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Building community power, thriving neighborhoods, and affordable homes.

Damon Orion is a writer, journalist, musician, artist, and teacher in Santa Cruz, California. His work has appeared in Revolver, Guitar World, Spirituality + Health, Classic Rock, High Times, and other publications. Read more of his work at DamonOrion.com.

Tej Gonza is a Co-founder and a Director at the Institute for Economic Democracy. He is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, research fellow at Rutgers School of Management and Labour Relations, and a recipient of Changemakers for Democracy Fellowship.

Kosta Juri is the Head of Policy and Research at the Institute for Economic Democracy. His research focuses on financial instruments for worker buyouts and municipal policies that promote worker ownership.

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Rebecca Kemble is a member of Union Cab Cooperative working as a taxi driver and serving on the Accident Review Council. She is also engaged with cooperative organizing in Wisconsin regional food systems, working to build critical physical and digital infrastructure to connect small and historically underserved farmers with wholesale markets. She serves as a representative of the Madison Mutual Aid Network on the board of MadWorC, the Madison Area Worker Cooperative Network. During the period between 2009 and 2016 she served on the boards of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, the Democracy at Work Institute, CICOPA (worker co-op sector of the International Cooperative Alliance), CICOPA-Americas and CICOPA-North America. She was elected to the Madison City Council in 2015 where she served as Alder for 3 terms until 2021.

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PUNCHCARD - the podcast about worker controlled businesses Sick of businesses only maximising profits for their owners & shareholders? Tired of butting heads with management to improve working conditions & raise wages? Worker cooperatives are an alternative business model where the workers own & control the business. PUNCHCARD explores the world of worker-controlled, democratically run cooperative businesses. Tune in to hear from a variety of guests sharing their stories, experiences and insights as members of worker cooperatives.