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Podcast: Are Political Parties Capable of Tackling Global Problems?

Andrea Venzon and I talked with Connected and Disaffected about founding NOW! and the need for a global movement. 

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"This week we're looking at party politics. Why do so many people feel like parties no longer represent them? Can the current institutions keep up with the modern world, or do we need new ones?

To help answer this we speak to Andrea Venzon and Colombe Cahen-Salvador of NOW!, a new organisation trying to build a global organisation to apply political pressure and achieve change outside of conventional national or party-political structures. Check out their work at www.now.world."

 

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