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March 25, 2021

Enjoying the Fruit of Collective Labor

An interview with Pelham Auto co-founder Louis Hasbrouk

March 8, 2021

The Rest of Our Working Lives

Kim Pinkham talks about the PV Squared worker cooperative in this interview from 2008.

January 11, 2021

Investing in Real Cooperation

Matt Cropp talks about what the Oak Street Cooperative and Vermont Real Estate Co-op have been up to.

December 21, 2020

All About Employee Ownership Centers

Matt Cropp, Co-Executive Director of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center, talks with Steve Herrick about the history of the EOCs and the work that VEOC does with worker co-ops and ESOPs.

December 17, 2020

A Brief History of the Police

The historical and contemporary failure of police forces to accomplish their tasks, and what might be a better alternative.

December 10, 2020

News from an Abolitionist Future

Speculative fiction about a world where cities are moving towards police and prison abolition.

December 7, 2020

A Pathway to Meaningful Work for Former Inmates

Interview with Trenda Loftin of the Compost Co-op.

November 30, 2020

How to Create a Solidarity Enterprise: Unit VII

In this Unit participants complete the process of determining how they will remunerate labor, capital, and the C Factor and distribute surplus.

November 24, 2020

A Conversation about the Impact of Co-ops in Abolition Work

Discussion about the intersections of cooperative practices, ethics, and tools with the movement for police and prison abolition and their replacement with a system designed to meet the needs of the community and the individuals who comprise it.

November 5, 2020

How to Create a Solidarity Enterprise: Unit VI

After careful organizing, study, and preparation we have now reached the point where many groups try to begin, defining the economic organization of the enterprise. How will ownership be organized? How will members join and withdraw? How will decisions large and small be made? How will members be paid, and how much? What will they do with the profits (or losses)?After careful organizing, study, and preparation we have now reached the point where many groups try to begin, defining the economic organization of the enterprise. How will ownership be organized? How will members join and withdraw? How will decisions large and small be made? How will members be paid, and how much? What will they do with the profits (or losses)?