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Changing the Narrative

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Exploring the narratives we’re told about climate change, economics, food and geopolitics - and the existing alternatives that challenge them. Visit: content.changingthenarrative.media

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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 11/09/2026
Cash is the only public money left. Everything digital runs through a private bank. @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social wants to see a digital pound created and held at the Bank of England, not the likes of HSBC. Full conversation: content.changingthenarrative.media/taxing-the-b... #Banking #DigitalPound
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 09/09/2026
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.social 's finding: finance gets more Treasury meetings than any other sector. An MP has nineteen things on in a day, so it comes down to who briefed them last. Full conversation here: content.changingthenarrative.media/taxing-the-b... #UKPolitics #Lobbying #Democracy
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 08/09/2026
Interest rates go up and banks earn more without doing a thing. The Bank of England pays them interest on reserves, funded by the Treasury. Latest podcast episode with Hannah Dewhirst, from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social : content.changingthenarrative.media/taxing-the-b... #CostOfLiving #TaxTheBanks
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 05/09/2026
No managers. A dozen nurses per team, running their own patch, admin taken off them by a back office. That's one Buurtzorg team – and there are around 900 in the Netherlands alone: content.changingthenarrative.media/neighbourhoo... #Healthcare #SelfManagingTeams #Cooperatives
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 02/09/2026
A nurse who got promoted into management, saw what it did to care, and walked away to build the opposite: Buurtzorg. Jos de Blok on why he did what he did: content.changingthenarrative.media/neighbourhoo... #FutureOfWork #SocialCare #Healthcare
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 29/08/2026
Doing business somewhere that's acting as a tax haven isn't necessarily a problem, but being there artificially absolute is. Paul Monaghan and Jaime Boswell of the Fair Tax Foundation on planning vs avoidance. content.changingthenarrative.media/corporation-... #Economics #TaxHavens
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 27/08/2026
There are circumstances where a company can make a profit, pay no tax, and be legitimate. Paul Monaghan and Jaime Boswell of the @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social on why that's not a scoop. Full episode: content.changingthenarrative.media/corporation-... #Economics #FairTax #FairEconomy #Tax
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 22/08/2026
When a UK grower needs to shield a crop from bad weather, this Manchester co-op can pay for it - a no-strings grant from a share of its veg sales, running a decade now. Full conversation: content.changingthenarrative.media/making-local... #Economics #LocalFood
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 21/08/2026
Before it counts its profit, this Manchester worker co-op has already set aside what it gives - from its wage bill, not profit. 1% to UK projects, 4% to the majority world. content.changingthenarrative.media/making-local... #Economics #CooperativeEconomy #WorkerCoop #DemocraticEconomy
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 19/08/2026
Everyone assumes organic food costs more. This Manchester supermarket chalks its prices next to Tesco's and Asda's so you can check - and you might be surprised. Owned by its ~50 workers. Full conversation here: content.changingthenarrative.media/making-local... #Economics #WorkerCooperatives
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 27/07/2026
Brontie Ansell of Lawyers for Nature on a bill her team is working on to give rivers legal standing to appear in court — and why the policy behind it has to be worked through with communities, not imposed on them Full episode: content.changingthenarrative.media/giving-natur... #RightsOfNature #Law
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 24/07/2026
Prevailing western systems and culture are predicated on the belief that we humans are somehow separate from Nature. Does Brontie Ansell of Lawyers for Nature see a growing understanding that this isn't the case? Full episode: content.changingthenarrative.media/giving-natur... #RightsOfNature
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 22/07/2026
Why is representing nature in court such a leap in the ? Brontie Ansell of Lawyers for Nature makes the case that nature has interests of its own — and representing them is simpler than it sounds. Full conversation: content.changingthenarrative.media/giving-natur... #RightsOfNature #Law #NatureLaw
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 21/07/2026
New episode: Brontie Ansell of Lawyers for Nature on giving the natural world a voice in law — in the boardroom, in policy, and in court. Full conversation: content.changingthenarrative.media/giving-natur... #RightsOfNature #NatureOnTheBoard #CorporateGovernance
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 20/07/2026
"It's almost become mainstream to be good" — so what still sets a worker co-op apart? For Natasha and Maddy of Outlandish, it's the business model itself, which is democratic. Full interview here: content.changingthenarrative.media/the-tech-age... #CooperativeEconomy #DemocraticEconomy #Business
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 17/07/2026
