Pages tagged "Cooperatives"
LEFT OUT: Kali Akuno on Worker Cooperatives, Economic Democracy, and Black Self-Determination
In this episode of Left Out, we sat down with Kali Akuno — the co-founder and co-directer of Cooperation Jackson. We discuss the emerging network of worker-owned cooperatives and the people behind it building an alternative, solidarity-based economy inside the majority-black and impoverished city of Jackson, Mississippi.
We then diver deeper into the different types of worker-owned cooperatives that makeup Cooperation Jackson; the importance of developing cooperatives with clear political aims; and the need for a nationwide network of cooperatives and solidarity economic institutions as a viable alternative to the exploitative nature of our current economic, social, and environmental relations.
Read moreMeasuring the impact of the cooperative sector
After a decade of crisis and another decade of growth the cooperative sector is finally being given the attention it deserves. But its impact does not reside purely in the numbers that mainstream economic analysis provides.
Read moreBeware of ribbon cutting: corporate welfare vs. job creation
Subsidizing Corporate America has been a policy of both parties, at every level of government, for decades. If politicians really cared about the livelihoods of working people, they would support enterprises that are owned and democratically-governed by their members.
Read moreHow hurricanes demonstrate the need for shelter cooperatives
An alternative to depending on state or federal help is membership in a Shelter Cooperative, which provides for people’s needs before the disaster.
Read moreHow Capitalism Exploits Us (And What We Can Do About It)
Our friends at Sustainable Human recently created a short video featuring Professor Wolff, where he compares capitalism to feudalism and slavery, and explains how a more democratic economic system is possible.
Read moreLEFT OUT: Cleveland, A New Model?
In this episode we’re going to Cleveland, Ohio to explore the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. Launched in 2008 as part of the broader University Circle Initiative, the three cooperatives that make up the Evergreen network are tied together by a non-profit organization called the Evergreen Cooperative Corporation. The utilization of...
Read moreWhat do we really know about worker cooperatives?
The largest study comparing worker cooperatives to normal companies shows that cooperatives are more productive.
Read moreThe New Socialism: Moving Beyond Concentrated State Power
Photo: Susannah Kay / The New York Times)
This article originally appeared at Truthout.org
Capitalism as a system is now increasingly challenged. Critics proliferate and steadily deepen their opposition (alongside, of course, the persistence of capitalism's defenders). Yet capitalism's traditional "other" -- namely, socialism -- has also been widely devalued. It has lost its position as the goal (however variously interpreted) for anti-capitalist social movements. When not simply ignored, socialism...
Read moreThe Performance of Worker Cooperatives vs. Capitalist Firms
In this careful and robust examination of all of the evidence currently available, economist Virginie Pérotin compares the performance of worker cooperatives to that of conventional capitalist firms.
Read morePlanting Socialist Seeds in West Bank Soil
Residents of the West Bank village of Kafr Ein have established a modest olive oil cooperative to solve immediate economic problems.
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