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Interview with Theo Slater & the California National Party

Interview with Theo Slater & the California National Party

Theo Slater and The California National Party

Abstract:

I had the opportunity to conduct a very pleasant and informative interview with Theo Slater, the co-founder of the California National Party. They are an independence party based in the American state of California. Currently, they have their eyes set on becoming officially recognized as a Californian political party so they can…

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Cascadia Underground Proud to Partner with Horizon Books for the Creation of an Independent Media Center in Seattle, WA

Cascadia Underground Proud to Partner with Horizon Books for the Creation of an Independent Media Center in Seattle, WA

We are excited to announce that we are creating an Independent Media Center in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Seattle.

Starting in August, the Cascadia Underground will have a place to live in a space that’s more than just a website. So far, we have secured partnerships with local leaders from the worlds of politics, advocacy, non-profit work, community service, and activism, all of whom…

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Preventing Cascadian Authoritarianism -by Joel Spector The core of the idea of Cascadia is to use the mechanism of bioregionalism as a tactic for forming a better and more functional society.

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Unifying the Rift

We live in some of the most politically divisive times ever. As a consequence, it’s exceedingly difficult to have civilized discussions about important issues without it quickly becoming a flame war. This is a huge problem of its own accord, but is utterly catastrophic in the context of the times we live in.

My hope in writing this is to help calm the waters a bit, and slow down some of the…

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Gaming the System

Games are more than just a frivolous way to have fun and pass the time. They are an essential part of us. They capture the spirit of play and fairness we strive to have toward each other. Always teaching us to become smarter, stronger, more strategic, and better than we were before. They are rooted in our DNA, as far down as the family tree goes. In a sense, you could say that society itself is…

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Thinking Economically

The invention of money was undoubtedly one of the most influential in human history. Born from a necessity to make sure each person is doing their fair share of the community workload, currency has taken several thousand forms over the lifetime of ourcivilization. As it’s evolved, we’ve seen it spawn economic theories and experimental systems which have literally shaped the world around us.

What…

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Reprogramming suffrage

Democracy. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot, and almost always in a context that doesn’t live up to the name. You may even already be so completely disillusioned with the idea of democracy, to the extent where I’ve lost your interest a mere two sentences deep!

But don’t click that “X” on your browser just yet, friend! First, please indulge me as I explain to you the tremendously exciting…

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Welcome Building Your Cascadia

Welcome Building Your Cascadia

Cascadia Underground is excited to welcome Building Your Cascadia as a new monthly segment to provide insights and examples of working democratic economies, and explore ideas about what sorts of systems we all want to create for ourselves as Cascadians. 

Welcome Building Your Cascadia 

The purpose of Building Your Cascadia isThis will be in connection with the YourCascadia project, which aims to…

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