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19Apr

New Systems Series: Volume Six

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Next System Project released the sixth volume of their papers in the New Systems: Possibilities and Proposals series. The four papers include: [/vc_column_text][info_list font_size_icon="24"][info_list_item list_title="Cooperative Commonwealth and the Partner State by John Restakis" icon_type="custom" icon_img="id^834|url^https://ussen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JohnRestakisCover.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^JohnRestakisCover|description^null" info_list_link_apply="title" info_list_link="url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenextsystem.org%2Fcooperative-commonwealth-partner-state%2F||target:%20_blank|"][/info_list_item][info_list_item list_title="Diversifying Public Ownership: Constructing Institutions for Participation,
18Apr

There is no Food Sovereignty Without Feminism

Peasant women, unite!  Ask governments to support the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants. Peasants and others working in rural areas represent the largest group of people in the world suffering from hunger and malnutrition. These people have faced political and economic discriminations for decades.
20Jan

Upstream podcast on solidarity economy

In this episode we explore a phenomenon that has existed throughout centuries both within and alongside Capitalism. Wherever relationships have been based on reciprocity, sustainability, and democratic governance you'll find the Solidarity Economy. We learn of it's origin and about how it is...
31Oct

Women in resistance, building alternatives for a better World

by World March of Women 28 October 2016 "At the WMW, we work to empower women and increase their economic ... We believe in the redistribution of wealth and the solidarity economy." Declaration of the World March of Women 10th International Meeting in Maputo, Mozambique from October...
07Sep

Can the ‘new economy’ and labor movements come together again?

Eric Dirnbach August 31, 2016, Waging Non-violence Advocates for worker cooperatives celebrate outside City Hall in Oakland after the city council passed a resolution supporting the development of worker co-ops on Sept. 8, 2015 (Sustainable Economies Law Center)Activists in Oakland have been campaigning for new city...
17Jun

Film Review: Solidarity Economics in Italy

Everywhere You Look

[vimeo 155755754 w=640 h=360] In their 2012 film “Shift Change”, filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin introduced viewers to workers who make the case for democratic control and ownership of production. The film highlighted successful examples like the Mondragon Corporation in the Basque Country...
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