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Episode 20: Towards the Inclusive Workers’ Movement of the Future (W/ Dorian Warren)

by Adam Simpson, Dorian Warren

Dorian Warren joins the Next System Podcast to discuss the future of the labor movement, organizing for racial equity and an inclusive economy, and more. read more
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Episode 19: Extraction & Resilience in Appalachia (w/Elizabeth Catte)

by Elizabeth Catte, Adam Simpson

Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, talks about what simple narratives explaining place-based poverty miss. read more
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Episode 16: “Resist & Build”: Discussing the Solidarity Economy (w/ Emily Kawano)

by Emily Kawano, Adam Simpson

Emily Kawano discusses the solidarity economy as the end and means of system change. read more
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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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Episode 12: Black Power Vs. Black Capitalism (w/ Nishani Frazier)

by Nishani Frazier , Adam Simpson

Nishani Frazier discusses the history of CORE’s work for community-based economic development in Cleveland and the potential of today’s new radical black mayors. 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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Episode 10.1: System Change, Past & Present (w/Gar Alperovitz)

by Gar Alperovitz, Adam Simpson

Gar Alperovitz describes his journey toward system change. read more
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Episode 8: The Next System of Media w/Laura Flanders

by Laura Flanders, Adam Simpson

Independent journalist Laura Flanders discusses the next system of media on our latest podcast. read more
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