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Building Communities of Co-operation in Oxford
Wednesday 26 June18:00 – 19:30Oxford Town Hall, UKFREE but registration required The co-operative sector in Oxford is small, but thriving. From housing to childcare to publishing to web design, co-ops are providing empowering jobs and meeting community needs. To mark ‘Co-operatives Fortnight’, the City Council’s Co-operatives Champion, Cllr Richard Howlett, will host this event to celebrate our city’s democratic businesses,
Our statement of solidarity as global hunger strikers celebrate end of Ocalan’s isolation
The Solidarity Economy Association wish to send our heartfelt solidarity and congratulations to the over 7,000 Kurdish people around the world who have just ended their hunger strikes in victory. The hunger strikers had been demanding the end of the aggravated isolation which has been imposed on Kurdish leader and political prisoner Abdullah Ocalan, who has been held in largely
Co-operative societies essential for communal life in Rojava
The latest article to be reposted on our Co-operation in Mesopotamia website is a translation of an Arabic article that appeared on Rohani on 2 January 2019 and reposted on Co-operation in Mesopotamia’s website on 25 March 2019. The spread of co-operative societies in the region has strengthened the communal spirit and increased participation, with many people from villages and
Why we’re supporting the Women’s Strike 2019 – and you should too
We at the Solidarity Economy Association are supporting the Women’s Strike on 8 March, with several of our worker members taking part. Actively participating in action with movements that share our values is an essential part of creating a thriving solidarity economy for the UK – an economy based on justice, diversity and pluralism, co-operation, self-management, ecological sustainability, and solidarity.
SEA becomes co-organiser of NESI Global Forum in Malaga – the ‘Davos of the New Economy’
We’re excited to share that we’re once again co-organisers of the NESI Global Forum, considered the most relevant event worldwide for everyone working towards building an economy for people and the planet! Held in Malaga, Spain from 24-26 April, the forum will be a crucial opportunity for people and organisations to come together and focus on how to collectively
UK co-operators in largest show of political solidarity ‘in decades’ at demonstration in support of Rojava
Members of co-ops including Calverts, Radical Routes, Birmingham Bike Foundry and Cornerstone Housing Co-operative join Solidarity Economy Association’s call to attend London demonstration in solidarity with Rojava, Northeastern Syria and its co-operative economy. The largest show of political solidarity by UK co-operators took place in London on Sunday 27 January when a ‘co-op bloc’ was formed as part of
Sponsored places: Cooperation Jackson Residential, May 2019
We’re really excited to have teamed up with our friends at Stir to Action to offer some sponsored places on their Cooperation Jackson Residential Workshop in May. Delivered by the incredible Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, the workshop will focus on building economic democracy. We’re pleased to be able to offer one fully-funded, and two part-funded
Call for co-operators to attend London demonstration in solidarity with Rojava and its co-operative economy
Call for co-operators to attend London demonstration in solidarity with Rojava and its co-operative economy Sunday 27 January, 12:30 pm, Cavendish Square, London The people of Northern Syria and its democratic self-administration are under severe threat of attack by the Turkish military and Turkish-backed Islamist militias, who are threatening to invade and occupy the Autonomous Administrations of North and East
Pilot project launched as part of SEA’s Mapping the Solidarity Economy work
Between October 2018 and early 2019 we’re piloting a community mapping process that will result in a digital map of Oxford’s solidarity economy. As part of our mission to make the solidarity economy in the UK stronger, and to encourage more people to find out about it and support in their local area, we’ve started working on a pilot project
SEA welcomes closure of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire
The Solidarity Economy Association joins fellow Oxford-based organisations Asylum Welcome and the Campaign to Close Campsfield & End All Immigration Detention in welcoming the Government’s decision to close Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire, as part of the Home Office’s response to the Stephen Shaw review. We also welcome the Government’s commitment to reducing the number of people detained
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