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Mojo ♻️<p>Richard Wolff, an American economist and professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, is known for his sharp critiques of economic inequality and his advocacy for worker cooperatives. Through his books, lectures, and public talks, he champions economic democracy and explores alternative economic models that empower workers and challenge the status quo.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/RichardWolff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichardWolff</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EconomicInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicInequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EconomicDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlternativeEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CooperativeEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CooperativeEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProgressiveEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FairEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SystemChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemChange</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/changeoftheguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changeoftheguard</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFa4Lm_ZTyI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=sFa4Lm_ZTyI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Zee<p>In his _Letter from a Birmingham Jail_, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MartinLutherKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartinLutherKing</span></a> emphasizes the importance of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicJustice</span></a> alongside <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> and criticizes how white supremacy is happy to take wealth from the hands of Black folks as customers while refusing to provide them with good jobs.</p><p>I just ran the numbers for one of my tech <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> with open-comp + opt-in for self-identifying along several axes.</p><p>Non-white team members comprise 53% of our staff and receive ~56% of our total compensation.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TechCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TechCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCoop</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SolidarityEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityEconomy</span></a></p>
J Lou<p>Scaling up democratic ownership: Adapting the employee ownership model to build truly democratic businesses</p><p><a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-11-05/scaling-up-democratic-ownership-adapting-the-employee-ownership-model-to-build-truly-democratic-businesses/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2024-11</span><span class="invisible">-05/scaling-up-democratic-ownership-adapting-the-employee-ownership-model-to-build-truly-democratic-businesses/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a></p>
NAT<p>Worker Cooperatives are democratically controlled enterprises run by the workers themselves. Tap in! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarityeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarityeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workercooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workercooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communityresilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communityresilience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternativesystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativesystems</span></a></p>
J Lou<p>Policies that result in the median voter paying more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> are difficult. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> need a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> vision that doesn't raise taxes on the median <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a></p><p>Policy ideas</p><p>- Tax exemptions/deductions for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> and investment in worker <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a><br>- Special tax exempt status for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a><br>- Use corporate tax revenue to buy some shares of that company and put those in a trust democratically governed by workers in that company. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/coops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>coops</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>
Zee<p>Had a lovely chore-night with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@anaulin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anaulin</span></a></span> as we did the books for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ZincCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZincCoop</span></a> and published a light quarterly update with our financial statements: <a href="https://opencollective.com/zinc-community/updates/q3-2024-update" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opencollective.com/zinc-commun</span><span class="invisible">ity/updates/q3-2024-update</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TechCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tech4Good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech4Good</span></a></p>
Zee<p>Two of my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cooperatives</span></a> got written up in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CounterPunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CounterPunch</span></a>. They interviewed <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@anaulin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anaulin</span></a></span> who is a member of both <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CohereCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CohereCoop</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ZincCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZincCoop</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/30/software-developers-in-oakland-are-putting-people-over-profit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterpunch.org/2024/09/30/so</span><span class="invisible">ftware-developers-in-oakland-are-putting-people-over-profit/</span></a></p><p>---<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TechCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TechForGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechForGood</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicJustice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a></p>
Zee<p>Hey <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EastBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastBay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFBA</span></a> Folks!</p><p>My little tech worker coop is working with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Piikup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piikup</span></a> an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oakland</span></a> based delivery and logistics organization that provides door-to-door grocery, meal, and catering delivery services for a number of local restaurants and caterers.</p><p>Piikup is working towards a just transition from the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DoorDash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoorDash</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EZCater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EZCater</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TryCaviar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TryCaviar</span></a>, or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UberEats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UberEats</span></a> all of which aggressively squeeze food service and delivery workers.</p><p>If we can get 10 people ordering a plate once a month, that will help us work out the logistical and technological kinks. If you can afford to drop $15~$25/plate once a month on a delicious, healthy meal delivered to your door by workers who care about quality and community; please email hello@zinc.coop with your city and neighborhood and we'll let you know when we're ready to run our real test!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FoodJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodJustice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShopLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShopLocal</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tech4Good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech4Good</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AllIsSmallAndSmallIsAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllIsSmallAndSmallIsAll</span></a><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NoneAreFreeUntilAllAreFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoneAreFreeUntilAllAreFree</span></a></p>
