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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Democratic Dialog & Deliberation

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March 27, 2023

Design Principles for Radically Unorthodox Movement-building

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The networks, organizations, and movements that we generate reflect the quality of our own consciousness in the moment. What does the global state of human consciousness tell us then about the movements that we're capable of building?

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March 2, 2023

Slovenia’s IMZ celebrates 10 years of citizens’ assemblies

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I spoke with representatives from The Initiative for Citywide Assembly (Iniciativa mestni zbor – IMZ) about the non-partisan, self-organized municipal assemblies in Maribor, Slovenia that has now been active for 10 years. IMZ shares its rich experiences, offering insights into organizing and facilitation, organizational structure and culture, community, diversity, intersectional activism, and more. 

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January 30, 2023

Is “Good Enough” Good Enough?

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Only experimentation helps us understand what’s working, and that’s why the bias towards trying something out and getting out of our head, and getting a show on the road is so important.

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January 23, 2023

Mountain Equipment Catastrophe

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Dru Oja Jay is joined by Kevin Harding, one of the organizers of a spirited hail-mary attempt to save Mountain Equipment Co-op from being sold off to a US private equity firm.

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October 27, 2022

Noise

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What Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Sibony, and Cass Sunstein's new book Noise has to offer for decision making in cooperatives.

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August 4, 2022

More Than Ownership

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Much of the discussion on open source's relevance to cooperatives has focused on open, permissive licenses that represent a 'digital commons' (possibly at risk of appropriation). But debate over licensing misses an essential and unique quality of open source: its democratic toolset which is much more sophisticated than resolutions and Annual General Meetings.

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May 9, 2022

Sociocratic Governance in Unicorn Grocery Co-op

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Unicorn Grocery is a thriving worker-owned, values-driven grocery co-op using sociocracy for its governance in Chorlton, Manchester, UK. They consist of 71 members who all work within the cooperative and are also the directors of the business.

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March 7, 2022

Isthmus Engineering: A Case Study on Worker Co-op Governance

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This webinar brings to life a case example of a worker-owned co-operative in a technical field.

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December 2, 2021

Intro to Cooperative Governance and Management

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An introduction to cooperative governance and management from the Sustainable Economies Law Center.