"I would like us to do something unprecedented: to create ourselves without finding it necessary to create an enemy." -James Baldwin

On Friday, Doug O'Brien traveled to the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Worker Co-op Conference where he presented on a panel focused on issues facing worker co-ops. He then joined the worker co-op rally with NCBA CLUSA board member, Esteban Kelly! Great event for worker-owners to connect #WCC22

Un placer haber conversado hoy, desde el Mercado Social de Madrid y desde ECOOO (Cuenta inactiva: ahora en BLUESKY), con la delegación de la Federación de Cooperativas de Trabajo de Estados Unidos (U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives) que durante dos semanas estará visitando experiencias cooperativistas en Madrid, Euskadi, Catalunya e Italia. Seguimos!

VICTORY! The LA City Council just agreed to permanent just cause eviction protections for all L.A. tenants! Awesome work by our ACCE-Los Angeles tenant leaders & the Keep LA Housed coalition! #KeepLAHoused 1/2

Couldn’t finish the grant deliverable because I was too busy writing the letter to the foundation apologizing for not completing the deliverable.

Thank you to everyone who made the 2022 Worker Co-op Conference so special - it was amazing to see so many cooperators from across the country gathered to share, learn and build power together! Read about our favorite moments from #WCC22 below🥰 usworker.coop/blog/the-2022-…

We love to see Esteban Kelly speaking at NCBA CLUSA conf about ✨Guilded (Start ‘22)✨, which is creating stability and security for #freelance workers by providing income smoothing, healthcare, tax prep and more 🙌

Here's Fox News' report on Paul Pelosi's attacker... with annotations.

Reminder: This is who the Republican Party elects + elevates to positions of power. This is how they act in the halls of Congress, and this the example they set for acolytes to follow. These people want media to “both sides” fascism. Don’t fall for it. ⬇️

So what do jails do? In the US, they operates as irrational substitutes for adequate healthcare & social welfare systems. I addressed this — and the clear violence-preventing effects of increasing healthcare access — in the second half of this article. 4/ time.com/6208047/police…

In the US over at least the last three decades, it’s been Black feminists like Angela Davis, Mariame Kaba, Dorothy Roberts, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and now Derecka Purnell who have returned this vision for justice to broad audiences after it had been submerged by crime politics. 17/

6/ And now, he’s trying to blame his plans for a glorious free speech service on people using free speech. Because of course it couldn’t be him. Twitter’s 2023 advertising is nonexistent. That’s why this $8 a month thing is being pushed. He wants YOU to pay for his mistake.

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Our 4-page transparent decision-making matrix can be summarized this way: Our ED will make all decisions, regardless of your input.

این صحنه تاثیرگذار، چند دقیقه پیش #مهاباد است. جمعیت بزرگی که بیشترشان زنان هستند، روی زمین نشسته‌اند. همه صورت‌ها بسته. جدی. سرود انقلابی گذاشته‌اند. فضا، فضای اتحاد است. فضای انقلاب است. #IranRevolution

The folks at Poor Magazine /Homefulness are holding a ceremony to open their Pachamama (Mama Earth) garden and gather community input at 7600 MacArthur Blvd in Oakland.

Why are ethics questions always like: "is it ethical to steal bread to feed your starving family?" And not: "is it ethical to hoard bread when families are starving?"

"we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and create the solutions we need." The Cult of Experience: an exploration of “quality” in legal services theselc.org/the_cult_of_ex… TheSELC

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