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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Conferences, Events & Gatherings

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February 29, 2024

‘New Economies’ and the Rebuilding of Democratic Power

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We need to look more directly at how we can stimulate a new structural transformation of civil society. It will be a broad process that explores how we can rebuild democratic power to facilitate mass involvement in civil society and, by extension, our political system. Though there seems to be an instinctual knowledge of this problem, many are unaware of this prehistory of civil society, and understandably find it difficult to see an alternative to the memberless NGO, whose unelected governance, unreliable funding streams, and informal support base is inadequate to the challenges of the present, let alone the disruptions of the future.

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March 13, 2023

Building a More Equitable Internet

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Last week’s Platform Co-op School event highlighted ICDE’s approach of recognizing the valuable contributions of scholars, technologists, artists, community organizers, and cooperators toward a more just and equitable digital economy. This is a recap of that event.

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December 30, 2021

2021 Worker Co-op Awards Ceremony

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The 2021 USFWC Worker Co-op Awards presentation.

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September 30, 2021

Guerrilla Translation's Berlin Hierophant Meeting

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A report on Guerrilla Translation's first in-person retreat since the beginning of the pandemic.

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January 6, 2020

What Happened at Who Owns the World?

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Social.coop members talk about the Who Owns the World? platform cooperatives conference.