solidarity economy

The Seed

Ethan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:37:01 -0400

A solidarity trade organizing effort in Greece

State-Financed Experiments in Venezuela's Solidarity Economy

Ethan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:35 -0400

State-financed cooperatives are mushrooming in Venezuela, hand-in-hand with the boom in oil prices, and are supposed to be laying the foundations of a new socioeconomic model...

Euclides Mance on Solidarity Economics

Ethan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:58:55 -0400

Euclides André Mance celebrates a new mode of production which is expanding as part of a network revolution, and argues that it could form the material basis for new post-capitalist societies.

Campus Virtual de la Economia Solidaria (In Spanish)

Ethan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:57:38 -0400

An extensive resource on Latin American solidarity economy concepts, assembled by Luis Razeto (the first documented person to use the term economia solidaria).

Biblioteca Virtual de Economia Solidaria (In Spanish)

Ethan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:54:30 -0400

An excellent collection of spanish-language articles on solidarity economy, assembled by the Red de Trueque Solidario, Región MAR Y SIERRAS in Argentina.

U.S. Solidarity Economy Network (SEN)

Ethan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:35:20 -0400

Our Eyes On the Prize: From a "Worker Co-op Movement" to a Transformative Social Movement

Ethan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:56:02 -0500

While empathizing with those who feel a sense of "inevitability" in the face of today's powerful capitalist economy (and disagreeing with those who see it as generally acceptable), I hold firmly to the perspective that a more just and democratic economy is both necessary and possible. And I believe that the greatest chance of increasing and assuring viability for the workplace democracy movement may rest in our ability to keep our "eyes on the prize"; that is, on the long term replacement of capitalism―an economy which socializes costs and privatizes benefits―with an economy of democratic cooperation―in which costs and benefits are democratically and equitably shared throughout society.

World Social Forum at a Crossroads: 5th International, Solidarity Economy, or Stand Pat?

Ethan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:42:59 -0500

If in 2001 the World Social Forum was "the birthplace of global civil society"-namely all social groupings between the public realm of the state and the private realm of the family-what should it be when that society grows up a bit? Many feel that a change is needed. Explaining her absence from the 2006 WSF, Arundhati Roy said "[it] has now become very NGO-ized [non-governmental organizations]...it's just become too comfortable a stage. I think it has played a very important role up to now, but now...I think we have to come up with new strategies."

Solidarity Economy (Wikipedia - English)

Ethan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:47:40 -0500

Free Software & Solidarity Economy In Colombia

Ethan — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:28:13 -0500

By David Jacovkis, www.freesoftwaremagazine.com