Decolonizing Money from Behind the Bar

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Listen to organisers and thinkers sharing their experiences and perspectives. Focusing on struggles and learnings crucial for our social movements at this time, these in-depth exchanges allow you to discover new topics and dive deeper into what matters.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

What would a world without the U.S. petrodollar look like, feel like, smell like? Rooted in abolitionist, anti-colonial and anarchist thinking, Julio Linares takes us from the counter of a community bar onto a journey across debt cancellation, community-owned solar currencies and the burning of dollar bills.

SPEAKERS

Julio César Linares is a community organizer and economic anthropologist born in the territories known today as Guatemala. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics where he studied and worked on projects with the late David Graeber. He serves as Public Outreach for the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). He lives in Berlin, Germany.

RESOURCES

• Decolonizing Money: The Promise of Abolishing the US Dollar (Pluto Press, GoodReads)
• Pluto Press Podcast with Julio Linares on YouTube

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