Author: Nathan
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Election financialization is one-sided
A vote for Donald Trump, among other things, is a vote for the speculative casino as the engine of our political future. https://nathanschneider.info/2024/11/the-age-of-campaign-financialization-is-here/
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The Age of Campaign Financialization is Here
What matters more, your vote or your bet on a prediction market? A campaign contribution or a stock purchase? It has long been common practice to worry about “campaign finance.” But even since the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision further unleashed dark money, that kind of finance was relatively straightforward: contributions to support the…
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RCV debate
TOMORROW, come to the Metagov Seminar for a debate with leading thinkers on ranked choice voting, which is on the ballot in multiple states, including Colorado. Join us, and bring your questions: https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/226/
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Ownership Economy Summit
I’m really looking forward to speaking at the #OwnershipEconomySummit on December 4th in NYC! This is a chance to strategize about the tools and policy we need to make shared ownership the new normal. Register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-ownership-economy-summit-registration-920820347447 Discount code EXCLUSIVE20 for 20% off #OE2024
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Democratizing AI
The Collective Intelligence Project has been doing incredible work lately with bringing democratic practices to AI, incl. w/ OpenAI and Anthropic. I’ve joined them to take this work one step further: bringing democracy into companies themselves. Read here: https://www.cip.org/blog/shared-code
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USDA Webinar
On October 29, come join me and some leading co-op builders from Colorado and Puerto Rico at a US Dept. of Agriculture webinar: “Cooperative Ecosystems: Transformations in Worker Ownership, Housing, Community Development, and Agriculture” Register here: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_UTyOzugwRnqXIy7ojzuXpA#/registration
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Spicer book event
How Has Structural Racism Held Back the Co-op Movement? Join MEDLab and the E2C Collective for an event on an important new book on the co-op legacy and racial capitalism. Learn more and register here: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/10/07/how-has-structural-racism-held-back-co-op-movement
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Emergency Workplace Organizing PSA
Want to organize your workplace but don’t know where to start? The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee has some amazing trainings for curious workers coming up: https://workerorganizing.org/training/
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NYC Next Week: Beautiful Solutions
If you’re in NYC next week, come join us for the Beautiful Solutions release event—a book of solidarity economy stories from around the world: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/or-books-live-on-ave-c-beautiful-solutions-tickets-1031339031807
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Change is in the cards
MEDLab has a new zine, a tarot-themed exploration of open-source governance, “Change Is In the Cards” Order your free print copies: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/10/03/get-our-latest-zine-open-source-governance-change-cards