Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
For too long, we have related to climate change mainly as consumers and voters. We have been responsibilised as meat eaters and airplane travellers, we have been urged to vote for the party with the most green agenda, but we have never been addressed as workers.
The Sustainable Economies Law Center is an organization based out of Oakland, California, that puts economic democracy front and center in its mission to support community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment.
Coops can be built from scratch, but they can also be created by converting existing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives.
Many of us have resigned ourselves to domination in the workplace. This is an outrage. ‘Meaningful work’ is not only an achievable goal for all, a socialised mutual economy is beginning to emerge that may be one step towards this ideal.
