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07Jun
Black Power Takes Root in the Heart of Dixie
via The Indypendent by Marisa Anne Day Jackson is the largest city in Mississippi. Surrounded by prosperous white suburbs, it is more than 80 percent Black and overwhelmingly working-class. “If you are making $10 an hour here you are doing damn good,” says Kali Akuno, who for...
01Jun
Turning Capital Against Capitalism
via In These Times Experiments in funding an equitable economy. by Chris Merriam The Boston region has one of the nation’s most thriving economies, with job growth above the national average, thanks in large part to the academic and healthcare sectors. But the benefits are not shared equally....
01Jun
Impetus Plan for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Barcelona 2016 – 2019
via P2P Foundation Policy Document: Impetus Plan for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Barcelona 2016 – 2019 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Economia Cooperativa, Social y Solidaria y Consum, 2017 Download the original document here. The Impetus Plan for the Social and Solidarity Economy in Barcelona, is the result of...
31May
Knowledge Hub on Social Solidarity Economy
via RIPESS On April 25th, the United Nations Inter-Agency Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy adopted a proposal to create a Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) Knowledge Hub for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This project is the direct result of the Taskforce Seminar held in Rome...
18May
Up & Go Is A Worker-Owned Alternative To On-Demand Home Cleaning Services
via Fast Company The new web app is giving worker-owned cleaning cooperatives a much-needed tech boost to expand their reach–and hopefully paving the way for a more tech-savvy approach to winning new customers for more equitable businesses. by Eillie Anzilotti Rosario Jimenez is 28, and for the past...
17May
Commons Transition and P2P: a Primer
via P2P Foundation by Ann Marie Utratel The Commons is a concept and practice that has been steadily gathering increased attention and advocates. Deeply rooted in human history, it’s difficult to settle on a single definition that covers its broad potential for social, economic, cultural and political...
15May
New York City Co-op and Solidarity Economy Directory
via Cheyenna Weber I wanted to share with you a new bilingual English/Spanish resource for folks in the 5 boroughs. Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC (CEANYC, pronounced scenic) has just produced a directory (with all known contact information) for the more than 2000 solidarity economy groups...
12May
Amid “Constitutional Crisis,” Bernie Sanders Urges Workers To Seize Means of Production
via In These Times by Kate Aronoff The last few days have been a bit of a whirlwind, politically speaking. Most of it has to do with the onslaught of chaos that followed Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey—a move political scientists agree is...
12May