We are often forced to fight defensive battles in our movements. When your house is on fire, the immediate and urgent priority is to extinguish the blaze. Such is the case with many struggles against the present administration of President Donald Trump. Virtually everyone I know is finding ways to support—and celebrate the successes of—the vital struggles being led by federal workers, nonprofit workers, and community development financial institutions.
As critical as this resistance work is, we must also confront the reality that the current system is collapsing. This means we must build a new one. The People’s Network for Land & Liberation(PNLL) coalition was formed to do just that.
PNLL is a multiracial, multiethnic consortium of six community-based organizations located across the United States. Its aim is to create a bold yet practical solidarity economy that can transform both politics and the economy from the ground up.
All six PNLL members share a common goal of shifting from power-over, extractive, and unsustainable sociopolitical systems to cooperative, regenerative, and balanced systems. PNLL is also a member of the broader national Resist & Build formation, in which I actively participate.
Central to PNLL’s vision is securing community stewardship over land. As Kali Akuno, cofounder of Cooperation Jackson, explained in NPQ, “A lot of businesses go out of business because they just cannot make the rent. So, we wanted to remove that from the equation as much as possible.”
Read more at https://nonprofitquarterly.org/organizing-for-the-long-haul-how-to-build-a-network-for-land-and-liberation/
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