THE U.S. SOLIDARITY ECONOMY NETWORK

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In this episode we explore a phenomenon that has existed throughout centuries both within and alongside Capitalism. Wherever relationships have been based on reciprocity, sustainability, and demo...

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By Maira Sutton November 30, 2016 It’s hard to convey what the sharing movement is about without describing how it looks in practice. No matter how well you lay out its basic principles, you ne...

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This is the third and final article in our three-part series on solidarity economy in Brazil. Solidarity economy enterprises move beyond the “any job is a good job” logic sometimes found in ...

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This is the second article of our three-part series on solidarity economy in Brazil.  With a broader understanding of the solidarity economy in Brazil in mind, testimonials from participating e...

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/solidarity-economy-part-ii-female-protagonists/

by World March of Women 28 October 2016 “At the WMW, we work to empower women and increase their economic … We believe in the redistribution of wealth and the solidarity economy.“ Declarati...

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/women-in-resistance-building-alternatives-for-a-better-world/

Eric Dirnbach August 31, 2016, Waging Non-violence Advocates for worker cooperatives celebrate outside City Hall in Oakland after the city council passed a resolution supporting the development o...

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/can-the-new-economy-and-labor-movements-come-together-again/

BUILDING ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET: News and reports from the grassroots on worker and community coops, land trusts, participatory bufgeting and other explorations in mutual aid

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/pluralist-commonwealth-gar-aoperovitz/

Everywhere You Look In their 2012 film “Shift Change”, filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin introduced viewers to workers who make the case for democratic control and ownership of produc...

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/film-review-solidarity-economics-in-italy/

Published on Mar 21, 2016 In the language of modern economics, the small island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific is labeled one of the world’s ‘least developed countries’. At the same...

https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/vanuatu-another-kind-of-wealth/