Research & Reading List: Inauguration 2021: Democracy Demands a Democratic Economy

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Season 1, Episode 121  Inauguration 2021: Democracy Demands a Democratic Economy

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Description: A new administration takes office in the midst of an ongoing public health catastrophe and an economic crisis, on the heels of one of the most polarizing presidencies in U.S. history. The day of the inauguration, Laura brings together reverend and community organizer Ronnie Galvin with author, activist and documentary filmmaker Astra Taylor for a lively conversation about what it’s going to take for the Biden Administration—and Americans in general—to address the challenges at hand. This episode also features excerpts from Laura’s interview with U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA).

Guests:

• Ronnie Galvin, Democracy Collaborative Fellow; Managing Director of Community Investment, for the Greater Washington Community Foundation

• Astra Taylor, Writer, political organizer and filmmaker,  Film: “What is Democracy?” ; Co-founder of The Debt Collective;

• Karen Bass (D-CA) Congresswoman

Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:

• Countering the Coup: From the Grassroots Up

• Democracy: Past, Present… and Future? Scot Nakagawa & Astra Taylor

• Women of Color Lead the Way

• How to Make a Democratic Economy. Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard

• Whose Economy is it? The Options for New York

• The Economics of Abolition

Related Articles and Resources:

• Owning Our Future After Covid-19; Fighting For A New Systemic Vision, Demanding Racial Equity, Ted Howard, Marjorie Kelly, Ronnie Galvin, Joe Guinan - Democracy Collaborative

• “The popular mandate for a democratic economy in 2020” by Isaiah J. Poole - The Next System

• “Can't Pay, Won't Pay, The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition,” by The Debt Collective Foreword by Astra Taylor

• “After the insurrection: Defeating Trumpism, rebuilding America” by Gar Alperovitz & Ted Howard -Democracy Collaborative

• Biden Jubilee 100 - Meet the Strikers - Debt Collective

• “The Case for Wide-Scale Debt Relief” by Astra Taylor - The Nation

• Karen Bass: the progressive congresswoman who could be Biden’s vice-president by Maanvi Singh -The Guardian

• “Solidarity Beyond the Crises : How to TRULY Build Back Better” by Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz -Dollar and Sense

• "Biden's Inauguration Gives Us New Hope, but the Movement for Justice Must Continue to Build on Its Own Agenda" by Jesse Jackson -Common Dreams

Featured ‘Music in the Middle’ of the Podcast:

“Vida” by Kiko Navarro featuring Joan Bibiloni from his album Afroterraneo courtesy of Wonderwheel Recordings. LISTEN and More