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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

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Citations

Bruce J. Reynolds (2024).  Sources of Permanent Capital for Cooperatives.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/sources-permanent-capital-cooperatives

December 2, 2024

Sources of Permanent Capital for Cooperatives

Different types of cooperatives and the size of their business operations will have widely varying needs for capital. Cooperatives also have different methods of acquiring permanent capital depending on their type and scope of business operations.

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Barry, Jay, and Hunter:  Three Interviews from the 2024 USFWC Conference.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/barry-jay-and-hunter

November 14, 2024

Barry, Jay, and Hunter

Three interviews with attendees of the 2024 US Worker Co-op Conference, held in Chicago.

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Julian and Esther:  Two Interviews from the 2024 USFWC Conference.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/julian-and-esther

November 4, 2024

Julian and Esther

Interviews with Julian Hendrix and Esther West from the 2024 USFWC Conference.

Citations

Malikia Johnson (2024).  I Got 5 On It: Co-op Rhody Turns Community Proverbs into a Cannabis-Based Business Model.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/i-got-5-it-co-op-rhody-turns-community-proverbs-cannabis-based-business-model

October 31, 2024

I Got 5 On It: Co-op Rhody Turns Community Proverbs into a Cannabis-Based Business Model

In 2022 Rhode Island passed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act. This made cannabis legal for adult use and mandated that a cannabis retailer license will be awarded to one social equity applicant and one worker cooperative per zone. There will be four licenses per geographic zone which means that half of the licenses are meant to create racial and economic justice within the cannabis industry in Rhode Island. A total of 12 licenses are specifically reserved for social equity applicants and worker cooperatives.

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Emma, Carlos, and Dalaeja:  Three Interviews from the 2024 US Worker Co-op Conference.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/emma-carlos-and-dalaeja

October 17, 2024

Emma, Carlos, and Dalaeja

Chris interviews worker-owners from Wholehearted Bookkeeping Co-op, Sunset Scholars, and Breadfruit Cooperative.

Citations

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo (2024).  Remembering Connie Canney, a Justice Warrior:  Lessons from the Wilderness of Solidarity.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/remembering-connie-canney-justice-warrior

October 14, 2024

Remembering Connie Canney, a Justice Warrior

Connie Canney was a white woman who I believe epitomized what real solidarity is, long before people even called it that. Solidarity is how you live your life in support of human beings – even when you could lose a lot taking the right stance.

Citations

Malikia Johnson (2024).  Nebula: A Community Centered Approach to Domestic Violence:  A Q&A with Collective Member Christopher Preciado.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/nebula-community-centered-approach-domestic-violence

October 10, 2024

Nebula: A Community Centered Approach to Domestic Violence

Nebula describes itself as a group that supports “survivors of battering, SA, IPV & DV with community & physical resources in crisis & in their empowerment”. They also “ assist neighbors & mutual aid groups learning how to build liberatory practices in their groups.”

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Frida Ballard and Damon Etawlyah:  Two Interviews from the 2024 US Worker Co-op Conference .  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/frida-ballard-and-damon-etawlyah

October 7, 2024

Frida Ballard and Damon Etawlyah

Chris interviews two attendees of the 2024 USFWC Conference, Frida Ballard and Damon Etawlyah.

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  An Interview with Yochai Gal of TechCollective.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/interview-yochai-gal-techcollective

September 30, 2024

An Interview with Yochai Gal of TechCollective

Co-founder of two worker co-ops, Yochai Gal, joins us to talk about his co-op's recent merger with another tech worker cooperative, and how the new co-op incorporated the best of both of the worker co-ops that formed it. Then Yochai shares his (rather critical) thoughts on the trajectory of the USFWC over the last several years, and why he thinks it has largely failed to fulfill it's original goals.

Citations

Malikia Johnson (2024).  Sex Work, Single Motherhood, and Solidarity:  Pockets of Interpersonal Liberation.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/sex-work-single-motherhood-and-solidarity

September 5, 2024

Sex Work, Single Motherhood, and Solidarity

In this article I’m exploring the potential for sex and single parenthood to be arenas that hold answers to interpersonal liberation and deeper solidarity.