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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

September 7, 2016

The Art of Making Decisions Together

Matt Grillo

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

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

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

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"

September 18, 2015

Conflict Resolution for Cooperatives

NASCO

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

Leo the Lion. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_the_Lion_%28MGM%29#/media/File:Leo_the_MGM_lion_1928.jpg" target="_blank">Public Domain</a>.

August 10, 2015

Coming Alive in Dangerous Times (1961-1983): A Divergent Memoir

Len Krimerman

June 26, 2015

Cooperative Growth and/or Regional Cooperative Development?

Len Krimerman

June 1, 2015

Commons-based Coalition Wins Big in Barcelona Election

Anna Bergren Miller

May 27, 2015

Seeing the Forest

David Bollier

April 6, 2015

Infecting the New Economy with the Virus of Cooperation

Pablo Prieto

Enric Duran

February 18, 2015

Radical Democracy

Carlos Delclós

January 21, 2015

Co-ownership and the Sharing Economy

Caitlin Quigley

October 10, 2014

Faircoin as the First Global Commons Currency?

David Bollier

October 8, 2014

Video: People Power Post-Occupy

October 6, 2014

Dialogue: A Pragmatic Tool to Actualize an Ethics of Cooperation

Yoséline Leunens

Martha Sanudo

Francis J. Schweigert

September 22, 2014

What's a "Real" Cooperative?

Lynn Pitman