23 Mar 2017

Breaking Through Partisanship: Left-Right-Local (Episode 14)

by | Date: 23 Mar 2017 | posted in: Building Local Power, Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, From the Desk of David Morris, Retail, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

John Farrell, Director of ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative, Stacy Mitchell, Director of Community-Scaled Economies, and David Morris join host Christopher Mitchell to reflect on the role and nature of local policies and politics and the innovative economic structures communities are building.… Read More
17 Mar 2017

Listen: David Morris Speaks on Preemption

by | Date: 17 Mar 2017 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In October 2010, David Morris spoke to the Environmental Grantmakers Association at their annual conference in California about the dangers of preemption. The talk may be even more relevant today, a time when red states increasingly are pre-empting the authority of communities to develop solutions to pressing economic and social problems.  Also offering comments on the issue … Read More
6 Mar 2017

David Morris Talks About the Work of ILSR on KWMR

by | Date: 6 Mar 2017 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On February 27 2017, Institute for Local Self-Reliance co-founder David Morris was interviewed on KWMR-FM about ILSR’s work, the capacity of cities to generate new wealth from existing resources, and the actions cities are taking to expand the commons. The interview was conducted in Point Reyes, California by host, Peter Asmus.… Read More
26 Jan 2017

Taking on the Billionaires

by | Date: 26 Jan 2017 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Combatting defeatism may be our single most important psychological objective in the wake of the election. We need to revive the spirit embodied in Barack Obama’s vague but hopeful campaign slogan in 2008, “Yes We Can.” At the federal level this is a time to expose, to educate and to resist. But at the state and local level we can act proactively to fashion strategies that both embrace progressive values and directly benefit those who mistakenly voted for Donald Trump as an economic savior. This is the first in a series of pieces focusing on what can be done.… Read More
12 Jan 2017

The Perils of Privatization (Episode 9)

by | Date: 12 Jan 2017 | posted in: Building Local Power, From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews David Morris, a co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the director of the Public Good initiative. The two discuss the climate surrounding privatization in our economy and how the incoming Trump administration will bolster these efforts nationwide.

Morris delves deep into the history of public infrastructure including explanations of how our language around the subject has changed over the years, privatization in other countries, and hope for the future.… Read More
27 Dec 2016

The Public Good Newsfeed – December 27, 2016: School Testing, Mass Incarceration, End of the American Dream, and more…

by | Date: 27 Dec 2016 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, Public Good News, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: High Stakes Testing Debunked | Do Unions Aid Student Achievement? | Inequality and Upward Mobility | Do Prisons Reduce Crime? | Uber Unmasked High Stakes Testing: Destructive and Ineffective Student scores on standardized tests have become a key factor, possibly the key factor … Read More
1 Dec 2016

The Public Good Newsfeed – December 1, 2016: The Perils of Privatization

by | Date: 1 Dec 2016 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, Public Good News, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: The Privatization of Everything |  Privatizing Education | Privatizing the Oceans Privatizing Municipal Services | A Resource Guide to Privatization The outcome of the Presidential election will make the word “privatization” will become central to our political conversations. We should be … Read More
11 Nov 2016

Going Beyond Candidates: Three State Initiatives That Could Change America

by | Date: 11 Nov 2016 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On November 8th citizens in 35 states vote on 163 ballot initiatives. They cover a wide range of subjects (e.g. marijuana, minimum wage, taxes, gun control). To my mind, initiatives in three states—California on reducing drug prices, South Dakota on revamping its political system, and New Mexico on the inequitable use of bail– stand out as having … Read More
3 Nov 2016

Powering a Political Revolution, North Dakota’s Non-Partisan League (Episode 4)

by | Date: 3 Nov 2016 | posted in: Building Local Power, From the Desk of David Morris, Retail, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In this episode, Chris Mitchell, the director of our Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews David Morris, the co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the director of the Public Good initiative about the history behind North Dakota’s Non-Partisan League. In this podcast, Morris goes into detail on the League’s political influence and how their policies set North Dakota on a trajectory of local ownership and a tradition of fighting concentrated economic power. He also notes that North Dakotans are still fending off challenges from major banks and pharmaceutical chains, and that the tradition of local ownership is strong throughout the state.… Read More

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