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February 20, 2020

10 Resources on Black Liberation & Economic Democracy

A list of readings on Black liberation and economic democracy.

April 30, 2014

Black Farming, Self Determination and Resilience

Dr. Monica White talks about her research into Black farming.

May 19, 2025

As the Latrobe Valley Moves Away from Coal Jobs, Could a Green Worker Cooperative Offer a Solution?

In recent years, there’s been renewed interest in the worker co-op model. The Earthworker cooperative network focused on Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The goal: find new types of employment and products in a coal area undergoing transition.

May 15, 2025

Ready for a Worker Owned Co-op?

Are you a business owner who is retiring or transitioning out? Don’t just close the door—pass the torch.

May 12, 2025

When is a "Co-op" Not Really a Cooperative?

When is a “Coop” not really a cooperative? The short answer is whenever the actual activity of the “cooperative” is not carried out by the members but by employees. The problem is, of course, not in cooperation per se but in the hiring, employing, renting, or leasing of people to carry out the supposedly “cooperative” activities of the “cooperative.”

May 8, 2025

Local, Multi-Stakeholder, Cooperative Food Delivery with Radish

Mansib Rahman, CEO of Montreal-based food delivery and logistics startup Radish.coop, joins Dru to discuss cooperative governance, member allegiances, equity and IPOs in cooperatives, and how we can transform the food system.

May 5, 2025

“No Tariffs on Sharing”

For a sliding scale fee, members of the cooperatively-run library have access to a catalogue of about 1,630 items that have been amassed over the past four or so years through donations.

April 28, 2025

Fisherfolk and Their Cooperative Practices

In Venezuela’s Amazonas state, fishing has long been not just a trade but a whole way of life rooted in collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual aid. Now, under the US blockade, fishing has become an even more important source of food. At the same time, the cooperative way of working of traditional fisherpeople has proven useful in solving blockade-induced obstacles.

April 21, 2025

Plenums in the Post-Yugoslav Space

In moments of social upheaval, societies begin to move and self-organize.