Conference: Western Worker Cooperative Conference
The Western Worker Cooperative conference aims to bring together cooperators from the West coast and beyond. They are currently looking for workshop presenters.
Conference: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy
reRoute is holding a conference from July 19-21 in New York City to address the ways in which the next generation of activists can create the economy they desire. How can we work together to enable "generation screwed" to become "generation renewed"?
Noam Chomsky, Worker Co-operatives, and Anarchy
Interview by Michael Wilson, Modern Success
NOAM CHOMSKY:
Conference: Ecovillage Education July 5-Aug 11th
Ecovillage Education is hosting a 37 day conference to connect practitioners and participants within the ecovillage movement. Early bird registration ends June 15th.
Advancing the Development of Worker Co-ops (ADWC) 2013
Articles about financing worker cooperatives.
Twin Oaks Communities Conference Register now for Reduced Rates!
If you register now, the basic fee range is still $75-175, depending on accommodations.
We must hate our children
BY JOAN WALSH
Job Opportunity: Baker Needed at Catering Cooperative
"Experienced Baker needed for weekend shifts at Local Sprouts Cooperative. Must be proficient in producing consistent breakfast pastries, cookies, bars, cakes, pies, and other sweets. This position requires knowledge of baking from scratch. Knowledge of vegan and gluten-free baking strongly preferred.
Union Worker Co-ops and Saving Democracy
By John Clay
A new wave of cooperatives is emerging in the US, and a big part of the inspiration is coming from what might seem an unlikely source: the United Steelworkers International Union (USW), which describes itself as North America's largest industrial union, with 1.2 million active and retired members.
In 2009 the USW joined with Mondragon Inc. of Spain and Kent State University's Ohio Employee-Ownership Center (OEOC) to start a discussion on bringing the successful Mondragon model of employee-owned cooperatives to the US.
Why Our Worker Co-op Is a Union Shop
Jonathan Kissam
Democracy. A little over ten years ago, I had come to New York City with a van-full of my fellow union members, to join tens or hundreds of thousands of people who had come to protest the impending war against Iraq. A young white man on a subway car, berating us, explained how democracy works: "People voted for Bush, now he gets to do what he wants. That’s democracy."
Solidarity Economy: Jackson, Missippi goes radical
by Jamilah King
Change — yes, maybe even the radical kind — may be on its way to Jackson, Miss. The predominately black town elected activist Chokwe Lumumba to be its new mayor, and he’s got an ambitious plan for economic revival.
From the Belfast Telegram:
Lumumba’s election is stunning, because he is openly and avowedly radical on social and economic issues in a way seldom seen in American politics.