09May
08May
A Fresh Model for Economic and Social-Justice Politics is Emerging in the South
via The NationJackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor
by John Nichols When Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, NAACP president Cornell Williams Brooks, and actor Danny Glover joined thousands of Mississippians in marching for labor rights two...
05May
Rojava, Syria: A Revolution of Hope and Healing
Via Cooperative Economy in Rojava and BakurRojava is an enclave whose inhabitants have fashioned a place of security, gender equality, economic cooperation, and a unique form of localized direct democracy that has no equivalent elsewhere.
by John Restakis With images of chaos, conflict,...
04May
New Economy and Social Innovation Forum pledges to build a values-led system
via Coop NewsMore than 900 representatives from the new economy, including several co-ops, gathered for the session in Malaga, Spain
by Anca Voinea Over 900 new economy actors got together in Málaga, Spain for the Global Forum on New...
03May
Jackson, Mississippi’s Radical Mayoral Candidate
via In These TimesIf the Left can make it here, they can make it anywhere.
by Kate Aronoff The city of Jackson, in the heart of staunchly Republican Mississippi, might seem an unlikely place for a municipal revolution. Yet Jackson’s radicalism has been...
27Apr
Shut It Down May 1, 2017
via May1.orgOn May 1st, 2017
SHUT DOWN Attacks on our Freedom/Ataques a nuestra libertad, SHUT DOWN on our Human Rights/Ataques a Nuestra Derechos Humanos, SHUT DOWN Attacks on our Diverse Communities/Ataques a Nuestras Comunidades Diversas, SHUT DOWN Attacks on our Right to Organize/Ataques contra nuestro...
27Apr
Meet the Radical Workers’ Cooperative Growing in the Heart of the Deep South
via The Nation by Peter Moskowitz On November 9, people across the left woke up and wondered, “What do I do now? Under total Republican control, how does one fight for progressive change?” Kali Akuno, the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, a workers’ cooperative...
26Apr
Caracol Interpreters Collective: Bridging Language Barriers
via WNYCThe Idea
“Language justice puts all people in the position where they can fully participate and bring their whole selves.” — Patri González Ramírez, Caracol Interpreters Cooperative Ramírez: Caracol Interpreters Cooperative is a small, worker-owned business that is lead and run primarily by...
25Apr
Mentoring Up, Down, and Sideways
via Grassroots Economic Organizing by Micky Metts Problem: Schools and students are traditionally disconnected from their community and seldom do they work on interrelated projects that will benefit both the school and the people of the community. Solution: Mentoring students to develop free...
22Apr