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Community Wealth Building — The Democracy Collaborative
Learn how Community Wealth Building (CWB) works as an economic development model that transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets.
www.democracycollaborative.org
Community Wealth Building transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. It challenges failing economic development approaches, addressing inequality at its core. Check out our U.S. Action Guide: www.democracycollaborative.org/community-we...
Return of the Robber Barons: read Michael Hudson’s @democracycollab.bsky.social paper on Trump’s tariffs and his inverted understanding of what drove the success of America’s nineteenth-century industrial takeoff. www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
Return of the Robber Barons — The Democracy Collaborative
Donald Trump is promoting a false narrative of what made America’s nineteenth century industrialization so successful. Instead of supporting a regrowth of U.S. industry, the effect of Trump’s tariffs ...
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April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Return of the Robber Barons: read Michael Hudson’s @democracycollab.bsky.social paper on Trump’s tariffs and his inverted understanding of what drove the success of America’s nineteenth-century industrial takeoff. www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
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EDAS Community Wealth Building Video
YouTube video by EDAS Scotland (EDAS)
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April 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Join Northern Virginians for the Democratizing NOVA Summit 2025 at George Mason University!
#NorthernVirginia #nextsystem #systemchange @democracycollab.bsky.social #NoVA @georgemasonu.bsky.social
#NorthernVirginia #nextsystem #systemchange @democracycollab.bsky.social #NoVA @georgemasonu.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join Northern Virginians for the Democratizing NOVA Summit 2025 at George Mason University!
#NorthernVirginia #nextsystem #systemchange @democracycollab.bsky.social #NoVA @georgemasonu.bsky.social
#NorthernVirginia #nextsystem #systemchange @democracycollab.bsky.social #NoVA @georgemasonu.bsky.social
Last week Minister Tom Arthur told the Scottish Parliament about the irrefutable advantages of Community Wealth Building
TDC’s CWB Global Lead @neilmcinroy.bsky.social continues to promote, develop and advise on the model across Scotland
Scottish CWB legislation is due later this year
TDC’s CWB Global Lead @neilmcinroy.bsky.social continues to promote, develop and advise on the model across Scotland
Scottish CWB legislation is due later this year
February 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Last week Minister Tom Arthur told the Scottish Parliament about the irrefutable advantages of Community Wealth Building
TDC’s CWB Global Lead @neilmcinroy.bsky.social continues to promote, develop and advise on the model across Scotland
Scottish CWB legislation is due later this year
TDC’s CWB Global Lead @neilmcinroy.bsky.social continues to promote, develop and advise on the model across Scotland
Scottish CWB legislation is due later this year
📝 NEW TRAINING: Introduction to Community Wealth Building
Join us to learn about Community Wealth Building as an approach to local economic system change starting in your place and/or community.
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Join us to learn about Community Wealth Building as an approach to local economic system change starting in your place and/or community.
Register here ⤵️
www.democracycollaborative.org/events/intro...
Intro to Community Wealth Building Training — The Democracy Collaborative
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February 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
📝 NEW TRAINING: Introduction to Community Wealth Building
Join us to learn about Community Wealth Building as an approach to local economic system change starting in your place and/or community.
Register here ⤵️
www.democracycollaborative.org/events/intro...
Join us to learn about Community Wealth Building as an approach to local economic system change starting in your place and/or community.
Register here ⤵️
www.democracycollaborative.org/events/intro...
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The energy sector’s ‘Wind Rush’ risks replicating existing patterns of financialized extraction.
www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
The energy sector’s ‘Wind Rush’ risks replicating existing patterns of financialized extraction — The Democracy Collaborative
The Democracy Collaborative’s Neil McInroy has recently chaired a taskforce on incorporating Community Wealth Building approaches into the devel opment of the renewable energy economy in ...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The energy sector’s ‘Wind Rush’ risks replicating existing patterns of financialized extraction.
www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
If Community Wealth Building approaches are to continue to grow and become the foundations of a more sustainable economy, they’ll inevitably come into conflict with existing models of financialization and extraction. A look at offshore wind in Shetland: www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
The energy sector’s ‘Wind Rush’ risks replicating existing patterns of financialized extraction — The Democracy Collaborative
The Democracy Collaborative’s Neil McInroy has recently chaired a taskforce on incorporating Community Wealth Building approaches into the devel opment of the renewable energy economy in ...
www.democracycollaborative.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If Community Wealth Building approaches are to continue to grow and become the foundations of a more sustainable economy, they’ll inevitably come into conflict with existing models of financialization and extraction. A look at offshore wind in Shetland: www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...
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The immediate challenge is not to be shocked and awed into confusion and debilitating paralysis but instead to formulate a counter-response commensurate with the scale of the challenges and capable of reaching the vast majority of ordinary Americans. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...
Shock and Awe: Trump’s First Hundred Days — The Democracy Collaborative
Only a few days in, and already we can see the broad shape of what Trump’s Second Term will bring — a radical effort to reshape and repurpose the administrative state.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The immediate challenge is not to be shocked and awed into confusion and debilitating paralysis but instead to formulate a counter-response commensurate with the scale of the challenges and capable of reaching the vast majority of ordinary Americans. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...
Only a few days in, and already we can see the broad shape of what Trump’s Second Term will bring — a radical effort to reshape and repurpose the administrative state. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...
Shock and Awe: Trump’s First Hundred Days — The Democracy Collaborative
Only a few days in, and already we can see the broad shape of what Trump’s Second Term will bring — a radical effort to reshape and repurpose the administrative state.
www.democracycollaborative.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Only a few days in, and already we can see the broad shape of what Trump’s Second Term will bring — a radical effort to reshape and repurpose the administrative state. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...
Sally Rooney in the Irish Times on the urgent need for a next system of political economy beyond capitalism. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Sally Rooney in the Irish Times on the urgent need for a next system of political economy beyond capitalism. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Our Index of Systemic Trends, via Aditya Chakrabortty’s analysis, in The Nation magazine’s U.S. presidential election postmortem: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The 2024 Index of Systemic Trends: index.democracycollaborative.org
The 2024 Index of Systemic Trends: index.democracycollaborative.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Our Index of Systemic Trends, via Aditya Chakrabortty’s analysis, in The Nation magazine’s U.S. presidential election postmortem: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The 2024 Index of Systemic Trends: index.democracycollaborative.org
The 2024 Index of Systemic Trends: index.democracycollaborative.org
“We need to build a vibrant, healthy and resilient economy, an economy that supports our people, enterprises and communities to thrive, grow and sustain. Achieving this is a huge challenge... I believe community wealth building can help us achieve this.” www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Scottish government backs social enterprise to ‘influence and inspire’ new community wealth building push
The Scottish government is aiming for full-scale economic systems change and expects social enterprise to be at the forefront of its new economic model, according to discussions at the Social Enterpri...
www.pioneerspost.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:22 PM
“We need to build a vibrant, healthy and resilient economy, an economy that supports our people, enterprises and communities to thrive, grow and sustain. Achieving this is a huge challenge... I believe community wealth building can help us achieve this.” www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
Community Wealth Building transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. It challenges failing economic development approaches, addressing inequality at its core. Check out our U.S. Action Guide: www.democracycollaborative.org/community-we...
Community Wealth Building — The Democracy Collaborative
Learn how Community Wealth Building (CWB) works as an economic development model that transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets.
www.democracycollaborative.org
November 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Community Wealth Building transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. It challenges failing economic development approaches, addressing inequality at its core. Check out our U.S. Action Guide: www.democracycollaborative.org/community-we...