new economy
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Elements of the Democratic Economy
For the sake of our communities and our environment, our economy will need to transform. But how? The language of “economic democracy” points us in a direction, but in order to make concrete advances and replicate successes, we need to be clear about just what a democratic economy consists of. A new resource from The…
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Black Communities Leading the Movement for Economic Democracy
By Rebecca Lurie Black History Month is here — and we must declare Black Lives Matter well beyond any one month. Dr. Phil Thompson shares some important facts and insights in a recent article in the New Labor Forum, “The Future of Urban Populism: Will Cities Turn the Political Tide?“ He clearly lays out that the…
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Unions and Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive and Thrive
This article was originally featured at Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. By Brian Van Slyke, Truthout The year 2008 was when the big banks were bailed out, but it was also the year that catalyzed one group of window makers into democratically running their own factory. On the former industrial hub of Goose Island in Chicago,…
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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…
