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Movement Strategy & History

“We all have a right to the city and must fight to win it!”

“We all have a right to the city and must fight to win it!”

A conversation with Tony Romano of the Right to the City Alliance. read more
A conversation with Noam Chomsky on organizing for a next system

A conversation with Noam Chomsky on organizing for a next system

Philosopher, linguist, and social critic Noam Chomsky speaks about his experiences in campus activism and his vision of a just society to help inaugurate the Next System Project’s ambitious new teach-ins initiative taking place across the country. read more
Inaugural Teach-Ins unite communities to envision the Next System

Inaugural Teach-Ins unite communities to envision the Next System

We must re-integrate our life and community so that our economic life matches up matches up with our needs as humans – and that’s what this work altogether is about. read more
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Next System Teach-ins

We’re helping bring the conversation around systemic crisis and systemic solutions to campuses and communities across the country this spring! read more
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Socialism in America Is Closer Than You Think

As ever-greater numbers of Americans are forced to ask fundamental questions about where their nation is going, we must start offering the answers. read more
Metamapping the ecosystem building the next economy

Metamapping the ecosystem building the next economy

What do we, as the constituent parts of a potential movement for a next economy, have in common? What principles, values and alternative economic paradigms motivate our actions, and where are we ultimately aligned? How do we talk about this more openly? read more

The Next System Teach-Ins: A call to action

Our society faces a systemic crisis, not simply political and economic troubles. Traditional strategies to achieve equitable and sustainable social, economic, and ecological outcomes no longer work. Therefore, we need to find the next system. read more
System change and community organizing

System change and community organizing

Kate Diedrick of Solidarity Research Center talks with Atlanta-based community organizer “Mother” Mamie Moore about her trajectory as an activist and advocate for system change starting at the neighborhood level. read more
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Vision Poll: Getting to the Next System

What shifts power, and what just shores up a broken system? Answer these survey questions to find some initial answers. read more