Local co-op and solidarity economy initiatives were in evidence at last month’s World Transformed festival, which gathered more 3,000 people from left-wing movements to strategise and organise around principles of socialist utopianism, creativity and collaboration.
The annual event and political education project started in 2016 as an attempt to revitalise the left’s presence at the Labour conference. This year, for the first time, it took place independently of Labour. Instead, it welcomed speakers from the Greens and the fledgling Your Party, with a programme of over 120 discussions, workshops and social events.
Hosted across multiple venues – including spaces run by co-ops Work for Change, Niamos and Hulme Community Garden Centre – the presence of the co-op movement and wider social and solidarity economy was seen in the list of partners and in session topics throughout the festival. This included a panel comprising the authors of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future.
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