This week we’re talking about decommodifying land from Lahaina to Jackson, divestment campaign wins, mutual aid in Sudan, collective housing in Latin America, a worker-owned delivery platform in Ghana, and more!
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Photo via Lahaina Community Land Trust. |
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Lahaina Lands in Lahaina Hands: One year after the devastating Maui wildfires, the Lahaina Community Land Trust (LCLT) signed papers to acquire its first property this August. LCLT’s vision is to fight displacement by permanently protecting land from real estate speculation and to build community-owned homes for Kanaka families and long-time residents. Read how the CLT model is being used to preserve local communities while building climate resilience from Hawai’i to Honduras, Boston, and Puerto Rico. 10 Years of Cooperation Jackson: This past May Day, NEC member Cooperation Jackson celebrated their 10th anniversary! Born out of the Jackson-Kush Plan and community-led relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, Cooperation Jackson has spent the past decade building a solidarity economy rooted in self-determination for Black working-class communities. Despite shifting political conditions in Jackson, they’ve secured major wins like developing a community land trust with over 50 decommodified properties in the city. Learn more about their “fight and build” formula and lessons learned a decade into their work. Divest from Militarism & Genocide! Last week, Portland, Maine became the fourth US city to divest from “all entities complicit” in Israel’s assault on Gaza. This is just one example amongst dozens of divestment campaigns targeting an estimated $1.6 billion in “Israel Bonds” held by state governments, municipal governments, and pension funds nationwide. See concrete actions you can take in the Beginners Guide to Divesting from Militarism from NEC members Resource Generation and the Sustainable Economies Law Center. |
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Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan: Through military rule and climate catastrophe, locally-run mutual aid networks called Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) are sustaining displaced families in Sudan by providing food, water, medicine, and shelter. In Khartoum State alone, ERRs run “335 communal kitchens, over 40 health clinics, over 75 women cooperatives.” Give to the Sudan Solidarity Fund to help sustain this life-saving work that’s “at the forefront of a localized solidarity economy” and decolonial humanitarian aid. Learn more about the legacy of Sudanese resistance and the current counter-revolutionary war. Co-ops and Collective Housing in Latam: A new study shows that at least eleven countries in Latin America have communities or housing managed through collective ownership. From mutual aid housing cooperatives in Uruguay to Pumé communes in Venezuela — these projects integrate struggles for collective ownership of land with popular education, dignified work, community health clinics, and more. Learn about the ancestral roots of these types of cooperative economies in the upcoming online course from El Cambalache Collective, “An Anti-Colonial People’s Economic History of the Americas.” Ghana’s First Worker-Owned Delivery Platform: For years, gig workers in Ghana have faced labor abuse from food delivery giants like Bolt Food, the dominant delivery company in the region. The BF Couriers Association is fighting back against this widespread exploitation through worker solidarity. After organizing a pivotal 3-day strike earlier this year, the association is now working to build Ghana’s first worker-owned delivery cooperative to build more autonomy in the gig economy. Donate to their crowdfunding campaign to help them create a new delivery app.
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Follow NEC on Instagram — @neweconomycoaltion — where we’re sharing back highlights from our Annual Member Meeting in July! Click through for a sampling of workshops on resisting fascism, building collective resilience through cultural organizing, our member-led spaces, and musical and poetry offerings.
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Associate Director, Equity Trust Base Building Director, Rogue Climate Co-executive Director of Operations, SMASH Director of Policy & Research, Center for Economic Democracy Managing Director of Donor Engagement, Grassroots International Various Positions, Highlander Center If you’re hiring, consider submitting to The Roundup. For more opportunities, check out this job board from NEC member the Post Growth Institute!
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| Eco Radicals: The Legacy of Revolutionary Cooperatives This seminar is a call to action, exploring the historical nexus of radical cooperativism and ecology. You’ll gain tools to evaluate and shape modern economic structures. Join us as we uncover the radical ecological roots of cooperatives and inspire a new generation of eco-radicals. (Asynchronous – Now through Dec 04) In Real Time: Grassroots Reflections with The Boston Ujima Project Facilitating Cooperation: Embracing Complexity and Navigating Uncertainty with Collective Power Escaping Corporate Capture Cooperative Caregiving for Elders and Children Developing an Impact-Aligned Investment Policy Statement (IPS) for Your Nonprofit Frontline Climate Week A Revolution Betrayed, Part 5 Black Climate Leadership Summit (Climate Week Week NYC) Building Worker Power in the Digital Age: Pop-Ed Toolkit Launch Webinar Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice An Anti-Colonial People’s Economic History of the Americas Financial Foundations Discover the Benefits of Worker Co-ops |