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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

United States

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October 23, 2023

Halena Wilson - 2023 Unsung Cooperative Hero

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A co-op educator and activist, Halena Wilson used her position as president of the Chicago Ladies' Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to show Black women the path to economic self-sufficiency through cooperation.

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October 19, 2023

Linda Leaks: 2023 Cooperative Hall of Fame Inductee

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Deploying the principles and strategies of cooperation, Linda Leaks fought for housing justice in Washington, DC for 35 years.

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October 12, 2023

Turning Up the Cooperation with Louder Than Ten

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Rachel and Travis of Vancouver's Louder Than Ten worker cooperative talk with Josh about their business and why they decided to make the conversion to a worker co-op.

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October 2, 2023

The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy

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This week we are joined by David Cobb, Lydia Lopez, Jyoung Carolyn Park, Kali Akuno, and Petula Hanley to hear about how to use/influence public policy advance individual policies as part of a coherent strategy to democratize the entire economy.

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August 28, 2023

Driving Economic Justice: The Public Option

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Having successfully fought for regulatory reform for all taxi workers in the past and facing the realities of a shrinking taxi industry in San Diego, UTWSD, in its mission of pursuing taxi worker well being, has turned to a vision of promoting economic democracy through cooperative means.

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August 24, 2023

Limited Equity Co-ops and Community Land Trusts

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This country needs more affordable homeownership options. And more communities are looking to the long-established Limited Equity Cooperative (LEC) and Community Land Trust (CLT) models to provide a permanently affordable way to provide homes for low and moderate-income individuals and families. But how do these models work to provide housing ownership and stability? Who controls the decision-making, and how do you get them financed and developed?

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July 24, 2023

The Co-op Wars

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THE CO-OP WARS tells the story of the idealistic youth who tried to build an alternative to corporate capitalism, the violent struggle that almost tore them apart, and their eventual success in ways they never foresaw.

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July 6, 2023

Solidarity Economics

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Professor Jessica Gordon-Nembhard explores the potential of cooperatives and solidarity economics as pathways towards economic democracy and justice.

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June 29, 2023

Movement Lawyering for Georgia Worker Cooperatives

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This article analyzes a proposed law to recognize worker cooperative formation in Georgia and proposes how movement lawyers can support organizers’ efforts to build a solidarity economy through and beyond this bill.

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June 12, 2023

Recommendations for Practicing Language Justice

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Suggestions from two long time translators for practicing language justice.