Next System Project
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Systemic problems require systemic solutions | a project of @DemocracyCollab | co-chaired by @GarAlperovitz and James Gustave Speth
United States
Joined March 2013
Interested in learning how system change and transition to a socially just and environmentally sustainable political economy is possible? Sign up for this online #CoopCommonwealth2022 course offering tools for building a new economy. https://t.co/HyhoQ1RKjT
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ICYMI, watch this segment of that discussion between @johnmcdonnellMP and @SenSanders about #CommunityWealthBuilding successes in Burlington, Vt. when Sanders was mayor and in Preston, England.
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What's going on in Morgantown, #WV? And why should the rest of the country have all eyes here? Dana Brown from @TheNextSystem/@DemocracyCollab breaks down the importance of this massive shutdown & offshoring operation by @ViatrisInc, & how @POTUS can help: https://t.co/7e3oEv9IUu
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Happening at noon Eastern today:
TODAY: Let's get #publicbanking, and let's get it right. Join us in two hours to discuss what Los Angeles public banking activists are putting forward to put the public in "public banking." Register free: https://t.co/p6xvY2K2NL
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@GRITlaura is with Dana Brown, Director of @TheNextSystem at the @DemocracyCollab. Dana, like Laura, has traveled to Morgantown, WV to understand the local & national impacts of offshoring drug manufacturing.
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When we launched @TheNextSystem in 2015, our contention that we face a crisis of the system not just local political or economic difficulties was a bold and provocative one; it’s now widely accepted in the halls of power, domestically and internationally.
thenextsystem.org
Download a PDF version of It’s Time to Face the Depth of the Systemic Crisis We Confront, our statement on the need for a national discussion and debate on systemic solutions.
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The New Economy Roundup is out: This week, we're talking about climate migration and the solidarity economy, community-controlled housing in NYC, solidarity with Palestine and more! 🌱 https://t.co/sq50xFdDIp
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Pandemic inequities followed by an inequitable recovery? We'll confront that at #SASE2021: Ted Howard on July 2 will call for "The Making of a Democratic Economy." Learn more:
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TODAY: Now that #Juneteenth is a national holiday, can we now move from commemorations to #reparations? Join the discussion at Noon Eastern today. #ReparativeJustice
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Exciting discussion coming up with @RhianEJones, @jcullinane86, @paul4citymayor, @MatthewBrownLab, Janette Williamson on how to do #CommunityWealthBuilding right. Get registered now.
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The successful city of the future is cooperative and democratic by design. Join Sarah McKlnley in a global exploration of broad and plural models of ownership in our cities — key to equitable and just urban revival https://t.co/MUNq5piArk
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How to have equitable and just urban revitalization: Take a deep dive into #Prestonomics with @MatthewBrownLab, @TonyGreenham and @tweetingantonia. Wealth for workers and communities, not for superyacht buyers #communitywealthbuilding
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Watch this powerful video launching "The Next System and the Academy" at George Mason U featuring @BenManski and such leaders as @repmarkpocan @GarAlperovitz @KaliAkuno and others. Education for a new economy
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Today @RepPressley builds on Martin & Coretta Scott King’s dream of full employment with her resolution to establish a Federal #JobGuarantee. We can choose to not leave millions of Americans unemployed. https://t.co/nFN0Z2J0c8
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Now is time to talk "changing the system." Join Sustainability Curriculum Consortium webinar on Monday with The New Systems Reader editor Gus Speth and The New Systems Reader Guide author Thad Williamson. Register: https://t.co/5dmnww0FcJ
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ICYMI @elipariser and @dsallentess call for "digital public infrastructure" to counter the profit-driven polarization of social media platforms. (Go deeper by reading the data and platforms report at https://t.co/4KGjPhRGs4.)
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It’s time to start building online versions of the libraries, parks and other public spaces that make societies and democracies work.
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If you think it's undemocratic that a US president can be banned from Facebook and Twitter, think about the undemocratic monopolistic power Facebook and Twitter have to begin with, and let's consider options for public control.
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Digital platforms have proven indispensable to how we live, work, and play. The challenge is to set principles and implement policies that liberate the democratic and enlivening potential of the...
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