Gleanings
Solidarity Economy News & Action from Around the World
Fed by the Mob
It's like a cooperative barn raising, but it's called a "crop mob"...
cooperative economy | Food | United States | Gleanings
Sowing Seeds of Farm Co-op In Detroit
by John Gallagher for Common Dreams
The Mo' Green Town proposal by New York City activist Majora Carter just might hit the sweet spot in Detroit urban agriculture.
Carter visited Detroit recently to talk up her plan to create a worker-owned urban agriculture cooperative venture. By pooling the efforts of numerous small growers in Detroit, it would attempt to grow big enough to generate real profits and a return for investors. But it would be run by local community growers themselves.
Austin: A New Cooperative Development Center
Third Coast Workers Cooperative (TCWC) is an new cooperative development center in Austin that works with low-income communities to help them produce their own environmentally friendly, worker-owned businesses.
Equal Exchange creating capital for new co-ops
Equal Exchange, one of the largest and most successful worker co-operatives in the United States, is pioneering a model to provide capital for new co-ops.
Financing & Financial Services | Worker Cooperatives | Workplace Democracy | Gleanings
The Case for Worker Co-ops
Nancy Folbre (UMass Amherst economist) on the economics of worker cooperatives
cooperative economy | Worker Cooperatives | United States | Gleanings
Lessons from the Asian Solidarity Economy Forum
A report from the recent Forum in Tokyo
Conferences, Events & Gatherings | solidarity economy | Asia (Southeast) | Gleanings
Festival of Grassroots Economics: A Report
Organized by Just, Alternative, Sustainable Economics (JASEcon) in Oakland, CA, the Festival of Grassroots Economics brought people together to imagine an "economy for people and planet."
beyond capitalism | Conferences, Events & Gatherings | cooperative economy | solidarity economy | Solidarity Economy Organizing | United States | Gleanings
The Economic Revolution is Already Here
Gar Alperovitz talks about the thousands of economic innovations that are rising up to challenge "dog-eat-dog capitalism."
beyond capitalism | cooperative economy | solidarity economy | United States | Gleanings
Michael Moore: 15 Things Every American Can Do Now
The Maker of "Capitalism: a Love Story" has some suggestions for action. They include, among other things, turning your workplace into a cooperative...
beyond capitalism | Strategies for Change | Workplace Democracy | United States | Gleanings
Workers Consider Elder-Care Co-op in Wisconsin
Workers at an elder care home in Jefferson, Wisconsin are considering the conversion of their workplace to a worker-cooperative.
Elder Care | Worker Cooperatives | Workplace Democracy | United States | Gleanings
