GEO Collective

Wouldn't it be cool if there were something like this website, only instead of being owned by one guy, it was owned and controlled, democratically, by it's users? 🤔 Oh wait, that thing already exists! It's at social.coop

In the Northwest US and interested in #Coops? Come to the first bi-annual Cascadia Cooperative Conference, Aug 25 & 26 in Seattle. #cooperatives nwcdc.coop/cascadia-conf-…

#Cooperation Among #Coops in #Cincinnati: An Interview with Andy Bowling of comp.coop youtube.com/watch?v=ZM4gY4…

Unionized REI employees are calling on members of the outdoor retail co-op to vote no in this year’s board of director elections after the company excluded two union-backed candidates from the ballot. geo.coop/gleanings/rei-…

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In this broadcast, Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard discusses the history and importance of Black economic cooperatives. geo.coop/articles/power…

What if the way we support artists is broken, but the answers have been with us all along? How collective economic models could be the key to artists' survival. youtube.com/watch?v=2QbUYf…

Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good. geo.coop/articles/tale-…

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Join us tonight at 7:00 for GEO Live #22. youtube.com/live/_iW20Z9kl…

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Union members are taking over the Utah statehouse to make their voices heard. Lawmakers are trying to take away the freedom for public service workers to have union representation and a voice on the job. This is collective power IN ACTION! ✊

In 2014, the seminal book, Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice debuted, and with it a flame sparked in the cooperative movement. Ten years later and the book is out with a second edition. geo.coop/articles/celeb…

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? SRC explores these pressing questions through a conversation between organizers working on the frontlines of today’s social movements. geo.coop/gleanings/comm…

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David Bollier discusses the politics of care with Valeria Graziano and Tomislav Medak, co-authors of the new book "Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity." geo.coop/articles/pirat…

Faced with the erratic and negligent response of the city and county’s various institutions, the communities of LA have been left to take matters into their own hands through pop-up mutual aid networks and collaborative care. geo.coop/gleanings/repo…

Reem’s California is an Arab bakery shop in San Francisco, democratically run by local workers. Using worker-ownership, the restaurant challenges the long-standing inequality and violence prevalent in the restaurant industry. geo.coop/articles/arab-…

GO-OP rail is a new type of Open Access railway operator that's local, community-based and with a co-operative ownership model that means it is there to serve passengers and workers. It’s all very laudable but is it credible? geo.coop/articles/go-op…

Grassroots Disaster Relief in Asheville geo.coop/articles/grass…

On Everything Co-op, Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo discusses the evolution of housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C., the prospect of forming a federation of limited equity housing co-ops, and the role co-ops play in improving quality of life for participants. geo.coop/gleanings/ajow…