The NewNow 2026: Empowering Young Leaders to Drive Systems Change in the Global South - Opportunities for Youth Are you a young changemaker from the Global South working to create sustainable transformation in your community? The NewNow, a One Young World programme

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A global programme empowering young leaders creating systems-level change.

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Dear America: An Open Letter for Those Who Love Democracy

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My recent Substack piece:

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The Internet is Always Turned On / 2017

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Don’t believe the world must keep repeating the same lies, reinforcing the actions of the same terrible tyrants or corrupt politicians, accept the same horrific actions leading to countless senseless deaths.

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The challenge and fun of life is in finding those who we most enjoy spending time with. We know we’ve found them when we laugh uncontrollably, smile easily, breathe easier, and can just be ourselves.

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As social creatures, we’re all wired to connect to people who make us feel good.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

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THANKS IN ADVANCE Thanks in advance, for not completely destroying our democracy.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Thanks in advance for doing all that We the People can do to prevent the further slide into living in the Dystopian Divided States of America.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

Becoming immersed in a novel, a poem, or a book of nonfiction is stepping into a time machine.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

Thanks in advance for striving to create a more informed, knowledge-seeking, and book-loving populace.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

Thanks in advance for striving to create a more informed, knowledge-seeking, and book-loving populace.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

Thanks in advance for doing all that We the People can do to prevent the further slide into living in the Dystopian Divided States of America.

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The New Now | Russell C. Smith | Substack Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on ...

Thanks in advance for putting our tattered and damaged democracy in a top drawer in the hall closet, so we can easily find it. So we won’t have to go searching for it when we truly need it again.

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Thanks in advance for always promoting kindness first, as a way of leading our nation during this troubled and divisive moment in world history.

Thanks in Advance

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Thanks in advance for bringing an end to systemic racism, hatred of women, senseless homophobia, and a fear of books.

Thanks in advance for telling us in advance exactly how many things you’re going to try taking away from us.

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THANKS IN ADVANCE Thanks in advance, for not completely destroying our democracy.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Thanks in advance for understanding that we don’t elect dictators, in the year 2024, in the United States of America.

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Read the full essay on my Substack...

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We've learned the hard way that the best minds and hearts must lead a nation.

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Books Are Food

The New Now is on Substack.

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The New Now
In paperback and eBook.
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The New Now Podcast Podcast · Russell C. Smith · Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these...

Hi Everyone,

The New Now Podcast is on Spotify.

If you listen to podcasts there, you can find it here.

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DEAR AMERICA: AN OPEN LETTER FOR THOSE WHO LOVE DEMOCRACY

Dear Home of the Free, my country ‘tis of thee, what the hell happened to you?

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The Future
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The New Now is Here and Now
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The New Now
Manifestos, Reinventions & Declarations

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Digital Fire: A Manifesto Welcome to the Age of Reinvention, we’ve been expecting you

Digital Fire: A Manifesto

Interconnected through technology, we’ve grown new minds and new spines, and we can no longer afford to live stagnant unsurprising lives.

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