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.
The Latin American and Iberian Institute was pleased to host this virtual panel, The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Movement: Perspectives from the U.S., Spain and Latin America
Over the past decade, SSCoFi has grown from an idea between friends to a fully functional financial cooperative based in Washington state, which collectivizes members’ resources in order to provide debt relief for our community.
Shylah Wolfe spoke to Dru Oja Jay about what kinds of cooperative systems for food production, distribution and processing are already being built and how we'll probably have to expand them pretty rapidly to feed ourselves.
The People Power Battery Collective in the Bay Area launched a program to provide backup power during emergencies and increase the general understanding of energy access, consumption, and needs.
A session on participatory budgeting and sociocracy by two co-directors of the Participatory Budgeting Project. Presented at the Sociocracy Annual Conference 2023.