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Along with direct action and other forms of resistance, a transformational movement must also have a constructive program that builds new institutions based on the values that the movement aspires to achieve. These may eventually replace the old systems. From small, worker-owned cooperatives to national advocacy groups, hundreds of thousands of people around the country are working to create democratic and sustainable systems that meet the basic needs of all people.

Making Change From The Dirt Up

September 9, 2026 Andy Bichlbaum, Waging Nonviolence. Create! Arizona, Homeless, Housing, Invasive plants

Twenty-eight years ago, a group of neighbors in downtown Tucson, Arizona, led by permaculture designer Brad Lancaster, cut curbs in their neighborhood to let rainwater into the verge, where they guerrilla-planted indigenous flora. These and other crimes made their once-barren neighborhood an urban refuge. Then they put on their lobbying hats; today, Tucson’s government gives financial incentives to do what the scofflaws once did illegally. When I first moved back to Tucson part-time to find good care for my mother, I met David Walker, a friend of Brad’s with another ambitious vision: Use a huge, extremely destructive weed called buffelgrass — imported from Africa by the USDA and Big Cattle, for feed — to make beautiful adobe housing for the unhoused, while paying them to help build it.

Can Decentralized Energy Prevent The Next Crisis?

September 7, 2026 John P. Ruehl, Counter Punch. Create! Cuba, Decentralization, Energy, Puerto Rico, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism

After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing global energy turmoil the “biggest energy security threat in history” in April, events over the summer vindicated his warning. The United States authorized the grid operator Southwest Power Pool, Inc. to use backup generation resources in 17 states it serves amid growing demand and extreme heat in late July, while droughts forced European nuclear plants to reduce or halt operations in August. EU gas stocks reached a record low during the last week of August, and Bangladesh further tightened restrictions on business operating hours as its gas shortage worsened.

Medicare For All Is A System That Can Absolutely Be Built In The US

September 3, 2026 Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Create! Health Care, Medicare for all, Public Health, United States

From “‘Our System Is in Dire Straits’: Progressive Democrats Hold Medicare-for-All Hearing” to “Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All Dream Threatens Us With a Real-Life Nightmare,” from “Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects,” to “Socialist Chic and the ‘Medicare-for-All’ Sham,” headlines are telling us a range of stories about the proposal called Medicare for All. Much of it, like Forbes magazine saying “Medicare-for-All Is a Brand, Not a Plan,” is familiar capitalist scaremongering. And some is a similarly familiar brand of shushing: Let’s ask for less, because if we say what we really want, they’ll come for us.

How Communes Are Transforming Venezuela And Inspiring The World

September 2, 2026 Leonardo Fernandes, Orinoco Tribune. Create! Bolivarian Revolution, Communes, Self-Management, Venezuela

Grassroots solutions that transform the present and shape the future emerge from adversity. This is a lesson the Venezuelan people will not forget. While the country has faced all manner of hardships—such as economic sanctions, military aggression, the abduction of the president, and even a double earthquake—organized people within the socialist communes have been transforming their own realities. In the heart of Caracas, within the historic 23 de Enero neighborhood, lies one of the places where Venezuela is being reborn. For nearly two decades, the Panal 21 Commune has been transforming the lives of over 10,000 residents across nine local communities.

The Potential Of Commons/Public Partnerships

September 2, 2026 David Bollier. Create! Commons Public Partnerships, Community development, The Commons, United Kingdom (UK)

As the Commonsverse becomes more robust worldwide, a more urgent question is arising: Can commoners work constructively with the state, and if so, how? State power tends to have its own narrow ideas about how to get things done – and what governance, law, bureaucratic power, and public participation should look like. Commons open up new possibilities for getting things done, however. They can generate types of value that elude markets and bureaucracy, and offer new ways of knowing and being. But there’s a catch. It can be tricky and difficult for the state and commons to work together. Each has such different premises about power and worldview. Can they develop some sort of rapprochement?

US Citizens Should Be Paid $27,522 In Compensation For Illegal Wars

August 31, 2026 Jeremy Kuzmarov, Covert Action Magazine. Create! Book Review, Peace Dividend, Taxes, Wars and Militarism

The Trump administration’s illegal bombing of Iran and murder of school-children has underscored for millions of people the perils of the U.S. warfare state. At the end of the Cold War, with the Soviet “threat” gone, the American public had been promised a “peace dividend” by which public money would be spent on education, health care, parks and other public goods. Unfortunately, since that time, new national security “threats” were invented and the military budget was increased substantially for 25 out of the next 34 years. John Rachel[1] argues in his book America’s Hijacked Peace Dividend: Long Overdue and Immediately Payable that the exorbitant amount of money spent on “national defense” was effectively stolen from American taxpayers in what is among the “biggest scams in world history.”

A Swarm Of Solar ‘Bees’ Are Coming To Western North Carolina

August 31, 2026 Katie Myers, Next City. Create! Community Solar, Extreme weather, North Carolina, Solar Energy

Nearly two years ago, Hurricane Helene knocked out power in Burnsville, North Carolina. Fire Chief Niles Howell had to use the station’s generator to keep everything running. Through the storm, and the devastating flooding that followed, the fire department provided a landing pad for helicopters, a base for search-and-rescue operations, and a field hospital to triage and treat the wounded. But even in less trying times, Howell can’t risk another blackout. The station is a community hub for the small town, and Howell regularly worries about running out of fuel for the generator.

