The Transition Will Not Be Smooth Sailing

By Arthur de Grave, Clement Defontaine, Shareable

It is clear that the transition to a post-capitalist, sustainable economy will not happen overnight, or even in a few years.

Building Hope in Times of Crisis

By Fanny Malinen, New Internationalist Blog

‘There is a big need for the solidarity movement in Greece. It started in late 2011 and has nearly doubled now to around 400 groups – even more if you add the more loosely networked ones,’ Christos Giovanopoulos says.

Steps Toward a New World: Four Co-ops that Are Building a New Economy

By Yavor Tarinski, Grassroots Economic Organizing

Seeing high unemployment, activists from various social movements have decided that since the contemporary system cannot provide them with jobs, they’ll create them outside of it.

How Can Open Cooperatives Grow and Thrive: A Proposal

By Henry Tam, Commons Transition

Unlike their traditional for-profit counterparts, Open Cooperatives are oriented towards the common good in their statutes.

Civil Power and the Partner State: A Social Solidarity Economy Response to Austerity in Greece

By John Restakis, Grassroots Economic Organizing

I want to speak today about a crisis that has gripped Europe, and the western democracies, over the last 30 years.

Towards a Dignified Life: The Biofábrica Campesina and the Solidarity Economy Movement

By Frank Cetera, Grassroots Economic Organizing

With little governmental help for sustainable agricultur...small farmers in Cauca have turned to the production of compost.

This Rust-Belt Town’s Survival Strategy Is All About Giving Workers Control

By Abby Scher, YES! magazine

This localist agenda is part of Mayor Spencer’s ambitious program to create a fairer and more sustainable local economy whose businesses stay put and where money spends more time circulating locally among networked enterprises.

Solidarity Economy Organizing in the Wake of Mike Brown

By Mira Luna, Shareable

Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) is a grassroots organization that has taken the lead in organizing the community around the Mike Brown case, systemic racism and building a solidarity economy in St. Louis through a new project called Solidarity Economy St. Louis.

Another World Emerging? Well, Maybe.

By Michael Johnson, Grassroots Economic Organizing

A diversity of kindred approaches to alternative economics has been evolving.

How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in the U.S.

By Cat Johnson, Shareable

A powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, Cooperation Jackson was born of a need to transform the state, in particular its capital and largest city, Jackson.

Jackson Rising Merges Black Power, Solidarity Economy and Democracy

By Carl Davidson, Shareable

...the ‘Jackson Rising’ conference in Jackson, Mississippi...was a highly successful and intensive exploration of Black power, the solidarity economy and the possibilities unleashed for democratic change when radicals win urban elections.

SolidarityNYC

By Mira Luna, Shareable

This is an exploration of their impressive model for other cities to learn from - whether they are sharing cities, solidarity cities, or regions of new economy