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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Democratic Dialog & Deliberation

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February 19, 2024

May First Movement Technology: Digital Radicalism

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Resistance in the digital environment demands that we center our values, intentions, and dreams, focusing on other ways to live, be, and know. May First Movement Technology is a cooperative (primarily based in the United States and Mexico) that aims to put these values into practice: digital media that supports social struggles and grassroots movements working to create the world we know is possible.

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January 29, 2024

Scaling a Co-op Beyond 100 Members

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A look at how a worker co-op with 140 members, a flat pay scale, and no hierarchy functions.

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January 23, 2024

Doubts About "DAO Tooling"

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DAO tooling is a poor fit for co-ops (and everyone else too).

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January 11, 2024

Why I Never Say "Compromise" When Facilitating

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As a consensus facilitator, I am constantly trying to make it easier for everyone to contribute what they have that's relevant to the conversation. Then I do what I can to establish how those contributions are rooted in a reasonable interpretation of group values (and therefore worthy of taking into account), as distinct from personal preferences. 

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November 9, 2023

Using Sociocracy to Support Harmony and Connection

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Through sociocracy you can design feedback systems so everyone in your community knows what is going on and can be heard on matters that affect them. In this webinar, recorded on December 2022, Sociocracy for All’s Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez share in dept knowledge about using consensus to foster a sense of harmony and connection in your group.

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August 21, 2023

Ecology Councils: Grassroots Climate Strategies from Mesopotamia

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In different parts of Mesopotamia environmental movements have been feverishly nurturing the emergence of the grassroots institution of the ecology council for the preservation of communal livelihoods.

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June 22, 2023

Navigating the Boundary Between Transparency and Discretion

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Some suggestions for navigating transparency and discretion in conflict in intentional communities.

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June 20, 2023

Transformation through Sociocracy and Participatory Budgeting

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A session on participatory budgeting and sociocracy by two co-directors of the Participatory Budgeting Project. Presented at the Sociocracy Annual Conference 2023.

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March 27, 2023

Design Principles for Radically Unorthodox Movement-building

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The networks, organizations, and movements that we generate reflect the quality of our own consciousness in the moment. What does the global state of human consciousness tell us then about the movements that we're capable of building?

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March 2, 2023

Slovenia’s IMZ celebrates 10 years of citizens’ assemblies

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I spoke with representatives from The Initiative for Citywide Assembly (Iniciativa mestni zbor – IMZ) about the non-partisan, self-organized municipal assemblies in Maribor, Slovenia that has now been active for 10 years. IMZ shares its rich experiences, offering insights into organizing and facilitation, organizational structure and culture, community, diversity, intersectional activism, and more.