{"id":4564,"date":"2017-09-25T17:09:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2017-10-02T17:11:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T21:11:48","slug":"the-peoples-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/2017\/09\/the-peoples-disruption\/","title":{"rendered":"The People’s Disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Want to help bring democracy to the internet? On the heels of the successful platform co-op conference in Toronto<\/a>, I’m now working with a mighty team of collaborators to organize November’s conference in New York, The People’s Disruption<\/a>. It’s all about connecting the resources of the present with ambitious visions of a cooperative future online, featuring speakers from #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Alicia Garza to venture capitalist Brad Burnham. I hope you can join us! Space isn’t infinite! Register today<\/a><\/strong> (and retweet this<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Communists and Catholics<\/h2>\n

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Over the summer I had the chance to join the MBA program at St. Mary’s University<\/a> in Canada for a tour of the co-op sector in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. There was plenty to write home about, and I put it together in a dispatch for America<\/em> magazine, which will appear in the next print issue. Read it and share it<\/a> online now<\/strong>: “How Communists and Catholics Built a Commonwealth<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

It’s both a report from the field and a reflection on why, as we build a new economy, we should look to our past.<\/p>\n

More Where that Came From<\/h2>\n

I’ve also been writing about stuff like how we can democratize ISPs<\/a> and the little churches of St. Francis<\/a>. I turned in a book draft, too! And then there are some live events coming up:<\/p>\n