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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

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April 7, 2022

The Power of Worker Co-ops on Workers' Lives

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Joining Rebecca Kemble to explain worker co-ops is MadWorC Coordinator Rek Kwawer and The Real News Network reporter Jaisal Noor. In the hour they explore how cooperatives work across the country and dive deep into worker exploitation.

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March 21, 2022

A Cooperative Ecosystem and How Unions Build Power

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Rebecca Lurie, co-author of the Union Co-ops Toolkit presents the ways in which Unions and Cooperatives can support each other to build worker power and strengthen each other's movements.

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March 3, 2022

How Grocery Co-ops Across New England Thrived Despite the Pandemic

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Grocery co-ops have grown during the pandemic, with overall sales increasing 10% during 2020, a year full of supply and social disruptions.

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January 27, 2022

Labor Law, Co-ops, and Innovation

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Attorney Neil Helfman discusses his chapter in the Sustainable Economies Law Center's 2021 Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives, as well as his thoughts on worker cooperatives in construction and climate-wise, green building, and the need for professionals to step up in the coop movement.

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December 6, 2021

Food Co-ops Practicing Principle Six: Cooperation Among Cooperatives

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Host Anastasia interviews Bonnie Hudspeth of the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), Molly Snell-Larch of Columinate, and David Hale of Caledonia Food Co-op

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November 11, 2021

Mapping the US Solidarity City

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Professor Maliha Safri discusser her research into post-capitalist economic organizing in NYC, and how people of color are forming and participating in a majority of the postcapitalist practices we studied in NYC.

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June 24, 2021

How to Strengthen the Cooperative Community

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E.G. Nadeau discusses what the cooperative movement could do to strengthen co-op development around the world.

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April 26, 2021

Mississippi Failed its Residents During a Crisis, So They Helped Themselves

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Class and racial disparities worsened the winter storm crisis in the Southern US in Feb. 2021. Local groups stepped in to help fill the void of state support.

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August 6, 2020

How the Home School Co-op Took Off

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Matt Noyes talks with Home School Co-op 2020 co-founder Karen Miller about how the co-op got its start, how they're organized, and what the future holds.

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May 21, 2020

Shared Capital and Solidarity

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Executive Director of Shared Capital Cooperative, Christina Jennings, discusses how Shared Capital operates and how they have been acting to serve their members and the wider cooperative community during the COVID 19 pandemic.