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New insights into history of UK worker co-op movement revealed thanks to successful project
New insights into the history of the UK’s worker co-op movement have been revealed thanks to a project from the National Co-operative Archive in Manchester. The year-long project aimed to collate material relating to workers’ co-ops of the 1970s and 1990s – a particularly interesting time in the co-op movement’s development – and make it accessible to a wide audience
We’ve got a new home – at Makespace Oxford
We’re excited to announce that SEA have moved premises, and we’re now based at the fantastic Makespace Oxford – a project exploring innovative ways of bringing empty and underused buildings in the city back into use as affordable community working and creative spaces. We’ve spent the summer co-creating our new office space with our fellow tenants – from scrubbing
Mapping the co-operative / solidarity economy: Our sessions at Open:2018
We’re pleased to say we’ll be attending Open:2018 again this year, and we’re looking forward to collaborating with a number of people on two sessions about our work to map the solidarity economy using Linked Open Data. The sessions will share the progress we’ve been making on this work since our presentation last year, and collaboratively explore how we’ll address
Free workshops to help UK co-ops support Northern Syria’s transition to co-operative economy
We’re calling for UK co-ops to support Northern Syria’s transition to a feminist, co-operative economy — attend one of our Rojava Co-operative Solidarity workshops and find out how you can get involved. The Rojava Revolution taking place in Northern Syria is transitioning the region into a gender equal, and democratic society, based on communes, co-operatives and citizen committees. The
Co-op College members vote unanimously to support growth of co-operative economy in Northern Syria
Members of the Co-operative College have voted unanimously in favour of a resolution, put forward by the Solidarity Economy Association at the College’s AGM, to support the growth of the co-operative economy in Rojava, Northern Syria. Over the past five years, the co-operative movement in Northern Syria has seen unprecedented growth, from nothing to 3% of the economy, despite
Paul Singer, economist and founder of Brazil’s Workers’ Party, dies aged 86
Paul Singer, Austrian economist and tireless promoter of the solidarity economy in Brazil, has died at home in Sao Paulo aged 86 after suffering an infection. Professor Singer, remembered by many Brazilians as one of the most brilliant intellectuals of his time, founded Brazil’s Workers’ Party (PT), has published several books on the solidarity economy, and is a reference for
Emerging from #CTRLShift2018 in Wigan: On the road to progressive change
Last week, the culmination of eight months of collaborative effort came to fruition as we joined our co-organisers in Wigan for CTRLShift: An Emergency Summit For Change. SEA has been part of the organising group since its inception, and whilst co-organising an event of this scale, alongside 35 partner organisations, certainly had its challenges, the fact that such a
Taking Joint Control – New report launches Trade Union and Co-operative Solutions for Decent Work
With 7.1 million workers engaged in ‘precarious’ employment and 77 per cent of the self-employed living in poverty, a new report ‘Working Together: Trade Union and Co-operative Innovations for Precarious Work’ calls for increased protection for those operating in the so-called gig economy. The report, which has been supported by the Solidarity Economy Association alongside the Network for Social Change is
Why growing the solidarity economy is the best strategy for improving the socio-economic situation of women and girls everywhere
Capitalism is built on inequality – gender, race, class and species – but feminists around the world are involved in fighting against it, and together we’re building economies based on valuing the devalued, on integration, equal rights & opportunities, intersectionality, justice, democracy and, of course, solidarity. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to achieving sustainable human development. Women
SEA joins major collaboration to hold emergency summit for radical social change in light of Brexit
The Solidarity Economy Association has joined a major collaboration of 30 national, regional and local organisations to deliver an emergency summit to ensure Brexit delivers a positive outcome for UK society. CTRL-Shift, which takes place in Wigan on 27-29 March 2018, will be an historic event, marking the first time these diverse organisations collaborate on a joint action plan
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