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Pre-order our collaborative issue of Stir magazine now!
We’re really excited to announce we’ve collaborated with STIR magazine again for issue 20, which this time is on the theme of Power. The magazine will be available in January and can be pre-ordered now for a discounted price of £2.95. The Power issue features articles from a range of writers on topics like building power from below, race
First ever conference of co-operatives held in Northern Syria
The UK co-operative movement has sent a message of solidarity to its fellow co-operators in the Democratic Federation of North Syria (Rojava) as the first ever conference of co-operatives was held over the weekend in the region. This historic event has been co-ordinated by new Unions of Co-operatives which have recently been established in all the cantons and
New film to explore the quiet revolution transforming our food system
A new film about farming and food sovereignty in the UK is set to be released by the Landworkers’ Alliance and Blackbark Films. In Our Hands: The seeds of a better food system is a feature length documentary that tells the story behind the blood, sweat and tears of the farmers who are outgrowing the industrial food system in
ICYMI: Transforming our food system with A People’s Food Policy
A coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations has launched ‘A People’s Food Policy’, a comprehensive proposal for a more just and sustainable food system in England. As Brexit negotiations continue, the coalition is calling for the development of a progressive food policy in advance of leaving the European Union. This groundbreaking manifesto outlining a people’s vision of food
STIR magazine on community wealth building available to preorder
Latest STIR magazine focuses on community wealth building “There is a growing range of local agents who are driving the community wealth building movement, with organisations developing co-operatives and economic alternatives, and a greater acknowledgement of the public pound – democratised money.” – Neil McInroy, Chief Executive, CLES. STIR is a quarterly magazine published by Stir to
Celebrating 20 years of intercontinental solidarity and the Lima Declaration
RIPESS marks 20th anniversary of Lima Declaration The first meeting of the globalization of solidarity was held in Lima, Peru, from the 1st to the 4th of July 1997, as part of GRESP, the Peruvian network for the solidarity economy. From this meeting and declaration, the desire to internationalize the SSE movement was strongly expressed, and the formal network
Institute for Solidarity Economics becomes the Solidarity Economy Association!
We’re excited to announce that we are officially relaunching ourselves today as the Solidarity Economy Association. The Solidarity Economy Association (SEA) is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative working to support the Solidarity Economy movement in the UK – a grassroots movement that is building a fair and ecological alternative to Capitalism – one that puts the real needs of
SEA pledges to keep volunteering voluntary
To mark National Volunteers Week we’re joining over 650 charities and voluntary organisations in pledging not to participate in any government workfare schemes, which force unemployed people to carry out unpaid work or face benefit sanctions. Keep Volunteering Voluntary is a campaign launched in April 2014 in response to the implementation of the government’s ‘Help to Work’ programme, which included
International Municipalist Summit to be held in Barcelona
“In the face of hate, walls and borders, we’ll build global networks of solidarity and hope.” Fearless Cities is a summit for the international municipalist movement which will take place 9-11 June in Barcelona, Spain. Around the world, towns and cities are standing up to defend human rights, democracy and the common good; Fearless Cities will allow these movements to
International event on mapping the solidarity economy
SEA’s Matt Wallis was recently invited to spend a week in Italy with an international community of people working to map the Solidarity Economy. All over the world economic activity is taking place challenging the idea that making as much profit as possible is the only logical way of exchanging goods and services. Initiatives that are owned democratically, with profits
Solidarity Economy Association Ltd. Is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative company limited by guarantee. It is registered under the Companies Act 2006 in England and Wales. Registered number 10733713.
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