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New Economy Roundup: 40 Acres and a Mall, Black Solidarity Economy Fund, Health over Profits

This week we’re talking about efforts to bring the Crenshaw Mall in LA into community ownership, funding for rural electric co-ops in the Biden Jobs Plan, how community land trusts can create permanently affordable housing, inequities in global vaccine distribution,...

New Economy Roundup: Stop AAPI Hate, #ShareMyCheck, Artists for a Solidarity Economy

This week we’re talking about the growing wave of anti-Asian violence in the US, how you can redistribute your stimulus check, solidarity economy organizing from Chicago to India, Amazon strikes in Italy, a new report on funding artists and culture workers in the...

New Economy Roundup: $1.9T COVID Relief Package, Rural Electric Power to the People, International Working Women’s Day

This week we’re talking about the how the $1.9T COVID relief package will benefit millions of working-class people including Black farmers, a new campaign for utility justice and rural electric cooperative reform, the water crisis in Jackson, how women across Latin...

New Economy Roundup: Black Co-op History, Energy Democracy Now, Artists Dismantling Capitalism

This week we’re celebrating the history and future of Black cooperative economics! We’re also talking about why the Southern blackouts highlight the need for energy democracy, solidarity with popular uprisings in Haiti, why artists need a solidarity economy, building...

New Economy Roundup: Strike Wave, Biden’s First 100 Days, Worker Co-op Foundations

This week we’re talking about the ongoing wave of essential worker strikes, what to expect and demand during the Biden administration’s first 100 days, putting global health over profits in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a worker co-op foundations training series,...

New Economy Roundup: We Must Fight White Supremacy; A People’s Vaccine; Economics of Abolition

This week we’re reflecting on last week’s right-wing insurrection in the capitol, new data showing that women of color accounted for all job losses in December, inequality in the global vaccine rollout, and the economics of police and prison abolition. PS: We’re...

New Economy Roundup: Our 2020 Solidarity Economy Highlights

2020 seemed to last a century. Despite being the year that the term “doom scrolling” was coined, we also saw an unparalleled number of stories about everyday people organizing for real solutions in their communities. The root causes of our struggles became crystal...

Co-ops Not Cops, Largest Strike in World History & Rich Kids Against Capitalism

In this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re talking about the intersections of cooperation and abolition, the historic general strike in India, how organizers are using direct action to build community control of housing, how you can support worker-owned business this...

New Economy Roundup: Solidarity in the Crisis, Local Elections Wins, Give to the Solidarity Economy

This week we’re talking about why the COVID crisis calls for a solidarity economy, local wins for economic democracy, mutual aid hurricane recovery in Central America, the imperialist origins of the US constitution, and how you can support our network. Stories from...

New Economy Roundup: Democracy Defense, Public Banking Act, Land as Commons

As we wait to see the full results and impacts of this week’s election, in this week’s New Economy Roundup, we’re sharing resources on how to defend the elections now and build democracy beyond elections moving forward. We’re also talking about the new Public Banking...

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Resources from our Network

The Ujamaa Hour Archives

The Ujamaa Hour Archives

The Ujamaa Hour is a monthly webcast hosted by writer, facilitator, and organizer, Michael Tekhen Strode, exploring the Black social and solidarity...

Mutual Aid Legal Toolkit

Mutual Aid Legal Toolkit

"Mutual aid networks exploded onto the scene with pandemic shelter-in-place orders. By some counts, there are well over 1,000 new mutual aid...

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Request for Proposals – Interim Operations Support

Request for Proposals – Interim Operations Support

Location: Remote, USA Length of contract: 6 months Time Commitment: Full-time temporary contract position (32 hours per week) Application deadline: ASAP, proposals submitted by Feb 17 are given priority Compensation: Because we are considering individual candidates as...

Honoring Elandria Williams

Honoring Elandria Williams

This organization and our movement would not exist as it is today without Elandria Williams. As this network and the solidarity economy movement in the United States has evolved, Elandria has accompanied us every step of the way with crystal clear vision, deep faith, and unrelenting passion.

NEC offices are closed July 27-31

NEC offices are closed July 27-31

In the spirit of collective care, NEC is taking the week of July 27th off to recognize the impact that the pandemic and uprisings have had on our staff. NEC staff will not be responding to communications or posting to social media for this week. Thank you for your patience while we pause to prioritize rest and reflection over productivity in this moment. 

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