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New Governance and Politics

      Shows about radical and not-so-radical international and local ways to govern that create democratic representation and shared stakeholding. Governance that creates power for the many.

      Women of Color Lead the Way

      This year at the Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win back the White House in 2020 but also create long...

      Putting Public Safety in Public Hands

      Putting Public Safety in Public Hands: The Newark Model To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player below. A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through...

      Commoning Our Cities: Mary Miss, Silvia Federici, Peter Linebaugh

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmJcPkpI98 Reinventing our cities and re-enchanting the world. Who gets a say in designing where they live? What if more of us did? This week, we visit Mary Miss, a Guggenheim fellow and celebrated artist,...

      Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain

      Two of the regions that were the most brutally repressed under the mid-century dictatorship of Francisco Franco built the world’s largest worker-owned cooperatives

      The Edge of Democracy: The Rise of Authoritarianism in Brazil

      In her new film, The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democracy on the verge of collapse. With...

      Forward Thinking on Covid-19: Lebanon

      Forward Thinking on Covid-19: Lebanon         SUPPORT US and help us keep creating content like this. Become a member of our Patreon community   How does a revolution mobilize against the threat of Covid-19? In Lebanon, activists are...

      How Can Municipal Government Promote Economic Democracy?

      New York, NY... it's a city with close to a $100 billion budget every year and a deputy mayor with some pretty creative plans for how to spend it. What can one city do?...

      Extreme Cities: Ground Zero for Climate Change

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain

      About the Show Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, unequitable economic systems. In this episode, Laura travels to Spain...

      Ada Colau: Barcelona’s Fearless Mayor

      And at the level of principle, Colau has not finished making change yet. Having polled her base this weekend, Colau’s putting the question to the people. Barcelonans will vote on what deal she should make. Let the people decide. Putting that principle into practice has got to be a win, no matter what.  

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