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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-16 at 19:10

Faced with the erratic and negligent response of the city and county’s various institutions, the communities of LA have been left to take matters into their own hands through pop-up mutual aid networks and collaborative care.

https://geo.coop/gleanings/report-los-angeles-mutual-aid-hubs-mobilize-face-historic-wildfires

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-14 at 20:39

Reem’s California is an Arab bakery shop in San Francisco, democratically run by local workers. Using worker-ownership, the restaurant challenges the long-standing inequality and violence prevalent in the restaurant industry.

https://geo.coop/articles/arab-street-corner-bakery-challenges-inequality-cooperation

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-14 at 00:09

We're live now with Lauren Hudson and Evan Casper-Futterman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGjRADe9C2Q

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-08 at 21:31

GO-OP rail is a new type of Open Access railway operator that's local, community-based and with a co-operative ownership model that means it is there to serve passengers and workers. It’s all very laudable but is it credible?

https://geo.coop/articles/go-op-can-community-cooperative-run-railway

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-06 at 22:44

Grassroots Disaster Relief in Asheville

https://geo.coop/articles/grassroots-disaster-relief-asheville

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-02 at 18:44

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Co-Editor of GEO, guests on Everything Co-op to discuss the evolution of housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C., the prospect of forming a federation of limited equity housing cooperatives, and the role cooperatives play in improving the quality of life for its participants.

https://geo.coop/gleanings/ajowa-nzinga-ifateyo-co-editor-grassroots-economic-organizinggeo

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2025-01-02 at 17:36

:TwinPines: Help Mandela Grocery transition to eco-friendly refrigerants.

"In January, changes in regulations will require us to replace our refrigerator valves and transition to eco-friendly refrigerants. This upgrade is essential to ensure we remain compliant with state regulations and continue operating sustainably. The total cost for this vital repair is $20,000—a significant and unforeseen expense that we didn’t budget for."

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mandela-grocery-meet-urgent-refrigeration-needs

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-30 at 21:36

Inside a maximum security prison in Argentina, Liberté offers more than education and recreation for incarcerated people—it offers lessons in solidarity.

https://geo.coop/articles/argentine-prison-cooperative-ended-recidivism

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-23 at 20:11

:TwinPines: Interviews from the 2024 US Worker Co-op Conference

[#]workercoops #cooperatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92gKzD9jf6c

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-20 at 20:35

In this session, Building Regional Cooperative Ecosystems, from Beyond Business as Usual 2024: Co-Ops and the Next Economy, you will learn more about the concept of a "cooperative ecosystem" and hear lessons from organizers building regional cooperative ecosystems as part of the global solidarity economy movement.

https://geo.coop/articles/building-regional-cooperative-ecosystems

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-16 at 18:39

Josh talks with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon about her long history in co-ops of all different varieties and her current work as a co-op facilitator.

https://geo.coop/articles/interview-kate-sassy-sassoon

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-06 at 21:06

If you need something to do, if you are wondering how we will get past this moment, if you are tired of feeling helpless, let us offer these tools as tangible solutions that can create pretty quick results toward connection and finding people with similar values in your community.

https://geo.coop/articles/commons-economy-reloaded

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-05 at 21:08

Several initiatives for increasing access to permanent capital, which provides financial stability for cooperatives, have emerged in recent decades.

https://geo.coop/articles/sources-permanent-capital-cooperatives

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-03 at 17:13

A socialist commune in the Venezuelan Amazon draws inspiration from the collective practices of its Indigenous members.

https://geo.coop/articles/commune-nothing-new-here-rio-cataniapo-commune

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-12-03 at 16:58

This documentary short highlights an inspiring cooperative housing model designed to prevent displacement and create home ownership opportunities for Missoula residents as affordable housing becomes increasingly scarce in Montana.

https://geo.coop/articles/housing-cooperatives-preserving-affordability-and-community-ownership-missoula-montana

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-11-17 at 22:12

How can mutual aid work as a strategic response to the present political moment, alongside direct action and other tactics?

https://geo.coop/gleanings/mutual-aid-strategic-response

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-11-13 at 22:44

How the employee ownership model could be expanded to potentially build a truly democratic worker-owned economy

[#]workercoops

https://geo.coop/articles/adapting-employee-ownership-truly-democratic-businesses

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-11-12 at 00:38

On October 9, 101 workers from across Mississippi Market Co-op’s three locations in the Twin Cities voted in a union election, and 82 workers voted yes to union representation, citing unpredictable schedules, unrealistic attendance policies, and inconsistent management as reasons for forming a union.

https://geo.coop/gleanings/workers-win-union-election-mississippi-market-co-op

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-11-05 at 22:05

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Written by Grassroots Economic Organizing on 2024-11-04 at 16:12

Don't miss this webinar with @ntnsndr and Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, happening in 45 minutes!

How Has Structural Racism Held Back the Co-op Movement?

https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/10/07/how-has-structural-racism-held-back-co-op-movement

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