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Who Are We Talking To (and Who Aren't We)?
by Josh DavisSomething struck me as odd while I was looking through the slide presentation of the recent public opinon poll conducted by NCBA and Consumer Federation of America. The poll looked at...
View ArticleThe Solidarity Economy in South East Asia
DurianAsean Dr Denison Jayasooria, Principal Research Fellow at KITA-UKM and Dr Benjamin Quinones, Chairman, ASEC/RIPESS-Asia provide and overview of the state of the Solidarity Economy in the...
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Grassroots Visionaries and Revolutionaries
Solidarity Economy Organizing in the Ferguson UprisingJulia HoIn the West Side neighborhood of St. Louis, Tosha Baker removes the bars from the windows of an old storefront space on the corner of...
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What's Data Got to Do With It?
The nerdy but necessary side of organizing the Solidarity EconomyNoémi GiszpencMovement building happens face to face. Groups of people meet, build common visions, and organize to change the world. So...
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Cross-Sector Cooperation in Philadelphia
How PACA Stimulates SolidarityCaitlin QuigleySince 2011, we’ve been steadily growing the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance. We’ve been developing as an organization, establishing programs and...
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Labor Unions and Worker Co-ops
The Power of CollaborationMary HoyerMany people, including those in the labor and worker co-op movements, think that unions and co-ops are singularly mismatched. Logic has it that worker co-ops don’t...
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It Takes a Village to Create an Economy
Cooperative Organizing in the Pacific NorthwestJohn McNamaraAs the awareness of the cooperative model continues to improve among the population, the work of creating cooperatives becomes one of...
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New Era Windows Cooperative Recognized for Co-op Innovation
ECWD Renames Award in Honor of Ricky MaclinAjowa Nzinga IfateyoNew Era Windows Cooperative, the Chicago organization of workers which took over their company to form a successful workers' cooperative,...
View ArticleWorker Cooperative Development
The Low Touch/High Touch FrameworkDemocracy at Work InstituteWorker cooperative development can be a high-impact strategy for creating and saving good jobs, and ultimately for building a fairer...
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Self Care, Community Care, and Systemic Change
The Emerging & Evolving Economies JamChris Tittle*/ As an activist and solidarity economy practitioner, I often find myself on the edge of feeling overwhelmed: overwhelmed both by a feeling of...
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Filipina Trafficking Survivors Launch a Co-op
And They Own Their JobsAbigail Savitch-Lewcross-posted from YES! MagazineIn 2013, Judith Daluz was a nanny making $650 a week, waiting for her four children to arrive from the Philippines. With her...
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The Promises and Perils of Global Economic Activism
An interview with The Rules' Alnoor LadhaAnna Bergren Millercross-posted from ShareableThe Rules is a worldwide network of activists working to transform the politico-economic structure undergirding...
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An Alliance in the Spirit of Egalitarian Practice
The Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH) & The Grassroots Economic Organizing Collective (GEO) Pamela Boyce Simms[Editor's note: This article introduces an exciting new development at GEO — "Movement...
View ArticleThe Resilience of Systems & The Swarm
Melissa Hoover on Worker Cooperatives as a Response to CrisisFund for Democratic CommunitiesIn this video Melissa Hoover, Executive Director of the Democracy at Work Institute, talks about building...
View ArticleMovements at the Crossroads
Are the Cooperative & Solidarity Economy Movements Ready for a Breakout Path?Jessica Gordon NembhardMichael JohnsonAbby Scher[Editor's note: this conversation with GEO members Dr. Jessica Gordon...
View ArticlePractical Radicals
A Look Inside the Arizmendi BakeriesTransition BusThe Arizmendi Association is a federation of worker owned co-ops in the Bay area (CA). It is building a network of businesses to create an economy...
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Earthcare Warrior Women
Sankofa, Cuba, and Wise GrandmothersPamela Boyce Simms“This is a female moment in time,” observes Rev Dele, founder of the Virginia-based, Soil Souls. “The Earth and society are about to give birth to...
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How Urban Governments Are Promoting Worker Co-ops
10 Cities Investing in Healthy, Sustainable & Equitable GrowthMichelle Camou[Editor's note: attempts were made by the author to elicit feedback on the various policies discussed in this article...
View ArticleThe Best Place to Work
Worker-Owners on the Joys of CooperationLocal Enterprise Assistance Fund[Editor's note: below are video profiles of three worker cooperatives. Each of these cooperatives have benefited from Local...
View ArticleTwo Models of Cooperative Development
A Conversation with Adam Trott & Jessica BonannoLIFT EconomyJessica Bonanno from the Democracy Collaborative and Adam Trott from the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives. The Democracy...
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