Contributism is mobilizing — Contributism.org

Come help us build a better society!

You may have noticed that there hasn’t been a new article on the Reader since February. The reason isn’t that we’ve abandoned contributism — in fact, it’s exactly the opposite.

If anything has become clear in the last few months, it is that we are in urgent need of exactly the sorts of things that contributism aims to bring to society: dignity and belonging for all individuals; culture and policy built on a framework that rewards givers rather than takers; strong, robust communities held together by mutual care and responsibility; an economy aligned to the needs of society rather than a society held captive by the needs of its most powerful economic actors.

As our small community has grown — and as the state of American society and politics has become ever more precarious — we’ve realized that it’s time to move beyond simply writing and reading about these sensible, hopeful ideals. If we truly want them to come to fruition, we have to begin to make them our reality.

So, we’ve been hard at work building out the next phase of the contributist movement, and we’re ready for you to come start building it with us.

You can find out all about our movement at our new online home: contributism.org. There you can read (among other things) our core ideas, our positions on policy + politics, our declaration, what it means to be a contributist, and most importantly: how you can get involved.

If you’ve been struggling to explain contributism to your friends, we now recommend you send them there instead of here; we hope it gives a much more direct and concise picture than what the Reader’s “online journal” format can provide. (Though we still recommend the intro series for those who want an in-depth understanding of contributism).

And if you want to get involved, come join us at our first biweekly online contributist meetup! (Or, if you live in San Diego or Detroit, join us at one of our in-person local contributist meetups, which will be starting in May.)

Of course, we’ll keep writing and publishing articles here at The Contributist Reader — there’s a lot more to be said about contributism, and this remains the best place to say it. But the Reader is no longer the center of contributism, because the new (and true) center of contributism is not online at all. It’s in our communities and our actions; it’s out there in the real world.

— Pablo Parabola