The Democracy Collaborative

05/31/2026

🚨FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We are delighted to announce that the second and final guest speaker for launch of our UK Index of Systemic Trends is climate organizer and Co-Director of The WCCA Sasha Josette.

She will be joining the social activist and director of One Million Women and Girls campaign Sally Young, as well as authors of the Index Prof. Howard Reed (Northumbria University and The Democracy Collaborative) and Neil McInroy (The Democracy Collaborative) for a vibrant panel discussion.

BOOK your free tickets now to avoid disappointment! Get yours 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-britain-by-numbers-uk-index-of-systemic-trends-2026-launch-event-tickets-1989962577638?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

This event is hosted in partnership with the Centre for Health & Social Equality (CHASE) at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

The session will be moderated by Prof. Matthew Johnson, CHASE Co-Director (Policy).

📅 Friday, 5 June 2026 - 2-5pm
📍Room CCE1-003, City Campus East (Business and Law Building), Northumbria U.

05/30/2026

📰 HOT OFF THE PRESS

In April an election for a power utility board in Arizona was won by a majority of candidates running on a green energy slate. Our Distinguished Senior Fellow Marjorie Kelly and our VP Research & Policy Thomas Hanna have written about the movement for democratic control of our utilities for In These Times.

"Efforts like this are part of a growing international paradigm and movement called Democratic Public Ownership (DPO) — which The Democracy Collaborative has helped develop and popularize over the past several years." Marjorie Kelly & Thomas M. Hanna

Read the full piece 👉

Arizona residents recently won a major fight for democratic public ownership of their electric utility.

05/30/2026

Now on

❗️Trump threatens Oman
❗️BofA report warns has opened
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❕NJ Sen. Kim pepper-sprayed by ICE
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trackingthecrisis.org

05/29/2026

The much awaited UK version of our is now out, but the news is far from cheerful. Our extensive dataset shows that the British economy is plummeting and lacking resilience to future shocks.

The UK Index of Systemic Trends is a dashboard charting the health of Britain's political economy across indicators including economic growth, inequality, poverty, financialization, life expectancy, productivity, environmental degradation and trust in government. It clearly shows that, across all UK nations, the economy is failing on all metrics and establishment political parties have continuously come up with inadequate responses to the crises.

"The UK Index of Systemic Trends gathers in one place the data in support of a radically disruptive contention—that Britain is not ungovernable but misgoverned, based on the attachment of the political class to a half-century-old economic model that serves the few at the expense of the many. Use this Index to measure the actual commitments of politicians promising to do things differently.” Joe Guinan, The Democracy Collaborative President

Find the entire dashboard on

The Index of Systemic Trends quantifies, tracks, and visualizes key crises to show the need to move towards a new system to produce better outcomes.

05/28/2026

📰 HOT OFF THE PRESS

Following NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani's announcement of plans to create a city-owned grocery in East Harlem, Manhattan, our Distinguished Senior Fellow Marjorie Kelly and Distinguished Fellow Prof. Anthony Cook have written for The Progressive Magazine on the importance of enterprises - and particularly food suppliers - that challenge traditional ownership models.

"Municipally owned groceries are emerging as an innovative way to create greater food justice." - Marjorie Kelly & Anthony Cook

Read the full piece 👉

New York City aims to build community wealth with municipal grocery stores.

05/27/2026

🚨NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We can finally announce that the social activist and director of One Million Women and Girls Sally Young will be joining our panel discussion for the launch of our UK Index of Systemic Trends.

This event is hosted in partnership with the Centre for Health & Social Equality (CHASE) at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Speakers will also include authors of the Index Prof. Howard Reed (Northumbria University and The Democracy Collaborative) and Neil McInroy (The Democracy Collaborative).

The session will be moderated by Prof. Matthew Johnson, CHASE Co-Director (Policy).

📅 Friday, 5 June 2026 - 2-5pm
📍Room CCE1-003, City Campus East (Business and Law Building), Northumbria U.

The tickets are FREE but booking is required! Get yours now 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broken-britain-by-numbers-uk-index-of-systemic-trends-2026-launch-event-tickets-1989962577638?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/25/2026

Now on

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❕Global Sumud Flotilla mistreatment fury
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❕ charges dropped

trackingthecrisis.com

05/20/2026

We are delighted to announce that we will be launching the UK version of our Index of Systemic Trends next month!

We would like to invite all our colleagues, friends and supporters to join us at the launch event, in partnership with the Centre for Health & Social Equality (CHASE) at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Speakers will include authors of the Index Prof. Howard Reed (Northumbria U. and The Democracy Collaborative) and Neil McInroy (The Democracy Collaborative), as well as two community leaders to be announced very soon.

The session will be moderated by Prof. Matthew Johnson, CHASE Co-Director (Policy).

📅 Friday, 5 June 2026 - 2-5pm BST
📍Room CCE1-003, City Campus East (Business and Law Building), Northumbria U., Newcastle, UK

The tickets are FREE but booking is required! Get yours now 👉https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broken-britain-by-numbers-uk-index-of-systemic-trends-2026-launch-event-tickets-1989962577638?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/19/2026

When the Bohemian Cooperatives said they wanted to launch a strategy for Bohemian Football Club, they did not have to ask twice for our support.

In the face of a multitude of global crises that make imagining a better, more democratic economy an ever-more-difficult exercise, the Bohemian Cooperatives are playing an important and catalytic role in modelling what a better Dublin - and a better society - can look like.

Here's a snippet of an upcoming documentary on this Irish CWB project.

For more information visit democracycollaborative.org/blogs

05/18/2026

Now on

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❕Chicago shifts tactics as ICE raids persist
❕Data center opposition across political map
❕Israel nuclear program

trackingthecrisis.org