Media & Press

If you are a journalist or a media producer, we welcome your inquiry and can offer you valuable research as well as knowledgeable and timely interview subjects. Among the leadership of The Democracy Collaborative are leading authors, educators, and public intellectuals who deliver thought-provoking, engaging, and authoritative perspectives when interviewed.

Among their areas of interest are:

• Attacking the root causes of global terrorism
• Globalization and democracy
• Global civil society
• Ways to encourage greater levels of civic engagement
• Democracy, diversity and voice
• Best practices in civic education (K-12)
• Innovations in community-based economic development
• The civic mission of public universities
• Using the Internet for civic, non-commercial purposes

Books & Articles

• Our War's Mistaken Premise
  by Benjamin R. Barber
  Washington Post, September 14, 2003
  
• Declare Our Interdependence!
  by Benjamin R. Barber
  Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12, 2003
  
• Book Review:
  Gar Alperovitz's "Making a Place for Community"
  by Richard Flacks
  Calendar Live on LATimes.com, April 20, 2003
  
• Book Review:
  Gar Alperovitz's "Making a Place for Community"
  by Jeffrey C. Isaacs
  The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 11, 2003
  
• In Doubt We Trust
  War talk deserves skepticism, not a blank check
  by Benjamin R. Barber
  Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2003
  
• Tax the Plutocrats
  by Gar Alperovitz
  The Nation, January 27, 2003
  
• Mutual Aid Society on a Grand Scale
  by Benjamin R. Barber
  Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2002
  
• Remember the Gulf of Tonkin
  by Gar Alperovitz
  Washington Post, September 22, 2002
  
• Perils of Preemptive War: Why America's place
  in the world will shift — for the worse — if we attack Iraq
  by William A. Galston
  The American Prospect, September 23, 2002
  
• A Failure of Democracy, Not Capitalism
  by Benjamin R. Barber
  New York Times Op Ed page, July 29, 2002
  
• Broadening Ownership of Productive Assets Builds
  Stronger Communities
  by Gar Alperovitz
  Owners At Work, Summer 2002
  
• Why a First Strike Will Surely Backfire
  by William A. Galston
  Washington Post, June 16, 2002

Press Releases

• Collaborative Announces Major Eastern
  Conference of Democratic Workplaces
  Conference to be held at University of Maryland, July 19-21, 2002
  
• Performance by Danny Glover & Felix Justice Commemorates
  Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  This release includes a link to photos and more information.
  
• Second Front in the War on Terrorism:
  Curb the Injustices of Globalization
  Video clips of this Inaugural Civil Society Lecture by Benjamin R. Barber are also available from the page linked here.