Solidarity Economy Organizers Gather in Atlanta

Much of the gathering focused on structured conversations among movement activists about how to build on and expand existing movement infrastructure.

One group centered around building the solidarity economy itself—that is, developing cooperatives, community land trusts, and other instruments of democratic ownership of land and business. A second group focused on how to build a stronger social movement network to resist authoritarianism. A third group looked at resistance efforts at the policy level. Finally, a fourth group looked at the role arts and culture play both in building a solidarity economy and sustaining resistance.

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