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Economic Democracy Weekly

In today’s Economic Democracy Weekly, we examine how stories of liberation can advance economic justice. First, in our latest Truth to Power interview, Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska, the two lead editors of Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Social Movements, reflect on what narrative change strategies can achieve—and how narrative change connects with movement-based and electoral organizing. We follow that with an excerpt from their book, outlining what a comprehensive narrative power-building framework looks like. Next, narrative practitioners, scholars, and creatives offer some pointers on how to use storytelling to advance justice. We close with an analysis of how community economic development can advance liberation.


Liberation Stories: A Conversation with Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska

 
“Every single person can be the architect of the narratives we want to build, which ultimately reflect the kind of world we want to create.” Read more... 
 
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Using Narrative Power to Advance Liberation: Six Key Elements

 
“For stories to truly resonate and catalyze change, they must be woven into the fabric of everyday life and become part of our lived experience.” Read more... 
 
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Building Narrative Power for Economic Justice by Telling Better Stories

 
“Storytelling is worldmaking. We can write new stories to change our future by celebrating shared movement values.” Read more…
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What Does Community Development for Liberation Look Like?

 
“You are not going to achieve liberation because you’re brilliant and you have a brilliant organization. It is how we hold each other accountable for delivery for people.” Read more...
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