economic democracy
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Video: Reconstructing Economic Development for People and Planet: Stories of Just Economic Democracy
On Friday, May 11th, in collaboration with Democracy @ Work New York, the Murphy Institute hosted a fascinating panel exploring how progressive local innovations stand to solve long-standing, seemingly intractable issues around poverty and inequality. Panelists included: Michael Menser, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, Earth and Environmental Science and Environmental Psychology at the…
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Video: From Economic Crisis to Economic Democracy
In honor of the birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois, who amidst other great accomplishments authored Economic Co-operation Among Negro Americans in 1907, the Murphy Institute hosted a forum on Friday, February 28th to explore the stories, struggles and successes of workers who have taken control and bettered their lives through the cooperative history of African-American communities, and…
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Damayan Cleaning Cooperative: From Labor Trafficking to Worker Ownership
On the Laura Flanders Show this week, Damayan Cleaning Cooperative, the first Filipina migrant worker-cooperative in the United States had a chance to tell their story. Comprised primarily of survivors of labor trafficking, these cooperative members have created dignified, democratic livelihoods for themselves by starting a cleaning cooperative. This work connects to Damayan Migrant Workers Association‘s work…
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What is Worker Cooperative Development?
Want more on worker cooperatives, solidarity economies, and the role of organized labor? Join us at the Murphy Institute on December 4th for our upcoming Labor Breakfast Forum, Solidarity Economies: Worker Coops. This article originally appeared at Grassroots Economic Organizing. By Christopher Michael In the 1980s, the British government supported a comprehensive system of local worker…
