Report back from the the Center for Cultural Innovation’s Convening: A Better World is Possible

Aug 15, 2026 | news

On July 30th, 2026, Next System Studies (NSS) sent delegations from Northern Virginia, Chicago, and the Bay Area, including students, alumni, faculty, and staff, to Berkeley, California for the Center for Cultural Innovation’s (CCI) convening: A Better Future is...

Next System Tribune – May 2026

Jun 22, 2026 | news

*Your donations build tools and connections we all will use to create a better next system. Please consider supporting this work. Support our progress Featured Building the field, movement, and practice of the next system Toward a global wave of Next System Teach-Ins:...

Release: Wave of Next System Teach-Ins across the Americas challenges despair with alternatives

Nov 3, 2025 | Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1-16: Contacts: Ben Manski, Deissy Perilla, April Doner  Americas — This November, communities and universities across the Americas will come together to take on a common question: “As the world collapses around us: Can we build the...

The Next System: A call for national discussion and debate

Mar 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Next System: A call for national discussion and debate The Next System: A call for national discussion and debate (April 2015) It is possible to build a new and better America beyond the failed systems of the past and present. It’s time for everyone who cares...

From the 60s to the 90s to Today: The Roots of the Next Major Teach-In Wave

Mar 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

From the 60s to the 90s to Today: The Roots of the Next Major Teach-In Wave by Ben Manski Over each of the past five decades, those seeking an expanded and intensified political debate have organized waves of coordinated events they have called “teach-ins.” Beginning...