From the Archives
While The Democracy Collaborative was founded in 2000, its organizational and ideological roots go back more than 50 years.
Every month we re-post a report, article, op-ed, or other piece of writing from our extensive archive of material. These pieces focus on our organization’s long history of advancing Community Wealth Building and a democratic economy in the United States and beyond.
They also hopefully provide important insight into many of the economic, social, and political crises confronting the world today, and how they may possibly be addressed.
Each piece is accompanied by a brief descriptive and analytical commentary from a current TDC staffer.
Transcript from the Community Self-Determination Symposium
December 12, 1968
Sen. Gaylord Nelson, Gar Alperovitz, John McLaughry, Sen. Charles Percy, Minister Franklin Florence, Edward Finn, Sen. Jacob Javits, William Hudgins, Manuel Sanchez-Rivera, Sen. Fred Harris, Alex Mercure, Bruce Rozet, and Roy Innis
Memorandum to Participants of the Exploratory Project for Economic Alternatives
December 1, 1972
Gar Alperovitz, Archibald L. Gillies, and David R. Hunter