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Loconomics, a startup that offered shared services to freelancers, became a darling of academics and allies interested in platform cooperativism. After six years of bootstrapping, product pivots, and one big break that didn’t pan out, Loconomics came to an end in 2020.

An interview with Carl Woodruff.

Ant Wilson talks about the Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op.

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.

5 steps to create a community food pantry or fridge.

Introduction and refresher on board, management and member roles, building engagement and more.

Urban researcher Nikos Vrantsis interviews Yavor Tarinski, author of Common Futures: Social Transformation and Political Ecology, on the current bureaucratic state of cities and the democratic perspectives offered by autonomous urban movements. 

One of the more spirited lines of research and action for building a post-capitalist future these days is coming from two related networks of international scholars -- the Community Economies Institute and an associated group, the Community Economies Research Network (CERN).   

The SELC's Director of Economic Democracy, Ricardo Nuñez, and SELC Staff Attorney, Gregory Jackson, provided an introduction to the powerful way that worker cooperatives equitably distribute wealth and why it matters for your cooperative’s taxes.

Communities across the Philadelphia region are building cooperative businesses to create more equitable and just workplaces, neighborhoods, and cities. This video documents nine communities as they build businesses in construction, accounting, healthcare, solar installation and more.