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Gar Alperovitz on how change happens over “pizza and some beer”

by Gar Alperovitz

Gar Alperovitz talks about how the democratic economy can come into being much as movements did in the 1960s: “Six friends get together and get some pizza and some beer.” read more
Movement Strategy & History Democratic Ownership
Mylan/Viatris plant protest

The US is about to lose its largest generic pharmaceutical plant. It doesn’t have to.

by Dana Brown

We support a call on the Biden administration to use the Defense Production Act to keep the Viatris Morgantown, West Virginia drug plant open, and to adopt an industrial strategy that prioritizes public health over private greed. read more
Democratic Ownership Health & Wellbeing
Electric infrastructure

Biden’s infrastructure plans are a good start—but we must ensure democratic control

by Thomas Hanna

One of the major punchlines during the Trump era in Washington, D.C. was the ever-occurring ​“infrastructure week”: that ill-fated read more
Democratic Ownership
All health is public health

All health is public health: Busting the myths of choice and commodity

by Dana Brown, Tinashe Goronga, Siddhartha Mehta

For decades, we have been sold a myth of private health. It is a myth that our health is largely a product of individual choices and personal responsibilities. It is a myth that our healthcare is a service that private corporations can provide, and for which we must pay to survive. read more
Health & Wellbeing Democratic Ownership
Water faucet

Biden could help prevent water crises like the one in Jackson—if he stands up to corporations

by Thomas Hanna

Jackson is not alone in suffering the ill-effects of corporate involvement in the provision of water. read more
Democratic Ownership
Phil Thompson speaking to a group of people

J. Phillip Thompson on community wealth building, racial equity, and democracy

In this special episode, CLES shares J. Phillip Thompson’s keynote address from its Community Wealth Building Summit in November 2020. read more
Race & Ethnicity Democratic Ownership

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Los elementos de una economía democrática

Los elementos de una economía democrática

Las políticas y prácticas tradicionales evidentemente nos están fallando frente a las tendencias decadentes de largo plazo en cuanto a la desigualdad de ingresos, la concentración de la riqueza, la desinversión y desplazamiento de las comunidades, la pobreza persistente con carácter racial y geog read more
Democratic Ownership Democracy & Governance
Multi-stakeholder cooperative

Multi-stakeholder cooperative

by Will Flagle

Multi-stakeholder cooperatives include two or more membership groups and can use their flexible governance structures to provide an institutionalized means for those groups to communicate their needs. read more
Democratic Ownership Community & Place
YouGov/Democracy Collaborative 2020 poll

The popular mandate for a democratic economy in 2020

by Isaiah J. Poole

The 2020 poll by YouGov for The Democracy Collaborative shows broad support for innovative policies that lead to a reparative and sustainable economy in which wealth and power are shared broadly. read more
Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership Movement Strategy & History