How Not-For-Profits Make The Housing Crisis Worse

August 30, 2026 Laurence Braun-Woodbury, Canadian Dimension. Create! Canada, Housing, Neoliberalism, Nonprofits

There is a blocky, 34-unit low-rise just east of the Bonnie Doon Bridge on Edmonton’s south side. The slate-grey, four-storey building, called Hope Terrace, opened its doors in late 2022 with a mandate to house people with a history of homelessness and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The people who live here have often led complex, difficult lives and have struggled to maintain housing in the private market. At Hope Terrace, they have access to the resources they need to thrive. Residents receive daily support from specially trained staff who are on site around the clock, helping with everything from emotional regulation and budgeting to food security, medical service integration, employment, and guest management.

What Do We Mean By Solidarity Economy?

August 30, 2026 Solidarity Principles. Create! Cooperation, New Economy, Solidarity Economy, Sustainability

Solidarity economy (SE) is an organizing framework for those who wish to create a systemic commitment to and practice of interdependence and collective liberation in the economic activities that meet our material needs. Solidarity economy rests on our shared values: cooperation, democracy, social and racial justice, environmental sustainability, and mutualism. Interdependence and respect are central. Solidarity economies are transformative — they redistribute power and resources to those who have been most harmed by white supremacy, settler colonialism, patriarchy, ableism, and capitalism — and meet an immediate material need for a community.

We Started A Farming Club; Why You Should Start One Too

August 29, 2026 Jason Bradford, Resilience. Create! Farming, Farming Club, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Solidarity

I’d like to catalyze a movement in this country that rebuilds a nation of farmers. Not another generation of John Deere-driving commodity growers, but millions of Earth-caring, soil-is-my-life, stewards-of-place, neoagrarians who’d make Wendell Berry swoon. After an injury and with the help of a handful of friends, I’ve stumbled onto a way that might happen: through local farming clubs. In January 2024, a severe ice storm struck Oregon’s Willamette Valley. On my family’s farm, tree limbs had snapped and were lying across fencing, so I got to work with a pole saw.

Kids Need Accountability And Support Not Handcuffs

August 29, 2026 Kennith RaShaun Woods II, Counter Punch. Create! Police, Restorative Justice, Schools, Students

Many kids returning to school this year aren’t looking forward to reconnecting with teachers or students. Instead, they’re dreading new encounters with school resource officers, zero tolerance policies, and state laws that criminalize youthful misbehavior. This punitive infrastructure, collectively known as retributive justice, turns routine school disciplinary issues into matters for the criminal justice system. It often leads to youth incarceration and shocking displays of violence against children. Institutions need to look to alternatives. I got a glimpse of one potential brighter future for kids recently while watching a 2013 discussion between community members in Oakland.

What Greece’s Alternative Food Networks Teach Us About Degrowth

August 27, 2026 Eirini-Erifyli Tzekou, Resilience. Create! Cooperatives, Degrowth, Food Security, Greece, Local Economy

When people hear the word degrowth, if it is not problematized or framed as a rejection of the growth paradigm, they often imagine a future that still needs to be invented. But in many places, parts of that future already exist. In Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, a wide range of grassroots food networks have emerged over the last fifteen years: cooperative grocery stores like Allos Tropos, BiosCoop, Eklektik, and To Koukouli; cooperatives operating in the food processing sector or the food services industry, like To Oraion Ntepo or Rediviva...

Philadelphia’s Community Fridges Are Now Bigger Than Ever

August 25, 2026 Pryce Jamison, Next City. Create! Community Refrigerator, Food Security, Mutual Aid, Philadelphia

Twice a month on Saturday mornings, sisters Sonia and Sonam Parikh drive out 45 minutes to pick up about 2,500 pounds of food from Trader Joe’s. As the founders of The People’s Fridge (TPF), they’ve built a partnership with the company, one of its many partners, that contributes to a monthly intake of 8,000 pounds of food that is then distributed to West Philadelphia residents in need. Along with a group of volunteers, the Parikh sisters sort and store food in the 1,000-square-foot warehouse they’ve been operating out of since January. Then they transport it to Cedar Park, where a line of families are usually waiting before the free food distribution begins.

South Side Collective Stepping Up To Transit-Oriented Development

August 24, 2026 Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. Create! Chicago, Collective, entrepreneurship, Property

Collective ownership of real estate has made Sunni Powell a rich man. Not in the conventional sense, but in all the ways that matter most. “I don’t have all the money physically now but I don’t even need it,” Powell says. “I have a building, I have a business, I have a car, I have a motorcycle, I have a craft that’s legit. I’m a barber, and I’m also a licensed barber teacher in the state of Illinois, and I could do a lot with that. I can make money to take care of myself but I can also affect change in my neighborhood and in barbering, and that’s priceless.”

World’s Largest Worker Cooperative Network Seeks New Allies

August 23, 2026 Steve Dubb, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Cooperative Network, Cooperatives, Global Economy, Mondragon, Worker Rights and Jobs

In many respects, the 70-year track record of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, the world’s largest worker co-op network, is inspiring. It is common to think of worker co-ops as marginal and small. But as of 2024, Mondragón had 81 member co-ops and 12 research centers, and reported revenue of 11.2 billion euros (around $12.7 billion). It is the fifth-largest private-sector employer in Spain, providing jobs to 70,085 people in 2024. In 2025, revenue climbed modestly to €11.3 billion and employment rose to 71,415 people.

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