The Left should Embrace Degrowth
Degrowth is a frontal attack on the ideology of economic growth.
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Mutual Aid Networks and Local Solidarity
Stephanie Rearick and her friends and co-workers have been constructing a solidarity-based economic network in Madison, Wisconsin and beyond:
Let’s Create a Fair and Joyful Society for All
Why do humans, full of good qualities and wishing for happiness, not manage to live together in harmony?
Austerity and Degrowth – Dealing with the Economic Crisis and the Ecological Crisis Together
It seems like a tough one to argue for degrowth in the context of the Greek crisis and as an alternative to austerity – but then all the more reason to try.
Gleaning: an Ancient Custom that May Return in the Future
Gleaning is an ancient tradition, deeply embedded in the agricultural world.
Cooperative/Solidarity Economics and Advancing the Development of Worker Co-ops
Let’s try to get both a firm grasp and a large perspective on "regional co-operative/solidarity economic development," and what it has to do with “advancing the development of worker co-operatives.”
Here’s What a Commons-Based Economy Looks Like
So what might a commons-based economy actually look like in its broadest dimensions, and how might we achieve it?
Grassroots Visionaries and Revolutionaries
What ultimately fuels me to be part of the Ferguson uprising and the solidarity economy movement is a firm belief that people have the right to control the decisions that affect their lives–call it self-determination, democracy, social justice, whatever you will.
The Transition Will Not Be Smooth Sailing
It is clear that the transition to a post-capitalist, sustainable economy will not happen overnight, or even in a few years.
Building Hope in Times of Crisis
‘There is a big need for the solidarity movement in Greece. It started in late 2011 and has nearly doubled now to around 400 groups – even more if you add the more loosely networked ones,’ Christos Giovanopoulos says.
Steps Toward a New World: Four Co-ops that Are Building a New Economy
Seeing high unemployment, activists from various social movements have decided that since the contemporary system cannot provide them with jobs, they’ll create them outside of it.
How Can Open Cooperatives Grow and Thrive: A Proposal
Unlike their traditional for-profit counterparts, Open Cooperatives are oriented towards the common good in their statutes.