The Scandal of British Aid
It is delusional, and anti-intellectual, to believe that charity can be a meaningful solution to what is ultimately a pathology of power. We need to be smarter than that.
economic justice
The Case for Reparations
Even if we accept that useful things were shared during colonialism – universities, for instance – that is not the same as saying they were a benefit of colonization. Colonialism is not a necessary vector for the transfer of knowledge or technology.
A Little Funding Goes a Long Way
Started in Sonoma County in 2010, the Community Resilience Challenge has grown into a national affair, including 800+ actions in Asheville, NC, among other ripples.
How Freelancers Are Reinventing Work Through New Collective Enterprises
Like an extended smashing of atoms, the 9-to-5 job market has shattered and splintered over the past 25 years in ways that have both liberated and trapped millions of workers.
Beyond Rhetoric – What Does the “Just Transition” Mean for DAPL?
Rather than plummeting these economies into a permanent bust…we need to think about how to plan a transition with these workers at the decision-making table…
Urban Transition Cities Movement
Our Transition Initiative is called Urban Transition Cities Movement (UTCM). It is an intergenerational and multi-disciplinary movement that integrates informal, mediating, and formal service delivery units in a vertical and horizontal manner.
Still Standing or Standing Still?
Organizing and collective action – whether with the backing of a national union, like Robert, or the support of a handful of co-workers, like the Senegalese street vendors – is a must in the 21st-century fight-back against rapacious employers and neoliberal governments. But it is not easy. In many countries of the Global South, trade unionists put their lives on the line every day to fight injustice, and many are murdered.
Technology Justice: A Call to Action
Technology is at the heart of human development. It enables people to produce food, access water and energy, and keep in good health. But access to technology and its benefits are not fairly shared, argues a new report from Practical Action.
Progressive Philanthropy Needs to Spur System Change
The people developing a new parallel economy – sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity, as in Greece and Spain – are neither politicians, CEOs or credentialed experts.
COP21: What Paris Can Learn From a Mississippi Co-op
Business-as-usual capitalism may be bracing for a stiff challenge from a group in one of America’s poorest cities.
#SolidarityCities: Philadelphia
#SolidarityCities is a project exploring how peer organizations facilitate cross-sectoral and regional organizing and grew from a desire to learn more about the challenges, victories, and movement-building of the solidarity economy movement.
7 Paths to Development That Bring Neighborhoods Wealth, Not Gentrification
In cities across the nation, a few enjoy rising affluence while many struggle to get by.