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Crossing the Rubicon
May 29, 2022

The Definitive Role of Culture in Social Change

Culture is the primary driving force in human affairs—not ideology, not technology, and not “them.” I, like so many of us, want the world to change in ways that can enable it to work better in support of life, joy, love, and creativity. In spite of this, we have taken ourselves to the darkest edge, doing enormous damage to every form of life across our Earth, including ourselves. In both cases, it’s the work of the cultures we produce. At no point in our history has it been as necessary as now to learn how to use our cultures so that they serve, more and more, the welfare of life, and damage it less and less. I believe this makes understanding how culture works muy importante.

April 4, 2022

Building Better Knowledge Commons

This interview digs into the oligopoly control of academic publishing, the high prices of academic journals and books, the lack of choices among many scientists and scholars, the limited leadership of university administrations, and some open-access innovations now being developed.

March 10, 2022

Racial Justice and Co-operatives

Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard speaks on Racial Justice and Co-operatives.

January 27, 2022

Labor Law, Co-ops, and Innovation

Attorney Neil Helfman discusses his chapter in the Sustainable Economies Law Center's 2021 Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives, as well as his thoughts on worker cooperatives in construction and climate-wise, green building, and the need for professionals to step up in the coop movement.

August 5, 2021

Why Italy Might See a Worker Co-operative Boom

With Covid’s impacts still being felt and a decade of business sales about to erupt it is key that we learn how to make WBOs as easy as possible for prospective worker-owners.

July 26, 2021

On Worker Cooperatives

Niki Okuk, COO of RCO Tires cooperative, discusses the tribulations and the successes of doing business as a worker co-op.

June 24, 2021

How to Strengthen the Cooperative Community

E.G. Nadeau discusses what the cooperative movement could do to strengthen co-op development around the world.

February 18, 2021

Co-ops and Voting Rights

Rev. Wendell Paris of Jackson, Mississippi discusses the history of co-op development and the struggle for voting rights among Black Americans in the Southern US.

November 24, 2020

A Conversation about the Impact of Co-ops in Abolition Work

Discussion about the intersections of cooperative practices, ethics, and tools with the movement for police and prison abolition and their replacement with a system designed to meet the needs of the community and the individuals who comprise it.