"It's hard to invest in something you don't really understand." Natasha and Maddy of Outlandish on why worker co-ops still struggle to access funding in the UK Full interview: content.changingthenarrative.media/the-tech-age... #CooperativeEconomy #CoOps #DemocraticEconomic #Business #Economics
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 15/07/2026
In the UK, public funding is built around the "SME mould" — and worker co-ops "don't quite feature," say Natasha and Maddy of Outlandish, a worker-owned digital agency based in London. Full interview here: content.changingthenarrative.media/the-tech-age... #CooperativeEconomy #DemocraticEconomy
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 14/07/2026
Outlandish, a worker-owned tech co-op, on bringing AI into a democratic business — "writing our own policies," learning before they adopt. New episode of How (Not) To Do Business podcast: content.changingthenarrative.media/the-tech-age... #WorkerCooperatives #CooperativeEconomy #WorkerCoops #Coops
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 13/07/2026
Co-operatives involve the people who do the work owning it. Professor Vera Zamagni is concerned about the future of co-ops: "artificial intelligence is making life difficult for co-operatives." Full interview: content.changingthenarrative.media/written-into... #Cooperatives #Economics #AI #Work
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 12/07/2026
Professor Vera Zamagni on a different way to compete: "The capitalist approach is cut-throat competition. But instead, the competitive approach is compete together." Full interview: content.changingthenarrative.media/written-into... #Cooperatives #DemocraticEconomy #Economics #Capitalism #Coops
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 11/07/2026
Italy's cooperative laws didn't begin with politicians. Professor Vera Zamagni: "It was the same cooperative movement that developed the ideas." Full interview: content.changingthenarrative.media/written-into... #Cooperatives #ChangingTheNarrative #DemocraticEconomy #Economics #Business
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 11/07/2026
Speaking to Cherry Haynes & Siôn Whellens ( @calverts.bsky.social ) on why hierarchy isn't the efficient choice it's assumed to be, and how a capable group of workers can run a business better without them. content.changingthenarrative.media/how-a-worker... #WorkerCooperatives #Economics #Business
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 10/07/2026
When asking Professor Vera Zamagni, a Bologna-based economic historian, how to grow cooperatives, her answer starts with culture. Cooperatives, "are a matter of culture, cultural approach." Full episode: content.changingthenarrative.media/written-into... #Cooperatives #DemocraticEconomy #Economics
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 03/07/2026
Cherry Haynes & Siôn Whellens of @calverts.bsky.social : capitalism needs workers to run its system — which is exactly where our power and our choice come from. content.changingthenarrative.media/how-a-worker... #WorkerCooperatives #CooperativeEconomy #WorkersCoop #DemocraticEconomy
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 01/07/2026
Cherry Haynes & Siôn Whellens from @calverts.bsky.social on why a good co-op keeps testing its own limits — equal pay, shorter hours, real accountability to who they work with. Full conversation: content.changingthenarrative.media/how-a-worker... #WorkerCooperatives #CooperativeEconomy #WorkerCoop
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 30/06/2026
New episode: does a business need bosses at all? @calverts.bsky.social — London print co-op, no boss, equal pay, since 1977 — argues the management hierarchy most firms treat as essential simply isn't. Siôn Whellens & Cherry Haynes on how it works: content.changingthenarrative.media/how-a-worker...
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 22/06/2026
Corporations hold the wealth and the power. Community wealth building has something else: numbers — and the organised activism that turns them into leverage. Neil McInroy on why activism is a competitive advantage, not a soft add-on. New episode → youtu.be/ofpnimWFoEc #CommunityWealthBuilding
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 21/06/2026
New episode out now. Neil McInroy (The Democracy Collaborative) on Community Wealth Building — keeping wealth in the places that create it — and what comes next now that Scotland has put it into law. youtu.be/ofpnimWFoEc #CommunityWealthBuilding #DemocraticEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 18/06/2026
At Suma Wholefoods, everyone earns the same — warehouse to finance team, an identical wage. Beau Bulman on why equal pay is non-negotiable for Europe's largest equal pay worker co-op: "it levels us, it equalises us." Full episode ▶ youtu.be/KzA3Se6A4Kc #WorkerCoop #CooperativeEconomy #EqualPay
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 12/06/2026
1st EPISODE of How (Not) To Do Business - discussing how Suma, the biggest equal pay workers’ cooperative in Europe, functions and overcome challenges - watch the full interview here - youtube.com/watch?v=KzA3... #cooperatives #business #capitalism
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 11/04/2026
Fact and Fiction - NEW ARTICLE. I thought I would share with you some of the books I’ve been reading over the past few months, as well as those waiting patiently on my bookshelf. Read the full article at: content.changingthenarrative.media/fact-and-fic... #books #reading #changethenarrative
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Changing the Narrative @changingthenarrative.media · 25/03/2026
We're told there's one way to run a business — with hierarchies, shareholders, and profit above all else. How Not to Do Business explores what happens when people reject that playbook. A new label from Changing the Narrative - subscribe to be kept in the loop: content.changingthenarrative.media
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