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The Preston Model: interlinked elements of a local economy

Infographic: The Preston Model

The “Preston Model” is helping inspire a new conversation about the role of local government in catalyzing locally-driven economic revitalization and transforming patterns of ownership. read more
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a wall is half covered in graffiti, in the top half, which is mostly unadorned, the word 'DECOLONIZE' is painted in large black and white letters

Episode 15: How Communities Can Take Control of Their Police (w/ Max Rameau)

by Max Rameau, Adam Simpson

Why “community policing” isn’t going to end police violence, and what real community control of policing could look like. read more
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Stress Test: Democracy Confronts Climate Change

by Gus Speth

American democracy can’t rise to meet the challenge of a changing climate if we don’t reimagine our economic system. read more
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Episode 14: The Job Guarantee & Social Justice (w/ Pavlina Tcherneva)

by Pavlina Tcherneva, Cecilia Gingerich, Adam Simpson

Why guaranteeing everyone a job can both win crucial gains for all workers and build power to meet community needs. read more
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Episode 11: The Transformative Potential of Public Ownership (w/Andrew Cumbers)

by Andrew Cumbers, Thomas Hanna, Adam Simpson

Andrew Cumbers discusses democratic public ownership of industry, large and small. read more
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A women with a megaphone protests near a line of bicycle cops.

Community Control over Police: A Proposition

by Max Rameau

This historic moment calls for something more significant than additional training or even civilian oversight boards. read more
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Beyond The Carceral Logic of Civil Commitment

by Toshio Meronek, Erica R. Meiners

A harm reduction lens can help us understand why really protecting our communities means imagining alternatives beyond incarceration. read more
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Towards the horizon of abolition: A conversation with Mariame Kaba

by Mariame Kaba, John Duda

What will it take to imagine and build a world without prisons? And why are abolition and anticapitalism two sides of the same struggle? read more
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Episode 10.2: The Pluralist Commonwealth (w/Gar Alperovitz)

by Gar Alperovitz, Adam Simpson

Gar Alperovitz discusses how what he calls the “pluralist commonwealth” charts a course beyond our current broken economic system. read more
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