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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Tightshift member apprentices and supporters at Tightshift Laboring Cooperative’s launch in December 2016 at Impact Hub DC. Adriel Fogle, Delonte Wilkins, Noreil Gorham, Donnell Sims, Keith Gaffney, Nicholas Gorham (bottom row). Photo by Samira Rashid, <a href="http://www.srashid.com/" target="_blank">SR Photography</a>.

November 6, 2017

A Worker Co-op for Returning Citizens

J. Gabriel Ware

November 3, 2017

16 Lessons for Community Longevity

Graham Ellis

October 27, 2017

Paths to Just Recovery

The Laura Flanders Show

October 20, 2017

Tips for More Effective Meetings

Grassroots Economic Organizing

September 25, 2017

Cast Down Cancel Culture

Malikia Johnson

September 11, 2017

Barcelona's Open-Source Platform for Participatory Democracy

Kevin Stark

CC0 Public Domain

August 14, 2017

Documents are Social Actions

Avery Edenfield

June 30, 2017

If We're All Equal, Then Why Can't We Agree?

Ted Rau

June 19, 2017

Involve Everyone in Production

Arzu Demir

June 9, 2017

Why Worker Co-ops?

Democracy At Work

Photo via <a href="http://communitybuilderscooperative.com/worker.htm" target="_blank">Community Builders Cooperative</a>.

March 13, 2017

Democratic Values and Accountability

GEO Collective

February 10, 2017

Getting to Consent with Sociocracy

Sociocracy For All (SoFA)

January 13, 2017

The Sociocratic Method

Sociocracy For All (SoFA)

November 11, 2016

The Best Place to Work

Local Enterprise Assistance Fund

September 7, 2016

The Art of Making Decisions Together

Matt Grillo

August 12, 2016

Come for the Beer, Stay for the Revolution!

Grassroots Economic Organizing

June 27, 2016

Putting the Soul Back in the Motor City

Grassroots Economic Organizing

Org chart for the <a href="http://loomio.org/" target="_blank">Loomio cooperative</a> in April 2016.

June 1, 2016

3 Steps to Bootstrapping a Bossless Organization

Richard D. Bartlett

Thinker statue

April 17, 2016

GEO Podcast #1 - Exorcising Racism Through Introspection

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

Pamela Boyce Simms

Josh Davis

March 9, 2016

40 Ways to Build the Cooperative Movement

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

Ajamu Nangwaya

February 5, 2016

The Power of Ideas & The Idea of Power

Fund for Democratic Communities

February 1, 2016

Reclaiming Public Revenues

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Len Krimerman

January 15, 2016

Richard Wolff and Michael Johnson Discuss "Building Co-operative Power"

via <a href="http://www.unisolbrasil.org.br/" target="_blank">UNISOL Brasil</a>

December 28, 2015

Cooperative Economics in Brazil

Carl Ratner