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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Arts & Cultural Creation

Citations

GEO Collective (2024).  Emma, Carlos, and Dalaeja:  Three Interviews from the 2024 US Worker Co-op Conference.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/emma-carlos-and-dalaeja

October 17, 2024

Emma, Carlos, and Dalaeja

Chris interviews worker-owners from Wholehearted Bookkeeping Co-op, Sunset Scholars, and Breadfruit Cooperative.

September 12, 2024

Football as a Commons

Turning football into a common, managed directly by the players and the fans, is a feasible possibility and has already been attempted.

December 28, 2023

The Right to Repair and Other Forms of Peer Creativity

Can creativity flourish and remain within the control of commoners? Or will businesses inevitably capture creativity and convert it into private property to make money?

November 14, 2022

FOOD COOP in Metaphors

The message conveyed by the film Food Coop, from the perspective of the metaphors used by the members of the PSFC to describe their experience of the organization, is one of complexity.

November 15, 2021

How Sister Midnight Aims to Create a Music Venue Powered by its Community

Sister Midnight is an independent label that recently became a Community Benefit Society and has begun to raise funds to buy The Ravensbourne Arms, which they plan to convert into a community-owned music venue and pub.

Citations

GEO Collective (2021).  Cooperative Special Effects:  An Interview with Nexodus .  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/cooperative-effects

April 13, 2021

Cooperative Special Effects

An interview with Anthony Kramer and John Baer.

March 29, 2021

Artists as Workers - A New Model for Organizing

Jonny Sopotiuk and Zandi Dandizette discuss how they and other artists founded the Vancouver Artists Labour Union Co-operative.

Citations

GEO Collective (2020).  The Sweet Sound of Cooperation:  An Interview with the New York Music Co-op.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/sweet-sound-cooperation

July 30, 2020

The Sweet Sound of Cooperation

Josh Davis interviews members of the New York Music Co-op about the benefits of being in a worker co-op, how they got started, and how they've adjusted to the realities of COVID-19

Citations

GEO Collective (2020).  Check-in with Cadwell Turnbull:  GEO Check-ins: Coronavirus Edition.  Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO).  https://geo.coop/articles/cadwell-turnbull

May 11, 2020

Check-in with Cadwell Turnbull

Sci-fi author and GEO Collective member checks in with Matt Noyes.