economic democracy
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The US Safety Net Is Degrading by Design
Our social safety net is designed to fail. Our government isn’t working for the people. Bold steps are necessary to end this system of oppression, “that replaces our racial and gender caste system with a just and equitable one.” READ MORE in this piece by SLU Professors Deepak Bhargava and Mimi Abramovitz and Tammy Thomas…
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Sofia Arana Shares Economic Democracy Lessons From Basque Country
By Rebecca Lurie Last week, CWOP hosted a conversation with Sofia Arana from the Basque Country. She shared a qualitative comparison of US tax codes and those of the Basque region in Spain as ways and reasons we have such difficult uptake of just and equitable economic development in the US. Her chapter in the…
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Event: Putting Democracy to Work: How Women Lead Worker Cooperatives (7/24)
Wednesday, July 24, 2019: 6:30-8:00 PM CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, Room 18A-B New York, NY 10036 Featuring: Adria Powell, CEO and President, Cooperative Home Care Associates Maru Bautista, Director of the Cooperative Development Project, Center of Family Life Rebecca Lurie, CUNY SLU Professor, Moderator Join us for a…
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Economic Democracy on Laura Flanders Show
Last month, SLU hosted Our Economy!, a conference where leaders in community, labor and the economic democracy movement gathered to vision for an economy that can work for everyone. The most recent episode of the Laura Flanders Show covers some of the conversations that took place at the conference, and which have been happening in SLU’s…
