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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Strategies for Change

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October 3, 2016

A Cooperative Manifesto

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Cooperative development is the most important social change work that a person can do.

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May 22, 2023

A GreenStar For All

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How a 50 year old food co-op in Ithaca practices diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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February 13, 2023

Entrepatios: Cooperative housing thrives in Spain

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Entrepatios, a cohousing building in Madrid, is now home to 17 families and boasts the title of the first zero carbon footprint housing cooperative in the city.

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December 12, 2022

The Job Guarantee and the Solidarity Economy

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Prof. Pavlina Tcherneva discusses the benefits of creating a Job Guarantee program, and the role cooperative and community enterprises could play.

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August 18, 2022

The Café That’s Upending Capitalism

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Cafe Euphoria isn’t just another co-op. Its trans and gender-nonconforming owners are pursuing a vision of radical equality.

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July 11, 2022

A Roadmap For High-Trust Communities

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Here's a short clip introducing Microsolidarity as a roadmap for high-trust communities.

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April 14, 2022

Is Entrepreneurship Intrinsically Capitalist?

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Worker cooperatives must develop a workplace culture that emphasizes innovation, creativity, product or market leadership, competitiveness, and risk-taking.

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January 20, 2022

Rwanda's Cooperatives of Trust

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How cooperatives have helped rebuild the infrastructure and trust of Rwandans after the 1994 genocide.

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January 10, 2022

Lessons from Venezuela's Social Economy

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Michael Lebowitz shares his perspective on the social economic models in Venezuela and Yugoslavia. Lebowitz highlights the importance of self-actualization through protagonism and how the most successful of these models focused on solidarity over self-interest.

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October 18, 2021

Reinventing Commons Governance in Modern Times

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I gave the following remarks about commons governance on September 27 as part of the U!REKA Lab Lecture Series.