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 … Continue Reading ››
Tag Archives: economic democracy
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 book … Continue Reading ››
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 presentation in connection with the … Continue Reading ››
Economic Democracy on Laura Flanders Show
Updates from the Community and Worker Ownership Project
Notes on Our Economy
After last month's economic democracy conference at SLU, new ideas and conversations are bubbling up in New York City and beyond. How can we implement some of our best ideas about democratizing our workplaces and our economy? One attendee, Evelyn Wright of Commonwealth Hudson Valley, wrote a blog post outlining her work and … Continue Reading ››
