTION OF AMRA: THE AMERICAN MONETARY REFORM ACT OF 2024 – LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY THE AFJM” posted video www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDON... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 23) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2024 – “The Constitution Doesn’t Entitle Drug Manufacturers to a Sweetheart Deal” posted article www.theusconstitution.org/news/the-con... 24 REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 22) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2024 – “Chatter: Constitutional Fragility with Sandy Levinson,” video www.lawfaremedia.org/article/chat... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 22) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2025 – “WHY MONETARY REFORM IS ESSENTIAL TO A VIABLE HUMAN FUTURE,” POSTED ARTICLE BY DAVID KORTEN monetary.org/articles/why... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 21) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1992 – Published article “CORPORATIONS ARE EXTERNALIZING MACHINES, THE WAY SHARKS ARE KILLING MACHINES” www.ejnet.org/rachel/rhwn3... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 21) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1808 – BIRTH OF SAMUEL FRANCES SMITH, MINISTER, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 20) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2009 – Launch of Move to Amend REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 20) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2023 “THE WATERWORKS OF MONEY: PRIVATE PROFITS, PUBLIC COSTS” POSTED VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycit... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 19) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1987 – U.S. STOCK MARKET CRASH Known as Black Monday, stock markets crashed world-wide. The Dow Jones avg dropped 508 points - the largest one-day % decline in Dow Jones history. Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
REAL Democracy History Calendar: Oct 19-25 This historical knowledge is more important now than ever. realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/2026/10/19/r... Free to subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/ #EndCorporateRule #WeThePeopleAmendment #POCLAD #democracy
1961 — Birth of Wynton Marsalis, musician — on democracy “New Orleans jazz -- group improvisation, cooperative ensemble playing -- functions exactly like a democracy." REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
MONETARY HISTORY CALENDAR: October 18-24 monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/2026/10/18/o... Who should have the power & authority to create $$? We the People (legalized in the Constitution)? Or banksters by creating $$ out of thin air as debt? Our choice! It's free! Email monetarycalendar@yahoo.com
TODAY (Oct 17) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1915 – Birth of Arthur Miller, American playwright “An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted” REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 17) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1991 – ITHACA HOURS FOUNDED BY PAUL GLOVER A community paper money system. The currency was backed by the skills and time of local people. The system was based on time Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 16) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1898 – Birth of William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, challenger of corporate constitutional rights REAL Democracy History Calendar -- subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 16) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1962 – BIRTH OF MICHAEL KUMHOF, GERMAN ECONOMIST AND CO-AUTHOR OF “THE CHICAGO PLAN REVISITED,” www.imf.org/external/pub... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 15) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1914 – Passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act Countering growing corporate power is difficult, if not impossible, without overturning corporate constitutional rights. REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 15) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2025 – “WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE GIVEN BANKS THE PRIVILEGE TO CREATE THEIR MONEY SUPPLY?” Posted video www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QJ... Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 13) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1879 – DEATH OF HENRY CAREY, CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carey was the major proponent in the Lincoln Administration of issuing debt-free US money, Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 13) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1849 – California’s original constitution signed REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 12) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2018 – VIDEO, “CONVERSATION WITH PROF. RICHARD WERNER” This is an extraordinarily clear exposition of Werner’s thinking on banking and central banks by Werner himself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FT-... Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
REAL Democracy History Calendar: Oct 12 - 18 This historical knowledge is more important now than ever. realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/r... Free to subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/ #EndCorporateRule #WeThePeopleAmendment #POCLAD #democracy
TODAY (Oct 11) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2024 – “No Kings Act and Judicial Supremacy: Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?,” posted article by James Joyner outsidethebeltway.com/no-kings-act... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
MONETARY HISTORY CALENDAR: October 11-17 monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/2026/10/11/o... Who should have the power & authority to create $$? We the People (legalized in the Constitution)? Or banksters by creating $$ out of thin air as debt? Our choice! It's free! Email monetarycalendar@yahoo.com
TODAY (Oct 10) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2023 – “The mass protest decade: why did the street movements of the 2010s fail?” posted article by Vincent Bevins www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 10) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1895 – DEATH OF SARAH E.V. EMERY, AUTHOR OF “SEVEN FINANCIAL CONSPIRACIES, WHICH HAVE ENSLAVED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE” Published in 1888, it was a devastating indictment of the “money power” Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 9) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1838 – Public votes to amend Pennsylvania Constitution to further control corporations REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 9) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1936 – BIRTH OF THOMAS GRECO, MONETARY REFORMER, AUTHOR OF “THE END OF MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION” Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 8) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1946 – BIRTH OF DENNIS KUCINICH, FORMER CONGRESSMAN, OHIO Author of the National Emergency Employment Defense [NEED] Act, introduced in 2010 and 2011. Monetary History Calendar - subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 8) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2024 – “Judicially Executed Cover-Up,” posted article by Michael Waldman brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 7) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1849 – DEATH OF EDGAR ALLEN POE, US WRITER, POET, AUTHOR OF “THE GOLD BUG” www.notbored.org/gold-bug.html Monetary History Calendar - free to subscribe monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 7) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2011 – Psychologists for Social Responsibility Stands Against Harmful Legal Definitions of Corporate Personhood REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 6) IN MONETARY HISTORY The Money Matrix, Part 1: The Private Money System 2025 – “HOW DO BANKS CREATE MONEY WHEN LENDING – MONEY INSIGHT SERIES,” POSTED VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=L23i... Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 6) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2022 – “The Corruption of Private Enterprise in the Pandemic Era” posted article brownstone.org/articles/the... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 5) IN MONETARY HISTORY 1998 – “OUR MONEY” by James Robertson online posting newint.org/features/199... Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
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TODAY (Oct 4) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2025 – “Has the Constitution Failed?: The reality is, I can’t say no.” posted article by Steven L. Taylor outsidethebeltway.com/has-the-cons... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
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TODAY (Oct 3) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 1944 – Birth of Jim Price, Tuscaloosa (AL) Move to Amend facilitator; POCLAD Principal, former Sierra Club regional field representative www.poclad.org/BWA/2014/BWA... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 3) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2008 – US CONGRESS APPROVES $700 BILLION BAILOUT FOR BANKS Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 2) IN MONETARY HISTORY 2020 – “POLITICS AND MONETARY REFORM,” ARTICLE BY MARK PASH www.monetaryalliance.org/politics-and... Monetary History Calendar monetarycalendar.wordpress.com/about/
TODAY (Oct 2) IN DEMOCRACY HISTORY 2018 – “Opinion Elections won’t save our democracy. But ‘crowdlaw’ could,” by Beth Simone Noveck www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworl... REAL Democracy History Calendar - subscribe realdemocracyhistorycalendar.wordpress.com/about/