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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

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March 29, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: A Survey for Worker Cooperators

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A survey for cooperators, reflecting on the worker cooperative movement on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

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October 3, 2016

A Cooperative Manifesto

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Cooperative development is the most important social change work that a person can do.

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May 27, 2014

Black Co-ops Were A Method of Economic Survival

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Jessica Gordon-Nembhard talks about her research into the history of African-American co-ops.

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July 10, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Kirk Vartan

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This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

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July 3, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Rebecca Lurie

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This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

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June 26, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Brian Donovan

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This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

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June 24, 2024

Celebrating 20 Years of the Worker Cooperative Movement

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Though the involvement of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with worker co-ops was never intentional – it has been evolutionary.

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June 17, 2024

Technology Cooperatives In The Movement - Where Are We Now?

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Tech worker cooperatives have the potential to provide particularly crucial infrastructure for the communication and coordination necessary for a liberatory movement and a robust and just economy.

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June 13, 2024

If this Is Us at 20, What Could We Be at 40?

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My main work over the past 44 years has been about figuring out how we can consciously develop democracy all over this country. This has included 16 years of active involvement with the cooperative/solidarity economic movements. I believe that bringing this developmental perspective to the cooperative movement can be a rich and productive way for celebrating the 20th birthday of the USFWC. 

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June 10, 2024

Towards Democratic and Ecological Cities

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Increasing popular dissatisfaction with the current state of urban life contains the seeds of a different city for the future. A growing number of people desire cities that will be viewed and managed as commons by their residents. Democratized urban space that will allow for a genuine right to the city to be experienced by the entire citizenry.