This week we’re reflecting on last week’s right-wing insurrection in the capitol, new data showing that women of color accounted for all job losses in December, inequality in the global vaccine rollout, and the economics of police and prison abolition. PS: We’re...
New Economy Roundup: Our 2020 Solidarity Economy Highlights
2020 seemed to last a century. Despite being the year that the term “doom scrolling” was coined, we also saw an unparalleled number of stories about everyday people organizing for real solutions in their communities. The root causes of our struggles became crystal...
Co-ops Not Cops, Largest Strike in World History & Rich Kids Against Capitalism
In this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re talking about the intersections of cooperation and abolition, the historic general strike in India, how organizers are using direct action to build community control of housing, how you can support worker-owned business this...
New Economy Roundup: Solidarity in the Crisis, Local Elections Wins, Give to the Solidarity Economy
This week we’re talking about why the COVID crisis calls for a solidarity economy, local wins for economic democracy, mutual aid hurricane recovery in Central America, the imperialist origins of the US constitution, and how you can support our network. Stories from...
New Economy Roundup: Democracy Defense, Public Banking Act, Land as Commons
As we wait to see the full results and impacts of this week’s election, in this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re sharing resources on how to defend the elections now and build democracy beyond elections moving forward. We’re also talking about the new Public Banking...
New Economy Roundup: #CoopsVote, Evict the Landlords, Mental Health
In this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re talking about building democracy beyond elections, how tenants are evicting their landlords, the youth building agroecology movements in Latin America, and it’s #RadicalRealEstate week!
New Economy Roundup: Indigenous Sovereignty Now, Mutual Aid 101, Latinx Co-op Power
In this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re talking about policy tools to advance Indigenous sovereignty and land return, how to set up a mutual aid fund, new research about Latinx Co-ops, an upcoming event with the Rising Majority to put capitalism and white supremacy on trial, and more.
New Economy Roundup: Justice for Breonna, Public Pharma, Just Recovery & Solidarity Economy 101
In this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re talking about justice for Breonna Taylor, why big pharma exacerbates racial health inequities and how democratic public ownership offers a remedy, cooperative approaches to education and childcare, an intro to the solidarity economy, and lessons about just recovery and community-led disaster relief on the third anniversary of Hurricane Maria.
New Economy Roundup: Climate Justice Now, New Media for a New Economy, a People’s WPA
This week we’re talking about the escalating climate emergencies across the country, the CDC eviction moratorium, and a radical new show on public television. Plus, an Indigenous-led food exchange network in Costa Rica, a Works Progress Administration for the people, funding for arts co-ops, today’s Worker Cooperative Conference, and more.
New Economy Roundup: Public Medicine for the Public Good, Just Recovery in the Gulf, NBA Strikes
This week we’re talking about calls to reclaim public medicine for public health, the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, peer-to-peer lending, the upcoming Worker Co-op Conference, a new fund to support Black self-determination in the South, this week’s NBA and WNBA strikes in defense of Black lives, and more.
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