Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses, because it affects all of us.
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At a conference inspired by her work, Stacy Mitchell delivers a talk about how abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act enforcement leads to food deserts.
99% Invisible, with Stacy Mitchell's help, devotes an episode to the relationship between food deserts and the federal government's abandonment of Robison-Patman Act enforcement.
In this webinar, climate activist Bill McKibben and a panel of energy experts discuss how powerful monopoly utilities block climate progress.
Christopher Mitchell, director of ILSR's Community Broadband Networks initiative, talks to Building Local Power about the interconnected importance of affordable and reliable broadband access.
David Morris, co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a pioneering voice for community-scaled economics and local self-determination, died on June 11, 2025, at age 79. One of America’s most visionary and prescient thinkers, David was an early and incisive critic of corporate concentration and free trade.
Over a career spanning more than five decades, he helped lay the groundwork for what are now ascendant alternatives — including local green energy and community broadband — and crafted countless innovative policy proposals to advance justice, equity, and community power. His clarity, conviction, and vision will be deeply missed.
Remembering David Morris