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Home » Movements & Struggles

Environmental Justice

From #OccupyWallStreet to #OccupyCampus?

It's  time for higher education institutions to rethink their role in our economy and our society.
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Solidarity Economy film project seeks support

Bringing the stories of local economic innovators to life through 7 short films
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Jonathan Rowe (1946-2011) dies

a key thinker and writer about the commons
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Field studies in solidarity economics 2

Climbing El Cumbre, the People's World Conference on Climate Change
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PBS Special on the Solidarity Economy

Watch the two minute trailer
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Vermont Co-op Summit Resources

New England summit highlights Crowell and others


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Richmond, California's Green Party Mayor Signs "Letter of Intent" with Spain's Mondragon Coops

At the conclusion of the seminar, Mondragon's Director of Cooperative Dissemination, Mikel Lezamiz, and I signed a letter of intent and endorsement to pave the way for initiating conversations with stakeholders in Richmond and beyond.  I want to share with you what I learned and also hear your ideas.
To this end I would like to invite all who are interested to a presentation and discussion on Mondragon and the potential for worker cooperatives in Richmond.  The same presentation will be given on two dates...
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Worker Cooperative Section of the San Francisco Congress

Below is a report from Steve Rice (volunteer with the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives  [NoBAWC]), Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective), and Rick Simon (Just Alternatives for a Sustainable Economy) on the Worker Co-operative component of the Congress.  This component calls on local government to...

 

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San Francisco Community Congress: background and update

San Francisco Community Congress: background and update

(EDITOR’S NOTE: A very interesting grassroots development happening in SanFrancisco: The San Francisco Community Congress.The goal is to “devise practical, locally actionable proposals to shape and direct future policy affecting the local economy and the provision of critical human services.”  Their mantra, “another San Francisco is possible.”  If the devil is in the details, then this appears to be the beginning of a premier Solidarity Economy project.

GEO is...
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A Question in Latin America: What Kind of Solidarity Economy?

Miners in Potosí, Bolivia set off sticks of dynamite as cold winter winds zipped through the city, passing street barricades, protests, hunger strikers and an occupied electrical plant. These actions took place place from late July to mid-August against the perceived neglect of the Evo Morales administration toward the impoverished Potosí region. This showdown in Bolivia is similar to conflicts across Latin America between the promises of left-leaning governments, the needs of the people and the finite resources of Pachamama (Mother Earth).
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