How the US Dollar locks in global exploitation - and what we can do about it
Free Webinar: Wednesday 1st July 2026, 12:30pm to 1:30pm BST
The role of the US dollar in locking countries in the Global South into debt dependency, constraining climate action, driving extraction, and limiting democracy across the world is still understood by far too few in the Global North. But shifts in the global currency order are opening up opportunities for change. What are these, and how can we make the most of them to further a more just and equal future?
Future Narratives Lab and Positive Money invite you to join a lunchtime discussion with a group of experts on how we can push back against narratives that reinforce the dominance of the US Dollar, and the launch of new resources for civil society and spokespeople to build solidarity and collective power with Global South actors already showing the way forward.
Speakers
Julio Linares, Economic anthropologist and author of Decolonizing Money
Brett Scott, Campaigner and journalist, author of Cloud Money and the newsletter Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
Hannah Dewhirst, Head of Campaigns and Communications at Positive Money
Daniel Stanley, Executive Director at Future Narratives Lab
Moderated by Sarah Stein Lubrano, Strategy Director at Future Narratives Lab
About our guest speakers:
Julio César Linares is a community organiser and economic anthropologist born in the territories known today as Guatemala. He serves as Public Outreach for the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), and is the author of Decolonizing Money: The Promise of Abolishing the US Dollar (Pluto Press, 2026).
Brett Scott is a journalist, campaigner and former broker exploring the politics of money systems, finance and digital technology. He is the author of Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets (Penguin & HarperCollins, 2022) and The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money (Pluto Press, 2013).
What we're launching
Communicating about Dollar Dominance: A Messaging Guide for Global North NGOs - a practical toolkit for spokespeople, campaigners, think tanks, charities, and trade unions, providing key messaging principles, effective entry points for different audiences, clear do's and don'ts, and a narrative map of the current landscape
Building Power Against Dollar Dominance - a strategic document synthesising findings from a recent workshop that brought together 14 organisations to collectively analyse why Global North civil society struggles to connect with this issue and areas to take action
About Us
Future Narratives Lab is a non-profit research and strategy initiative dedicated to building the independent cultural and political power of civil society. We work with coalitions, campaigns, foundations and other expert partners to help them develop the Ideas, the Aesthetics and the Resources needed to push issues up the agenda and build power.
Positive Money is a research and campaign organisation working to redesign our economic system for social justice and a liveable planet by shifting power from big banks and corporations to people.