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September 22, 2017

We'll See It When We Know It

About the Solidarity Economy in El Paso County, Colorado.

September 25, 2017

Cast Down Cancel Culture

We need to examine ideas of collective liberation as currently practiced, and ensure that we are clear about who is included and excluded by those practices, and that we aren't excluding those we would wish to include.

Congratulations to Unicorn Grocery

How can I fail to respond to the press release that has come through from the Manchester-based workers’ co-operative Unicorn Grocery?

The press release is advising me of some good news which, in fact, I had already heard elsewhere: that Unicorn has carried off the prize in the BBC Food and Farming awards as the best food retailer.

Platform Co-ops Conference Nov. 10-11

Experiments with cooperatively owned online platforms are demonstrating that democratic business models can be a dynamic force in building a more equitable economy for people across various income, race and class strata, starting with the most vulnerable populations.

Roadmapping (for Facilitators)

One of the bread and butter skills of a good facilitator is getting everyone on the same page. I use the term "roadmapping" to cover this, and there are two ways that facilitators use it to help guide meeting participants: 

September 30, 2017

A Log in Our Eye

We need to think about how we approach and use leftist lingo in the cooperative movement.

Making Movies About Systems

Making movies about systems, not symptoms, this week on The Laura Flanders Show we'll talk with one of the directors of the documentary Whose Streets?. As the news cameras left Ferguson, Missouri, after the police killing of Michael Brown, Sabaah Folayan and her team stayed on to document what happens to people subjected to police violence as a matter of routine.

How to Finance Your Worker Coop

For business owners who are considering selling their company to their employees, one of the first questions is often how the sale can be financed. As with any small business loan or investment, there are a range of options as to the sources and types of capital. A selling business owner and the potential new worker owners need to think carefully about how to finance the sale of the business, and the timeline and terms of payback.