NEW – BILLY WIMSATT – Money in the grassroots wins elections and makes change – Movement Voter Project

Written on February 3rd, 2018

BILLY WIMSATT, is the founder and executive director of Movement Voter Project, which offers a clear break from the tired and true strategy of electoral politics – big donors, big consultants, and big TV ad buys. MVP helps progressive donors move some of their money to support the best local community-based organizations in key states – organizations alive on the ground 365 days a year, whether there’s an election or not. In 2018, they moved more than $13M to 350+ groups in 42 states – in almost every competitive US House, Senate, Governors race and ballot measure.

You can learn more at movement.vote.

NEW Free Forum DAVID CAY JOHNSTON – The Trump Administration Is Even Worse Than You Think

Written on February 3rd, 2018

DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and author of THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP, has been covering Trump since the late ‘80s. While most of the media focuses on tweets and White House intrigue, he co-founded DCReport.org to keep track of what they’re not telling you. Johnston joins me to talk about the revelations in his #2 NYTimes best-seller, IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America.

https://davidcayjohnston.com/

NEW Free Forum RAJ PATEL – A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future

Written on January 19th, 2018

RAJ PATEL has a written a new book (with Jason Moore): A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. “Cheap” is the opposite of a bargain and the seven things are nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives. Linking the birth of capitalism to the separation of nature and society, telling stories from Christopher Columbus to ChickenMcNuggets, can an examination of the past help us re-imagine the future?

www.rajpatel.org

NEW Free Forum CHUCK COLLINS Challenges 1% to Come Home – Born on Third Base

Written on December 1st, 2017

CHUCK COLLINS is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and author most recently of Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good. We talk about inequality in America and the GOP’s proposed 2017 tax bill that will only make things much worse.

https://www.ips-dc.org/ips-authors/chuck-collins/

NEW Free Forum RANDY OLSON – Use Narrative to Connect & Move People – ExhibitA: Trump

Written on September 21st, 2017

RANDY OLSON, marine biologist turned filmmaker, author of DON’T BE SUCH A SCIENTIST and HOUSTON, WE HAVE A NARRATIVE says we’re all receiving a firehose of information and can no longer deal with all the separate bits, so we look for higher levels of organization. We look for narratives. Get on board if you want to impact society. PS His Narrative Index predicted Trump’s victory.

http://www.randyolsonproductions.com/

http://www.scienceneedsstory.com

http://www.shiftingbaselines.org