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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Support Organizations

Organizations that provide services, resources or any form of support to cooperative/solidarity economy initiatives or enterprises.

Citations

Rebecca Kemble (2024).  Regreso a las Bases: Alinear Nuestras Organizaciones Nacionales con los Principios Cooperativos .  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/regreso-las-bases-alinear-nuestras-organizaciones-nacionales-con-los-principios

September 4, 2024

Regreso a las Bases: Alinear Nuestras Organizaciones Nacionales con los Principios Cooperativos

En 2010, el Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI, por sus siglas en inglés) era un proyecto de la USFWC y aún no se había lanzado como una organización independiente sin fines de lucro, pero McNamara vio el potencial de DAWI para proporcionar una mayor infraestructura crítica para el movimiento.

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Remembering the Democracy At Work Network.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/remembering-democracy-work-network

August 22, 2024

Remembering the Democracy At Work Network

The Democracy at Work Network was an organization of worker co-op peer advisors that operated successfully for several years, assisting fledgling worker co-ops by offering technical assistance from experienced worker-owners, on a sliding price scale.

Citations

(2024).  Reflecting on the Movement: David Rossing.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/reflecting-movement-david-rossing

August 21, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: David Rossing

This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

Citations

Rebecca Kemble (2024).  Back to Basics: Aligning Our National Organizations with Co-op Principles.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/back-basics-aligning-our-national-organizations-co-op-principles

August 19, 2024

Back to Basics: Aligning Our National Organizations with Co-op Principles

We need our national and international organizations to join us. I call on others to participate in building the movement while reframing and redirecting the Federation to become a member-controlled and -focused organization once again.

Citations

(2024).  Reflecting on the Movement: Christopher Andrew DeAngelis.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/reflecting-movement-christopher-andrew-deangelis

August 8, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Christopher Andrew DeAngelis

This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

Citations

(2024).  Reflecting on the Movement: Kate "Sassy" Sassoon.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/reflecting-movement-kate-sassy-sassoon

July 31, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Kate "Sassy" Sassoon

This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

June 27, 2024

Meidner-ing at Night

There's a lot to learn from Sweden's Meidner Plan, which would have phased in worker ownership of most of the economy over 30 years. As a followup to our episode with Joe Guinan, Dru Oja Jay spoke to Shannon Ikebe about some of the new archival materials about the Meidner plan, and insights it contains for current efforts to plan beyond capitalism.

Citations

(2024).  Reflecting on the Movement: Brian Donovan.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/reflecting-movement-brian-donovan

June 26, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: Brian Donovan

This year is the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the USFWC. To celebrate, GEO is asking cooperators to share their experiences in the US worker cooperative movement over the last two decades (and beyond).

Citations

Micky Metts, Keegan Rankin, Benjamin Melançon (2024).  Technology Cooperatives In The Movement - Where Are We Now?.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/technology-cooperatives-movement-where-are-we-now

June 17, 2024

Technology Cooperatives In The Movement - Where Are We Now?

Tech worker cooperatives have the potential to provide particularly crucial infrastructure for the communication and coordination necessary for a liberatory movement and a robust and just economy.

Citations

Michael Johnson (2024).  If this Is Us at 20, What Could We Be at 40?.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/if-us-20-what-could-we-be-40

June 13, 2024

If this Is Us at 20, What Could We Be at 40?

My main work over the past 44 years has been about figuring out how we can consciously develop democracy all over this country. This has included 16 years of active involvement with the cooperative/solidarity economic movements. I believe that bringing this developmental perspective to the cooperative movement can be a rich and productive way for celebrating the 20th birthday of the USFWC.