[OSList] Your Invited to The Global Teach-In – Democratize the Crisis

[Tony Budak]

InLateMaytoMid-June2020,theGlobalTeach-InnetworkwillorganizeonetotwoGlobalTeach-Insonthetheme,#democratizethecrisis.By“democratizethecrisis”wemeanthatgreaterpublicinput 
anddirectivepowerintheformofknowledge,politicalengagementand/capacitiesdevelopment/canassistinprovidingtheacceleratedyetcomprehensiveresponsetothecrisis.By“capacitiesdevelopment”wemeanthattheindividualasworker,entrepreneur,banker,renter,consumer,user,voter,monitoretc.Wealsomeanreflectivedeliberationbythepubliconinformationnecessaryforguidingdemocraticpracticeandpracticalsolutions.Wewilllinkexperts,policymakers,activists 
and diverse constituencygroups 
inaglobaldiscussiononhowtoaddressfiveinterconnectedaspectsofthecoronaviruscrisis.Amulti-hourinteractivebroadcastwillshowhowhealth,environmental,labor,peaceandinnovationpoliciescanbelinkedonalocal,regional, 
nationalandglobal basis, departingfromfivekeythemes:

●First,*alternative****landuse,foodandfarmingpolicies*whichwouldhelplimitormitigatefutureviruscrises.Thebasicgoalistoreducetheerosionofnaturalenvironmentswhichproducegreaterexposuretowildanimalsthatareviruscarriers.

●Second,*conversion****and****innovation****policies***buildonadiversityofinnovationandproductionplatformswhichcanbe 
usedtodevelopproductslikedefensiveshields,facemasksandventilatorsoralternativeenergyandmasstransitalternativetofossilfueluse.Weneedapeacebudgettofundalternatives.

●Third,*alternative****platforms****forgovernmentaiddistribution*potentiallyinvolveemployeeandcommunityownershipaswellasothermeasuresincluding:nationalization,rentstrikes,communityfoodmobilizationandmortgagedeferments.

●Fourth,*“**social****forecasting,**”***atermthatcanbe usedtodescribe 
thenecessitytobridge 
specializedknowledgeaboutthreats(liketerrorism,climatechange,lifethreateningvirusesandthelike)toanetworkthatlinksdiverseandgeneralpublicstospecializedexpertise.

●Fifth,*thepermanentmobilizationofcitizensintheworkplace,politicalspacesandmedia*,creatingaglobalmedianetworkthatcansupportcitizenactionslikecooperatives,strikes,andacooperativemediaspace.

Formoreinformationand to identifyparticipatingcities,go 
to:http://www.globalteachin.com/ <http://www.globalteachin.com/>

*Toparticipate,contactyourlocalorganizerortheGlobalTeach-Inusingoneofthesemethods:Twitter:**@g**lobaltea**c**hin*

*F**a**c**ebook**:****https://www.facebook.com/globalteachin/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/globalteachin/>****Emai**l:****globalteachin at gmail.com 
<mailto:globalteachin at gmail.com>*

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