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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
Movement Strategy & History

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Episode 18: The New Abolitionism & Monetary Freedom (w/Delman Coates)

by Delman Coates, Adam Simpson

Learning from a faith based strategy to engage communities as advocates for heterodox monetary policy. read more
Money & Banking Race & Ethnicity

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Episode 17: Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)

by David Bollier, Adam Simpson

How the commons give us a frame to think against enclosures and towards a next system. 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
Movement Strategy & History Democratic Ownership Community & Place
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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
Democratic Ownership Democracy & Governance

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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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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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OtherWords: When companies deny climate science, their workers pay

by Carla Skandier

Dirty energy companies’ refusal to transition away from fossil fuels is not only spurring a climate crisis but also victimizing workers, who often are the worse off in com read more
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