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Announcing a Global Teach-In

Building a new economy and new wealth through democracy networks, green jobs, and an alternative financial system
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high-road economic development
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Gar Alperovitz: Neither Revolution Nor Reform: A New Strategy for the Left

"institutional reconstruction" aims either to weaken or displace corporate power in favor of democratic control
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United States
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solidarity economy
cooperative economy
high-road economic development
beyond capitalism
diverse economies
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Strategies for Change

Congressman Dennis Kucinich makes a plea to House colleagues to save America

The following communication was sent Sept. 9, 2011 by the American Monetary Institute regarding Kucinich's Sept 7, speech in which he introduced the National Employment & Economic Defense (NEED) Act.

 

Mondragon Diaries: Day Three

Our topic this morning is the wider range of the cooperative movement, both in the Basque Country and Spain. Mondragon is a part of the Basque Cooperative Confederation. There are currently 755 cooperatives in the Basque Country, and only 80 of them are the worker-owned MCC coops. There are a total of 537,000 members of all the coops, but only 54,919 are worker members, and 37,860 of these are the MCC worker-owners. 

Regions: 
Western Europe
Institutions & Structures: 
Cooperative Financial Institutions
Credit Unions
Visions & Models: 
solidarity economy
cooperative economy
high-road economic development
socialism
Movements & Struggles: 
Economic Justice
Workplace Democracy
Economic Sectors: 
Organizational Support & Development
Manufacturing
Financing & Financial Services
Retail Trade
Trade & Exchange

Senate committee holds hearing on employee ownership in Montpelier

Vermont Employee Ownership Center reports onthe field hearing of the Senate committee on Health, Education, Kabir, and Pensions (HELP) conerning worker-ownership legislation Sen Bernie Sanders has introduced.   http://www.veoc.org/hearing.html

Institutions & Structures: 
Worker Cooperatives
ESOPs
Visions & Models: 
solidarity economy
high-road economic development
Movements & Struggles: 
Economic Justice
Workplace Democracy
Economic Sectors: 
Manufacturing
Retail Trade

Doing Green Jobs Right

An article in The Nation magazine tells how Boston's Green Justice Coalition is creating "a model to connect the struggle for environmental justice with the fight for living-wage jobs, helping to lay the groundwork for a new generation of community-labor coalitions across the country."
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United States
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solidarity economy
high-road economic development
green economy
place-based (local) economics
local living economies
Movements & Struggles: 
Economic Justice
Environmental Justice
Racial Justice
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Networking & Collaboration
Cross-Sector Alliances
Strategies for Change
Economic Sectors: 
Community Development

The "B" Corp: A New Social Model for Business

The "B Corp" (B for "beneficial) is growing in popularity among mission-driven businesses.
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United States
Visions & Models: 
high-road economic development
Practices, Tools & Strategies: 
Ethical Purchasing
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