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…4 min read·Jan 22, 2024--1--1
Jon AlexanderCitizens EquippedAn excerpt from my book CITIZENS (written with the brilliant Ariane Conrad), published here on the 35th anniversary of the internet4 min read·Mar 12, 2024--2--2
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.6 min read·Mar 2, 2024--4--4
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 now4 min read·Feb 19, 2024--1--1
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?4 min read·Feb 19, 2024--1--1
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.6 min read·Feb 1, 2024--2--2
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…7 min read·Jan 24, 2024--1--1
Jon AlexanderinIn Search Of Authentic Hope In 2024Clarity part 1: Argentina, Poland, and the space for hopeIn the spirit of Solnit’s call for clarity, to “see the troubles in this world” and face the reality of what we are dealing with (as…6 min read·Jan 22, 2024----
Jon AlexanderinNew Citizenship Project#CouncilCulture: How can we really shift the relationship between councils and citizens?A new initiative from the New Citizenship Project aimed at breaking the gravitational pull of business-as-usual in local government7 min read·May 23, 2023----
Jon AlexanderinNew Citizenship ProjectWhat if democracy was RAPID?A proposal for making democratic decision-making processes more… well… democratic.4 min read·Jan 30, 2023--1--1