Why we need the solidarity economy
Collectively developing our capacity to self-govern and develop place-based solidarity economy movements is among the most urgent matters of our time.
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Eat, grow, share: Communities building food resilience
Building resilient local communities is at the heart of Transition; and access to good quality, fresh food that is healthy, for people and planet, is a core element.
More than crisis care: Mutual aid for the pandemic and beyond
As we navigate these compounded crises, it is time to not only acknowledge mutual aid’s ability to address the needs of those most vulnerable, but also support those doing the work of keeping these vital networks afloat.
Latin America | Agroecology and the Solidarity Economy
In Latin America, Agroecology has been linked with the solidarity economy (economia solidaria) since the 1990s. European efforts can learn from their strategies.
Valuing What Matters in a Post-Growth Society
What would it mean if we created a safe space to express our tensions and concerns about value in all of these social and economic relationships? Let us overthrow the tyranny of valuelessness and discover what we might learn about ourselves on the other side.
This Southern Appalachian town uses co-ops to build new communities around old industries
In the foothills of western North Carolina, the small town of Morganton is home to a growing co-op movement that’s reinvigorating the region’s once-struggling textile and furniture manufacturing industries, and refashioning them around egalitarianism and localism.
We Are The Economy
Once we see that we are the economy, we realize we can change it — and when we change it, we change the world.
ROSCAs: A Model for Sustainable Economic Development
Women in small communities across the world are building resilient economic systems that nurture solidarity, equity, and trust. A project in Toronto aims to bring their wisdom to the public realm.
How Corey Hagelberg is using art, culture and collaboration to help heal his community
Numbers and notable accolades aside, Hagelberg says his biggest motivator in continuing his work is to change the status quo by shining a light on the uncomfortable, systemic truths that have shaped his community — and many like it.
When decolonization meets post-capitalism: the third annual post-capitalism conference
The third annual Post-Capitalism Conference took place this past weekend — with one major shift from previous years: the conference is now titled “Decolonizing Economics,” and far from being a simple title change, the theme of decolonization was quite prominently weaved through the entirety of summit’s sessions.
The Power and Potential of Democratic Public Ownership
Democratic Public Ownership combines solidarity economy principles around democratic governance, equity, subsidiarity, and sustainability with the benefits of collective ownership in its widest, most holistic sense.
Three Things I Learned from Collaboratively Launching the 2021 Black Solidarity Economy Fund
Imagine how much more capital can be directed into radical Black-led worker-owned cooperatives, community land trusts, and other solidarity economy organizations if this work is sustained and continuously invested in over the years.