by Matthew Porges, Dayton Martindale, Katie Horvath, Mason Herson-Hord, John Michael Colón
In this first place at-large entry in the Next System Essay Competition, members of the Symbiosis Research Collective present a vision of how to expand the networks of “dual power” from the rebel city towards the system level.
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In this first place undergraduate entry in the Next System Project Essay Competition, Raghav Sharma charts a path out of the crisis of liberal democracy and its attendant marginalizing blindspots towards a renewed direct democracy grounded in everyday family and community life.
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Melissa Padilla’s second place undergraduate entry in our Next System Project Essay Competition offers a philosophical grounding and far-reaching institutional design for a next system capable of delivering social justice.
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Recent events raise profound questions about who commands the National Guard, whom the Guard serves, and beyond these, the role of military organizations in either strengthening or undermining democracy in the twenty-first century.
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A broad array of technological advances are set to converge on our political economy over the next few decades—and worker ownership remains the critical shift needed for a democratic economy.
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Our system is failing. Profound anger at a rigged system has led many voters to reach for something different – even if it means turning in a dangerous new direction.
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Allows people who don’t own their own roofs, or who don’t have the capital necessary to go green on their own, to pool resources and cooperatively own a green energy power plant with other members of their community.
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Un modelo participativa basada en la zona que canaliza la inversión hacia proyectos de energía renovable que beneficien directamente a las comunidades marginadas de bajos ingresos y a las comunidades de color.
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Moving the procurement of electric power for public institutions (like school boards and city governments) away from dirty energy with negative impacts on the planet and local communities.
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