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The System Is Failing. We All Know It. It's Time to Start Talking about What's Next

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Growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption prompt an important insight. When the old ways no longer produce the outcomes we are looking for, something deeper is occurring. It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new models-"the next system."

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We Are Many (2020)
The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism (2013)
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)
Accidental Anarchist (2017)
Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)
Affluenza (1997)
Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)
The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017)
The Village of Lovers: a Blueprint for Creating Cultures of Peace (2025)
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)
Blood and Oil (2008)
Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015)
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)
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Capitalism Hits The Fan (2008)
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Redefining Prosperity (2018)
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