Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers Webinar Series
Oh Canada: Trump vs. North American Workers

Join us for the second of eight weekly webinars, highlighting the policy proposals developed by the more than 40 experts on the Game Changers team — registration is free.

Oh Canada: Trump vs. North American Workers takes place Thursday, Sept. 17, from 4-5pm ET and features Jim Stanford, Thea Lee, Héctor de la Cueva, and Luis Rangel as they discuss how Trump’s erratic trade policies continue to wreak havoc in the American and global economies. This webinar will be moderated by William Milberg.

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Game Changers: The Economy We Deserve

When a system reaches the point of breakdown, it’s time for radical change. That was the lesson of the 1930s, when the Great Depression ignited transformative labor and social movements that reset national priorities.  It was also the negative lesson of the 1980s, when elites responded to stagflation with a neoliberal turn to “free markets” and enhanced corporate power. The resulting intensification of income and wealth inequality has enabled state capture by a white supremacist authoritarian movement in alliance with tech and fossil fuel interests.

The antidote is increasingly clear: recognizing the equal dignity of every human being and working to guarantee their right to economic security, the opportunity to thrive, a livable planet, a world free of racism, and democratic governance of our lives, societies, and economies. Large majorities of the public understand that the current system is failing most of us and threatening democracy itself. They’re ready to begin building an economy that we deserve.

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