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Nevermind Guaranteed Income, We Want The Cow

via Fund for Democratic Communities by Ed Whitfield I’ve spent a lot of time lately speaking against the establishment of a guaranteed minimum income as an important policy to advocate. I want to make a few things clear: I feel the current distribution of...

Why a Just and Sustainable Economy Looks Like a Doughnut

via Yes magazine This is the real-world economy for a living Earth that we must learn to structure and manage to provide a safe space for humanity. by David Korten I see a lot of books presuming to explain what’s wrong with the economy and what to do...

NCBA CLUSA launches new forum for cooperative economists

via NCBA by Elizabeth Lechleitner The cooperative story is compelling, but it’s often difficult to tell due to scant data or lack of highly visible forums that feature the cooperative impact. These gaps in quantifying the cooperative advantage are what the newly launched Council of Cooperative Economists is poised to bridge. Announced...

A Fresh Model for Economic and Social-Justice Politics is Emerging in the South

via The Nation Jackson, 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 months ago, economic and...

Rojava, Syria: A Revolution of Hope and Healing

Via Cooperative Economy in Rojava and Bakur Rojava 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, and a seemingly endless...

New Economy and Social Innovation Forum pledges to build a values-led system

via Coop News More 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 Economy and Social Innovation. The event, which took place...

Jackson, Mississippi’s Radical Mayoral Candidate

via In These Times If 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 forged in the crucible...

Shut It Down May 1, 2017

via May1.org On 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 derecho a organizarios RESIST Discrimination/Discriminacion RESIST Bans/Exclusion RESIST Walls/Muros RESIST Poverty...

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 in Jackson, Mississippi, has...

Caracol Interpreters Collective: Bridging Language Barriers

via WNYC The 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 immigrant women. We offer...
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