Gleanings
Solidarity Economy News & Action from Around the World
Venezuela Solidarity Symposium
A gathering in Washington DC examines Venezuela's practices of participatory democracy.
Bolivarian socialism | Conferences, Events & Gatherings | Latin America | Gleanings
Global Economics: The Vatican Weighs In
The Holy See calls for an international trade system built on "solidarity and subsidiary."
Religion & Spirituality | Gleanings
South End Press: Independent & Collectively-Run
A radical cooperative press in Boston, since 1977.
Arts & Cultural Creation | Collectives | cooperative economy | News & Media | Publishing & Printing | Worker Cooperatives | United States | Gleanings
The "B" Corp: A New Social Model for Business
The "B Corp" (B for "beneficial) is growing in popularity among mission-driven businesses.
Ethical Purchasing | high-road economic development | United States | Gleanings
An Intro to Jubilee Economics
An economics of abundance and justice, rooted in Judeo-Christian sacred texts.
Religion & Spirituality | sabbath/jubilee economics | Gleanings
Possibilties for Cooperative Energy Generation
A new report from the Insitute for Local Self-Reliance explores democratic routes to energy independence.
Consumer Cooperatives | place-based (local) economics | Utilities (Electric, Water, Phone, Internet) | United States | Gleanings
Community Stability & Climate Change
Toronto's community currency suggests possibilities for building community economic security in the face of the destabilizing effects of global climate change.
Community Currencies & Barter Networks | Environmental Justice | Trade & Exchange | Canada | Gleanings
The Seed
A solidarity trade organizing effort in Greece
Collectives | Cross-Sector Alliances | Ethical Purchasing | Linking Opposition & Alternatives | Networking & Collaboration | solidarity economy | Solidarity Economy Organizing | Trade & Exchange | Worker Cooperatives | Eastern Europe | Gleanings
Who Gains From the Green Economy?
Green economics and racial justice
Economic Justice | Environmental Justice | green economy | Immigrant Justice | Racial Justice | Workplace Democracy | United States | Gleanings
Linking Post-Capitalist Alternatives
Social theory perspective on building alternative economies
beyond capitalism | Cross-Sector Alliances | Linking Opposition & Alternatives | Networking & Collaboration | Gleanings
