Solidarity Between North and South
When the Social and Solidarity Economy Meets International DevelopmentSOS FaimSUSYSOS Faim met with the NGO Autre Terre, a development organisation that takes advantage of its experience in Social and...
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What We Need is Some Culture: Part 1
The Case for the Power of CultureMichael Johnson[Editor's note: This post is Part I of an essay by Michael Johnson. In it he proposes a democratic movement strategy that emphasizes a strong cultural...
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What We Need is Some Culture: Part 2
The Components of a Cultural/Structural StrategyMichael JohnsonA. A sketch of the cultural/structural strategy In Part I, last week, I made the case for the over-riding importance for a major shift in...
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Ascending the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Part 2: Who Benefits?Atlee McFellin[Editor's note: This is the second of a two part examination of the relationship between The Democracy Collaborative and the Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, OH....
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The Kids are Alright, Part 1
A Conversation on Youth and CooperationCliff MartinLen Krimerman[Editor's note: this is the first of a two-part conversation between Cliff Martin and Len Krimerman that was originally recorded as an...
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Visiting Worker Cooperatives in Cuba: Muy Complicado
Most are New, Government-Initiated, and ComplicatedAjowa Nzinga IfateyoA mix of grey- and pastel-toned buildings on San Rafael Street in central Habana stand in stark testimony to part of the effects...
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Advancing the Development of Worker Co-ops 4
Co-creating Grassroots Economic Strategies: Surviving and Thriving Through 2021GEO is happy to announce that we will once again be offering our Advancing the Development of Worker Cooperatives one-day...
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Brandon KingRukia Lumumba[Editor's note: This presentation was part of the 2016 Left Forum (Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power), held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice on May 21,...
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Cooperative Care and Waushara County
An Enduring PartnershipKathleen McGwinThis article was originally published in 2007 as part of GEO Newsletter #72/73: Worker Coops Unite!Waushara County Director of Human Services Lucy Rowley, obtained...
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Creating a Cooperative Food System in West OaklandMandela MarketPlaceKontent FilmsMandela MarketPlace is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers, and...
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Innovative Funding Models for Worker-Owned Platform Cooperatives
Nithin Cocacross-posted from ShareableFor Socorro Aguirre Cruz, a home care worker in Staten Island, New York, with nearly 50 years of cleaning experience, many of the challenges faced by gig workers...
View ArticlePaths to Just Recovery
Grassroots Rebuilding Projects in Puerto Rico and NepalThe Laura Flanders ShowThis week on the show, Patri Ramirez Gonzalez from the Puerto Rico/Detroit Solidarity Exchange Network talks about...
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Activists Take the Mystery Out of “Mystical” for Movement-building
Inner Landscapes Activists' Community-of-practice, Part I.Pamela Boyce SimmsThe Inner Landscapes Activists’ Community-of-Practice seeks to democratize and operationalize sustained “mystical experience”...
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Activism Guided by Still-Point Consciousness: Early Adopters Speak Out
Inner Landscapes: Activists' Community-of-practice Part III.Activist-Practitioners Share Practice ExperiencesBy Pamela Boyce Simms“If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”* Will activists stop...
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Loconomics: A Worker-Owned Platform Co-op for Service Professionals
Nithin Cocacross-posted from ShareableLoconomics is a platform cooperative that allows service professionals working in areas like dog walking, home care, child care, massage therapy, and tutoring to...
View ArticleThe Grassroots Movement for Sanctuary
An Interview with Ravi Ragbir & Sara GozaloThe Laura Flanders ShowCan sanctuary exist in a state that still insists on broken windows policing? This week on the Laura Flanders Show, Ravi Ragbir and...
View ArticleTalking Co-ops
Vernon Oakes Interviews Jim Johnson of the Democracy at Work Network Everything Co-opVernon and Jim discuss the process of establishing a worker co-op, and the steps companies should take to prepare...
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International Co-operative Alliance Welcomes New Director
Pat Conatycross-posted from the P2P Foundation blog Bruno Roelants, a longstanding champion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), has been appointed Director-General of the International...
View ArticleJackson and Beyond
Kali Akuno on Cooperation, Solidarity, and StruggleCenter for Political EducationOn February 4, 2018 Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson spoke on the challenges and opportunities facing Black communities...
View ArticleCo-ops for Art, Food, Housing and More
An interview with Noémi GiszpencEverything Co-opVernon Interviews Ms. Noémi Giszpenc, Executive Director of Cooperative Development Institute. Vernon and Noémi discuss the role that cooperatives can...
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