check out this piece I wrote for the Journal of Public & International Affairs’ blog on the 2024 Worker Cooperatives conference and solidarity economy models 🤓 jpia.princeton.edu/news/building-…

96 incarcerated youth HAVE NOT BEEN EVACUATED from Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, despite "evacuation warning." Please CALL L.A. Officials to demand immediate evacuation of youth: ☎️ THREAD 🧵 Mayor 213-978-1028 Probation 818-364-2011 Horvath 213-974-3333 Barger 213-974-5555

Amazon puts profits over people every time, perhaps most evidently when they ask workers to make deliveries in the middle of wildfires. Amazon workers need a union to win safer workplaces, and the Teamsters will ensure they have one.

This sort of “feel good” story needs to stop.

Early in our history, we realized that non-extractive finance can't work when lending decisions get made in a central office far from the communities impacted. That's why we don't just finance co-ops, but are ourselves a cooperative, governed by our local member organizations.

“The USFWC is proud to partner with NCBA CLUSA in this international effort to elevate the worker co-op model as a solution for the exclusion of marginalized groups from the benefits of the traditional economy.” - Esteban Kelly, USFWC Executive Director ncbaclusa.coop/blog/ncba-clus…

Join us this Thursday for Shifting Budgets, Shifting Power on Jan 23rd! Activist and author Jasmine Rashid will discuss her “The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well-Being.” PB is one! RSVP: bit.ly/PBFinAct

With the Trump admin cutting ‘foreign aid,’ we must contextualize USAID, an agency that uses humanitarianism to advance U.S. imperialist domination, violate sovereignty, and subvert self-determination globally – as Thomas Sankara said in 1984: “he who feeds you, controls you.” 🧵

At the end of last year, the Black Solidarity Economy Fund awarded $241K to 36 organizations building solidarity economies in their community. That's the power of this network and participatory grantmaking 💰Check out the grantee list on our website ⬇️ neweconomy.net/2024-bsef-gran…

Hip-Hop is a catalyst for anti-oppressive change and the Black Solidarity Economy Fund is unpacking how we can keep building the solidarity economy with this tradition. Join us on February 27th for our Black History Month livestream with emotionally intelligent papi 🌻 actionnetwork.org/events/10-time…

Join our team 🦋 We’re looking for someone to care for NEC’s HR systems in a way that works toward liberatory self-governance while navigating compliance. LAST DAY TO APPLY‼️ airtable.com/apppBNlptLNc3m…

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just weakened the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge into our water in a 5-4 ruling.

Join us on May 28 for a funder briefing supporting the longevity of the Black Solidarity Economy Fund. We’ll be sharing lessons learned in the first 5 years of operating this participatory fund, and how we can mobilize resources for the next half-decade 💰bit.ly/fundbsef

Los Angeles County workers took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on the second day of a 48-hour strike as the union accused the county of failing to fairly negotiate a new labor contract.

Co-own a business with your community members, and get support from long-time co-op experts like Kimberly Britt! Let us know how the Co-op Clinic can support your #WorkerCoop project at usworker.coop/clinic

The music industry is one of the most consolidated and exploitative industries. Join @LizPelly, author of the harrowing "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist" for a book reading at Prime Produce in NYC on July 15th! eventbrite.com/e/art-worlds-w…

Most folks are told they’re living beyond their means and they’ve really just been denied the means to live.

Yes, we did! And we invite everyone with a mission to free the land and its people from extractivism to join us at our info session for our new Black and Indigenous Land Sovereignty Working Group session on 7/14 🌱 neweconomy.net/freetheland

A Kanawha County, West Virginia, coal miner has joined a federal lawsuit as a second plaintiff to challenge the Trump administration’s cuts to a program that screens coal miners for black lung and approves them to transfer to a low dust part of a mine. wvpublic.org/new-miner-chal…

Working people in the U.S. owe around $220 billion in medical debt. But a reminder that we canceled about $800 billion in PPP loans during COVID alone. It was never about “finding the money.” It’s about priorities and social control.