Awesome news: thanks to the support of SolidFund we have 10 #free tickets available for low-income people in worker #coops to join our #UK workshops. 🎉
Please share with cooperators around #Manchester + #London.
The future is cooperative 🌶
'He's a political prisoner': Standing Rock activists face years in jail - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/22/standing-rock-jailed-activists-water-protect
#USPol #FBI #Palestine Show more
Of interest; Romanian village steps on Dior's foot as Dior tries to run off with their native designs.
#Japan #Cooperative Alliance aims to give unified voice to diverse sector
Interesting article about the development of new natural yarns, necessary because most of the micro plastic pollution in the Ocean comes from synthetic fibres in our clothes.
https://fashnerd.com/2018/06/fashionforgood-sustainability-accelerator-innovators
Social democratic parties are standing on two pillars, trade unionism and cooperativism.
- Unions offer higher wages and working conditions.
- Coops offer cheaper goods and services.
These pillars enabled economic self-help for people. It's different (not better) than general uni activism or a NGO with equally or more noble cause.
Relevant article by @ntnsndr
Lack of focus on economic self-help might help explain Pikettys findings below:
#Preparation for #disasters and #emergencies Show more
This digital humanities, or as they call it, mobilized humanities, project uses web technology and research know-how to make the powerful point that our borders are everywhere.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-everywhere-using-library-science-to-map-child-separation/
#Housing #Evictions #California Show more
#Labor: Spreading #JacksonRising Show more
#USPol Show more
"Posing with snow" was supposed to be a photo descriptor that slipped into the main body of the text.
I try to go to Triangulation Peak every year as it is where I deposited my mom and dad's ashes. The fire closed the site last year and I could not go.
Here's the family after placing the ashes in 2013.
Visit to scene of 2017 Clearwater fire in 2018 confirms reports that many trees and much groundcover survived the flames and recovery, other things being equal, should be relatively swift. PhotosPosing with snow by Tom Titus. There was a lot of smoke in the area, from more than 100K acres of new June fires on the other side of Mt. Jeff. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
https://social.coop/media/Cz9gZRzPMj-o3-mas6o https://social.coop/media/UNvyT47Al5N9H3o6ZYk https://social.coop/media/yZk8q_oTa12tQiOef4k https://social.coop/media/rq1nf8e-BZzjEkFaokM
I've been working on this #coop brewery project in #BTV for coming up on 5 years, and I keep having realizations that bits of foundational #solidarityeconomy infrastructure are required to get us where we need to go.
A two years ago, it was the need for the co-op investment club to start building a friendly capital base. This morning, I realized we need to pull together a Real Estate Investment Co-op to potentially secure a desirable space.
We'll get there eventually... 😩
Co-ops, democratically run and emphasizing long-term sustainability over short-term profits, are a key part of the #SolidarityEconomy.
Earlier this month, Wired UK published a brief but interesting profile of "CoTech, a growing network of tech co-operatives in the UK. There are currently 30 tech businesses united under the CoTech banner, which range from filmmakers to programmers; they collectively employ more than 250 staff and have revenues of over £10.2 million."
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/cotech-tech-cooperatives-blake-house-outlandish