After 3 years working at Arnold Ventures on criminal justice reform, I am taking the role of VP of Research & Policy @democracycollab.bsky.social. I will also be an Honorary Research Fellow @uofgasbs.bsky.social. Super excited to be back working on community wealth building & economic democracy!

Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy | Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyone

Great to see some of my work and thinking on Democratic Public Ownership cited in this great @theguardian.com op-ed by Rashida Tlaib and @itsmccarthy.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump says sovereign wealth fund could buy TikTok The president has kickstarted the creation of a national fund, which he says could buy the social media platform.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Typo? Freudian slip? Or accurate diagnosis of the perpetual desire to subdue and subjugate the Palestinian people.

“They can look to a future without Hamas AND power.”

Medicare Advantage Is Scamming You The privatized version of Medicare doesn’t just provide worse care than traditional Medicare—it also rips off American taxpayers with fraudulent claims. And Trump wants to double down on it.

The challenge with all privatization schemes is that the private sector doesn’t aspire to save the government money. Why should it?

Just your New Year reminder that public ownership is hugely popular ❤️
#NewYear #PublicOwnership

The Parma team that won the 1999 UEFA Cup.

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved The EP Group's purchase of the Royal Mail's parent company has been approved by the government.

This is madness

📮 3 out of 4 of us want our 500 year old Royal Mail in public ownership 📮

Privatisation has failed, TAKE IT BACK

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week our work was included in testimony from the State of Palestine at International Court of Justice hearings on Climate Change.

Successfully defended my dissertation on democratic public ownership yesterday. Many thanks to all those who supported me along the way. My family first and foremost as well as all my friends, colleagues, and comrades. And huge thanks to my supervisors Andy Cumbers and Bob McMaster.

United Healthcare uses an AI model with a 90% error rate to deny people healthcare coverage.

The world’s largest human rights organization is now affirming the growing consensus among credible experts: Israel is indeed committing genocide in Gaza.

In a better world, it wouldn’t require courage to speak the truth. But in this world, Amnesty International deserves credit for speaking up!

Starter pack of people and organisations who do work on policies to promote economic democracy, primarily through social ownership and democratisation of finance. I'm sure there's a lot missing here so please give suggested additions

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Move by international criminal court puts Netanyahu at risk of detention if he travels to certain other countries The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the county’s former defence…

ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

🚨TNI, McMaster University’s Public Banking Project and Eurodad are spearheading a proposal to replace private finance with a global ecosystem of public bank collaborations. www.tni.org/en/article/a...

Next month I defend my PhD dissertation, which focuses on refining and clarifying the concept of Democratic Public Ownership. I took a deep dive into 200 plus years of economic democracy theorizing and practice, and I can’t wait to start sharing some of the stuff I learned!