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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Community-Run Centers

Spaces for community gathering/use that are owned/rented and controlled by the communities that uses them.

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December 29, 2022

Sutton Community Farm and the politics of community agriculture

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Founded in 2010, SCF is run as a community benefit society, a type of co-operative, whereby the farm business is owned by roughly 400 members of the public and counting.

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December 12, 2022

The Job Guarantee and the Solidarity Economy

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Prof. Pavlina Tcherneva discusses the benefits of creating a Job Guarantee program, and the role cooperative and community enterprises could play.

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December 5, 2022

The making of La BOM: Montreuil’s new Library of Things and Sharing Hub

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Inspired by Shareable’s coverage of the sharing economy, Bibliothèque D’Objets De Montreuil, also known as La BOM, opened its doors as a “Library of Things” in April 2022 in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil.