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Beyond Reform or Revolution: Economic Transformation in the U.S.: A Roundtable Discussion
PART 2: Challenges
David Korten enumerates several challenges to his organizing, including the inclusion of communities of color, and developing ways to channel investment so that it transfers capital from people who already have wealth to people who do not have wealth.

Emily Kawano enumerates several challenges to her organizing, including dealing with the assumption that “there is no alternative”, and forging links between single-issue movements.

Dan Swinney enumerates several challenges to his organizing, including managing growth, maintaining the sophistication of his vision, developing the competence of government, and finding foundational funding.
Steven Healy enumerates several challenges to his organizing and his teaching, including challenging students’ fear and investment in their own passivity, and balancing his teaching and his activism.  

Germai Medhanie enumerates several challenges to his organizing, including how to utilize public space, and how to maintain the trust of the radical left.

 
In this first round of questions, the comments focus on the organization of the corporation, and the methods of activism that can most effectively transform it.  
For Part 3: Future, click here.