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September 12, 2016

The Way of Water

Betsy Damon

Photo by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_gas#/media/File:Light_my_fire_(2152952690).jpg" target="_blank">Michal Osmenda</a>. CC BY-SA 2.0

August 1, 2016

"Pilot Lights" Need Fuel

Pamela Boyce Simms

Still image from <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL4IIQZie7M" target="_blank">The Concept of Timebanking</a></em> by Edgar Cahn

July 27, 2016

DIY System Change

Stephanie Rearick

Hudson Valley Current Board of Directors

July 18, 2016

Keep it Local!

David McCarthy

Maria Reidelbach

Mousai’s weekly gatherings started as weekly impromptu jam sessions, but transformed into the basis for a thriving creative economy.

July 6, 2016

Music, Solidarity and Community

Jennifer Bryant

June 27, 2016

Putting the Soul Back in the Motor City

Grassroots Economic Organizing

Groundwork Anacostia River Young Adult Green Team

June 8, 2016

At the Nexus of Gentrification and Environmentalism

Pamela Boyce Simms

At home in her kitchen, Elideth prepares tamales. She wraps both the masa paste and the chicken and mole sauce in a corn husk and then steams it. Photo by Martin Do Nascimento

June 6, 2016

Immigrant Moms Start a Tamale Co-op

Travis Putnam Hill

May 20, 2016

Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard Inducted into Cooperative Hall of Fame

May 11, 2016

Black Farmers Are Back And On the Rise

Leah Penniman

May 9, 2016

Changing Everything

Steven Gorelick

April 20, 2016

The Kallari Cooperative of Ecuador

Luci Latina Fernandes

April 15, 2016

A Cooperative of Collectors

SUSY

April 8, 2016

Fueling the Transition to Sustainability and Democracy

Transition Bus

March 25, 2016

BIOME: Operationalizing the Cooperative and Solidarity Economy

Fair Trade Hellas TV

March 21, 2016

Happiness is Political

John Lawrence

March 16, 2016

Doing It For Ourselves

The Laura Flanders Show

February 29, 2016

An Alliance in the Spirit of Egalitarian Practice

Pamela Boyce Simms

In addition to conducting independent research, The Rules provides assistance to anti-inequality campaigns including Ekta Parishad. Photo via <a href="http://www.ektaparishad.com/en-us/resources/photos.aspx" target="_blank">Ekta Parishad</a>.

February 22, 2016

The Promises and Perils of Global Economic Activism

Anna Bergren Miller

January 8, 2016

Alternative Economies: Precarious Labour and Cooperativism

Athens Biennale

October 5, 2015

Mutual Aid Networks and Local Solidarity

Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/davedehetre/5062505247/" target="_blank">David DeHetre</a>. CC BY 2.0

August 31, 2015

A New Journey with New Allies

Len Krimerman

Photo by Mercurywoodrose. CC BY SA 3.0

August 24, 2015

Anarchist Experiments in Northeast Connecticut

Len Krimerman

Members of the “Washington Freedom Riders Committee,” en route to Washington, D.C. Photo via <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civilrights/exhibit.html" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>. Public Domain

August 17, 2015

A New York Yankee in Louisiana

Len Krimerman