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WATCH: Worker Co-ops — A solution for an economy in crisis
Learn about: the worker co-op movement's development over the last few years newly-released data on successes and growth in employee ownership how the worker cooperative movement is raising money for the people and by the people, and exciting policy developments in the last year.
WATCH: Worker Co-ops — A solution for an economy in crisis
Learn about: the worker co-op movement's development over the last few years newly-released data on successes and growth in employee ownership how the worker cooperative movement is raising money for the people and by the people, and exciting policy developments in the last year.
WATCH: Worker Co-ops — A solution for an economy in crisis
Learn about: the worker co-op movement's development over the last few years newly-released data on successes and growth in employee ownership how the worker cooperative movement is raising money for the people and by the people, and exciting policy developments in the last year.
Local Bites Podcast
Local Bites is a podcast that tracks ideas and initiatives that resist corporate power, renew place-based economies, and preserve human and ecological well-being. Our goal is to feature the voices of activists and visionaries from all around the world who are driving creative grassroots initiatives that demonstrate the power of 'going local'.
Divestment: What can we do to move our money, today?
This webinar covers models for divestment campaigns in cities, tools for individuals and non-profits to move their money, and resources to move capital as an individual or part of a campaign
Divestment: What can we do to move our money, today?
This webinar covers models for divestment campaigns in cities, tools for individuals and non-profits to move their money, and resources to move capital as an individual or part of a campaign
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We’re at 85%
85% of people hate their job, according to a 2017 Gallup Poll. That’s bad news for the current system and today’s leaders know it.
Raices Culturales: Cooking Up Racial Justice
In Whatcom County, in northern Washington state, Community to Community Development (C2C) organizes and builds community for food sovereignty and economic justice.
#MakingWaves: Staff Profile on René Pérez
“Technology can often replicate or reinforce capitalist structures. I see another way – a way to build equity and liberation into our digital infrastructure as we develop and use it for social change.”
What capitalism and kings have in common
What we’re trying to do seems downright impossible most days. The system is entrenched. Its “logic” is deep in our culture. A small number of individuals and groups hoard most of the power and the wealth, and use it against us.
Democracy is under attack.
In July, the Washington Post published a report claiming that one-third of the world’s population was living in a “backsliding democracy.”
#MakingWaves: Staff Profile on Kierra Sims
“The new economy isn’t new – people have been practicing these models for a while,” Kierra emphasizes. “Our job is to name it and recognize it, so that those efforts can be connected and scaled.”
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