PinnedJon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Introduction: On Authentic HopeMy book CITIZENS came out in March 2022, and I’ve been travelling, talking, and learning ever since (as well as doing a bit of actual work…Jan 222Jan 222
Jon AlexanderCitizenship beyond voting: a call to engageAn excerpt from Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, published to “celebrate” General Election Day 2024.Jul 42Jul 42
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Glimpse #4: Canada vs polarisationIn 1991, 12 people were brought together by a news magazine to discuss the future of Canada. A guest post from Rosa Zubizarreta.May 222May 222
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Glimpse #3: Ireland vs DistrustHow Ireland has built trust in democracy and government even as it collapses elsewhereApr 193Apr 193
Jon AlexanderCitizens EquippedAn excerpt from my book CITIZENS (written with the brilliant Ariane Conrad), published here on the 35th anniversary of the internetMar 122Mar 122
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Glimpses of Citizen Democracy #2: Wales vs Ecological CrisisUnderstanding the significance of Wales’ Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, as a very real challenge to the dominance of GDP.Mar 25Mar 25
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Glimpses of Citizen Democracy: Taiwan vs Covid-19How Taiwan crowdsourced its Covid response — and what we can learn from where they are nowFeb 191Feb 191
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Imagination Part 1: Glimpses of Citizen DemocracyWhat if we started reimagining democracy by learning from the best of what is, not just the places where we’re failing?Feb 191Feb 191
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Clarity Part 3: This is a Crisis of StoryThis is not a crisis of politicians, nor even of political systems. It is a crisis of the story out of which the systems are built.Feb 12Feb 12
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Clarity Part 2: Authentic Hope is not Restaurant HopeThis is the third piece in a writing exercise I’m undertaking at the start of 2024 to figure out what I see as the work that needs doing in…Jan 241Jan 241
