By Michael – Knowing that the US election of 2016 could not end well, I began traveling in late August last year after months of planning, first to Europe and then to Latin America. I wanted to reconnect with friends around the world, but I have also been in search of new kinds of civic and political initiatives that are breaking the mold to reimagine politics and expand the range of what is politically possible.
Having traversed California organizing, speaking and training activists for several years as co-founder of the Courage Campaign, I know there are lots of local civic and political projects with significant potential that get very little media attention in the US. Since beginning my current journey, I have traveled to 17 cities in 12 countries. As in the US, I am finding wonderfully creative civic projects everywhere, some of them with enormous potential to improve awareness and coordination among micro-initiatives across borders.
I am now in Perú, and the first report about the inspiring people and projects I have encountered during my travels has published in Argentina, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Uruguay and the United States. Links to this article, titled “Seeding the Future,” are listed below by nation.
SEEDING THE FUTURE
ARGENTINA
BRITAIN
FRANCE
GERMANY
ITALY
SPAIN
UNITED STATES
URUGUAY
A companion article exploring the idea of “Authentic Hope” has also published in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and the US.
AUTHENTIC HOPE VS. RETROTOPIA
ARGENTINA
CHILE
UNITED STATES
URUGUAY
RADIO INTERVIEW
During my visit to Montevideo, Uruguay in January to meet with Martín Otheguy, a brilliant author and senior editor at the Montevideo Portal with whom I have worked for more than two years, I was interviewed about the US election on “Los Informates Radio,” a popular and entertaining AM talk radio program. My hosts on the show were Martín (right in photo below) and well known Uruguayan short story writer, activist and Los Informates founding member Ignacio Alcuri (left). You can listen to the interview, in Spanish and English, at the link below.
Many thanks to all who have supported me on this continuing journey of discovery. I hope you like the articles and interview.
During the coming months, I will be publishing a series of journal entries and photo and video essays about my travels. I am also writing two new books that will publish in 2019-’20.
Don’t miss a single episode of this unfolding story. Sign up for the Reimagining Politics newsletter to receive real news that matters.
COVER PHOTO: Bicyclists passing in opposing directions in front of colorful 19th century buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark, a beautiful city with one of the most amazing bicycle cultures in the world.
YOU CAN HELP
Thank you for reading my online Journal. If you like what I am doing with Reimagining Politics, please consider donating today. Our GoFundMe campaign is linked below.
Donors receive a free preview copy of my new ebook filled with great photos and stories about the amazing civic innovators I have met and worked with during my travels around the world the past 17 months.
