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Designing our communities for justice

by Johanna Bozuwa, Isaiah J. Poole, Basav Sen, Michael Velarde

Especially in light of the climate crisis, how can communities plan for their infrastructure needs with justice and inclusion at the forefront? The Next System Project’s Johanna Bozuwa, the Institute for Policy Study’s Basav Sen, and We Act for Environmental Justice’s Michael Velarde offer insights. read more
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Putting banking back in the hands of the people: The role of regional cooperative banks in community wealth building

by Jules Peck

One crucial player in the institutional landscape of all successful examples of community wealth building is a community bank. read more
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Amazon’s HQ2 is a gentrification bomb, not a wealth-building opportunity

by Peter Gowan

Now that the deal for Amazon’s second headquarters has been struck, it’s worth asking if this is a package that its recipients should never have ordered. read more
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What banks owe communities: Towards a 21st century Community Reinvestment Act

by Devin Case-Ruchala, John Holdsclaw, Greg Jost, Isaiah J. Poole

Isaiah J. Poole and Devin Case-Ruchala discuss the future and yet-to-be-fulfilled potential of a landmark community investment law with John Holdsclaw and Gregory Jost, community development experts and practitioners. read more
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Video: Community Land Trust

by Jarrid Green

CLTs are nonprofit organizations that acquire and steward land in a “trust” for the permanent benefit of low-income communities. This video explains what they can achieve. read more
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Video: Resident-Owned Community

by Jarrid Green

Resident-owned communities (ROCs)—manufactured housing neighborhoods in which the land is community-owned and managed–are one of the leading sources of affordable housing in the U.S. This video explains their benefits. read more
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Video: Limited Equity Housing Cooperative

by Jarrid Green

A limited equity housing cooperative is a residential development owned and managed by a democratically governed, nonprofit cooperative corporation, such as a tenants’ union. This video show how they help keep housing affordable over the long term. read more
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The Pluralist Commonwealth

by Gar Alperovitz

In this video, Next System Project Co-chair Gar Alperovitz sketches the major institutions of a systemic alternative based in plural forms of democratic ownership, orientated around community at various scales—what he calls “The Pluralist Commonwealth.” read more
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Prisons and policing: systemic challenges and alternative visions

What can advocates for a more democratic economy learn from the movements for the abolition of prisons and policing? read more
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Community Control of Land and Housing

by Jarrid Green

Exploring strategies for combating displacement, expanding ownership, and building community wealth. read more
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The Joyful Economy

The Joyful Economy

by Gus Speth

Next System Project Co-chair Gus Speth explores a vision for the future in which the goal of economic life is to sustain, nourish, and restore human and natural communities, so that the material and non-material blessings of life are available to all. read more
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Cultivating Community Economies

Cultivating Community Economies

by J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, Kelly Dombroski, Stephen Healy, Ethan Miller

In this paper, J.K. Gibson-Graham and Community Economies Collective (CEC) members use Marx’s analysis of “class as a process” (of producing, appropriating, and distributing surplus) to unpack the diversity of economies that exist in any historical or geographic context. read more
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Earthland: Scenes from a Civilized Future

Earthland: Scenes from a Civilized Future

by Paul Raskin

This essay is written as a dispatch from the future. We visit Earthland in 2084, the flourishing planetary civilization that has emerged out of the great crises and struggles that today still lie before us. read more
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