J Lou<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SrRochardBunson</span></a></span> Employers shouldn't exist. Every firm should be a worker-run cooperative</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
J Lou<p>Rethinking free and open source and its role in the movement against capitalism - "Copyfarleft and Copyjustright"</p><p><a href="https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/copyfarleft-and-copyjustright" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metamute.org/editorial/article</span><span class="invisible">s/copyfarleft-and-copyjustright</span></a></p><p>This is an interesting paper and something like this should be explored. Although, I would shift the anti-capitalist analysis to the labor theory of property and shift some of the critique of property to employment contracts. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
J Lou<p><a href="https://youtu.be/fvWJ10ONPkY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/fvWJ10ONPkY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"This talk ... use[s] the standard principle of imputation to criticize the ideal model of MP theory itself.... The resulting argument is based on the principle of assigning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> responsibility according to factual responsibility. It implies ... that the [workers] in a firm should be the [its] legal members ... in what are called labor-managed ... firms."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a></p>
J Lou<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span> , which is the tenet that legal and de facto responsibility would match. Having a match means between legal and de facto responsibility would mean that the workers are jointly held legally responsible for their actions in production. In other words, all firms should be worker-run as in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workercoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workercoops</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.ellerman.org/inalienable-rights-part-i-the-basic-argument/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellerman.org/inalienable-right</span><span class="invisible">s-part-i-the-basic-argument/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bicmay</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalist</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>If the workers take a notion,<br>They can stop all speeding trains;<br>Every ship upon the ocean<br>They can tie with mighty chains;<br>Every wheel in the creation,<br>Every mine and every mill,<br>Fleets and armies of the nation,<br>Will at their command stand still.<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeHill</span></a> 1910 </p><p><a href="https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/03/if-workers-take-notion-works-all-showcases-union-coops" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">labornotes.org/blogs/2024/03/i</span><span class="invisible">f-workers-take-notion-works-all-showcases-union-coops</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaborNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborNotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a></p>
J Lou<p>"Inalienable Rights: Part I The Basic Argument" Against the Employer-Employee Contract and for Workplace Democracy</p><p><a href="https://www.ellerman.org/inalienable-rights-part-i-the-basic-argument/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ellerman.org/inalienable-right</span><span class="invisible">s-part-i-the-basic-argument/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>Boycott profit!</p><p>Take your business to a cooperative or non-profit company. Every penny wisely spent makes a difference. Down with our corporate overlords! Down with their billionaire owners!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BoycottProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottProfit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ConsumerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerCooperatives</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ConsumerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerCoops</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCoops</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NonProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonProfit</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a></p>
ecosentido<p>Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard summarizes her work on <a href="https://xarxa.cloud/tags/solidarityeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarityeconomics</span></a> and <a href="https://xarxa.cloud/tags/workercooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workercooperatives</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://geo.coop/articles/solidarity-economy-economics-abundance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geo.coop/articles/solidarity-e</span><span class="invisible">conomy-economics-abundance</span></a></p>
ZNet (unofficial)<p>Chernyshevsky's 1863 work "What Is to Be Done?" advocated for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialist</span></a> feminism and worker cooperatives.</p><p>Today, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a>’s undemocratic workplaces contribute to social inequalities, leading to austerity measures and rising right-wing sentiments.</p><p>In the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRICS</span></a>, significant state involvement suggests a potential alignment with worker coops in pursuit of socialist goals.</p><p>The left's response should prioritize democratizing workplaces and promoting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-is-to-be-done/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-</span><span class="invisible">is-to-be-done/</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>We have <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ConsumerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerCooperatives</span></a>. And we have <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WorkerUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerUnions</span></a> to fill the gap and force non-cooperative corporations to treat their workers fairly. But are there <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ConsumerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerCooperatives</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a></p>
Dinosaurs say Raawr<p>Curious if anyone out there has experience with <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a> in the <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> world?</p><p>I have long pondered the idea but never thought it would be possible.</p><p>Then I attended a talk by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@omarieclaire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>omarieclaire</span></a></span> today about her work "If You Don't Like the Game, Change the Rules" <a href="https://gameartsinternational.network/if-you-dont-like-the-game-change-the-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gameartsinternational.network/</span><span class="invisible">if-you-dont-like-the-game-change-the-rules/</span></a></p><p>Now I'm inspired to learn more. Anyone out there have resources they could point me to? Or experience to share? I'm a policy wonk at heart and actually think creating a coop charter sounds like fun.</p>
Matt Noyes<p>Just finished translating Chapter 8 of Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@luisrazeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>luisrazeto</span></a></span>. In this section he lays out the operational logic of labor and community cooperatives, repurposing mainstream economic categories like equilibrium and (im)perfect competition. </p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CooperativeEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CooperativeEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WorkerCooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCooperatives</span></a></p>
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