Author Archives: Michelle Stearn

Here’s an animated view of what a next system grounded in democratized ownership of the economy and real sustainability might look like and illustrating how we are already creating this society using innovative community-based institutions like cooperatives, public banks, and community land trusts – just to name a few.

On September 5th, 2016, Gar Alperovitz, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, joined Ian Masters on his radio program, Background Briefing, to discuss building upon the momentum generated by Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Gar speaks about the potential to transform the energy of the Bernie campaign into a 21st century populist movement-starting at the grass roots to […]

In this seminar, I spoke with a small group of activists, researchers, and change-makers from around the world on the key design principles of a just society and my vision for a Pluralist Commonwealth. I hope you enjoy this in-depth discussion and and perhaps share it with others as a resource to begin to uncover and […]

On August 16, 2016, Democracy Collaborative co-founder Gar Alperovitz joined Talk Nation Radio host David Swanson on his show, “Let’s Try Democracy” (Syndicated by Pacifica Network). Gar comments on the current state of nuclear armament, and what it would take to end all world wars: Gar Alperovitz: I think things are in dire straits. We’ve been very, […]