Solidarity Hall

He was the strongest single influence on everything I've done at Solidarity Hall for the last decade.

How do we break free from the Nonprofit Industrial Complex? Starting at noon EST today: Ricardo Nunez of the SELC on worker self-directed nonprofits as a step toward building (independent) social co-ops! Register for a link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

In one hour (noon EST): a rare opportunity to hear from a key member of an Italian social coop in English. Join us for Davide Damiano of Pandora coop in Milan speaking on their prison work and more! Register for a zoom link here: google.com/url?q=https://…

In our new podcast episode, Pete and I play film critics, unpacking this brilliant and bizarre Cold War satire. Oppenheimer also comes up! lostprophets.org/p/10-dr-strang…

“The prophetic is about the possibility of meaning in history and the possibility of God… it’s a gamble. The prophet embodies these possibilities” Marc Ellis. Finding the Lost Prophets podcast is one of the big milestones of this year. Thanks @SolidarityHall and Pete Davis.

A lost prophet of the wilderness, we call Gary Snyder, "whose poetry and spirituality draws from Zen, the 60s counterculture, Native America, and deep ecology." In this new episode, Pete and I interview Gary's friend Peter Coyote: lostprophets.org/p/8-gary-snyde…

Our new interview with the late Marc Ellis on Jewish liberation theology, what "After Israel" means, and the prophetic diaspora. Probably the most powerful episode we've done, recorded early in the war in Gaza and a few months before his passing: lostprophets.org/p/7-marc-ellis…

Some ideas on what buried "contamination" might be poisoning our public life...

Has Ivan Illich's "hour of legibility" finally come? @PeteDDavis and I believe so. Here's our convo with Illich biographer David Cayley about this visionary of the commons, conviviality, and the vocation of friendship. lostprophets.org/p/4-ivan-illic…

The most influential voice in city planning today never got a college degree. To understand cities, she recommended just walking around and looking at them. New episode of Lost Prophets on Jane Jacobs: lostprophets.org/p/2-jane-jacob…

Launching today! The Lost Prophets podcast, hosted by the inimitable Pete Davis @PeteDDavis and myself. All about recovering spiritual politics (Heschel, Day, Illich, Weil, etc.) and more! lostprophets.substack.com/p/introducing-…

Ivan Illich was a “radically orthodox” monsignor who remained tradition-minded his entire life. With Pope Francis, his hour may have finally arrived. americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2…

Join us to hear attorney Jerome Hughes and social entrepreneurship expert Jim Kucher talk about what this "new" type of coop can do about fixing social care in the U.S. Tomorrow, 5/15, at 1 PM ET. More info and registration link here: rmeoc.org/events/.

Can social co-ops "fix" the crisis around child care, elder care, disabled care, etc.? Join us for this 8-week webinar series, sponsored by the RMEOC, the MEDLab, CUNY's Labor/Urban Studies, Shareable, and Rochdale Capital! Register and info here: lnkd.in/drPeBgg8

Launching May 1, the Social Coop Academy, a chance for the solidarity community to take up the challenge of social care by building a new ecosystem--of social co-ops! rmeoc.org/events/

Quebec's remarkable social economy is a broad coalition partly born out of that province's independent streak. Here's my new conversation with Beatrice Alain of the Chantier de l'economie sociale in Montreal: open.substack.com/pub/solidarity…

At Front Porch Republic, my friend Russell Fox has up a terrific review of Wendell Berry's new book, noting Berry's underlying leftist impulses in trying (as he always has) to protect the commons. #comment-870773" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">frontporchrepublic.com/2024/04/thinki…

Here's hoping that the moment for social co-ops in the U.S. has finally arrived. Minsun Ji's perceptive comments in a new NPQ piece: nonprofitquarterly.org/how-us-social-…

The next big thing will be a bunch of small things--like social co-ops? Are they a proven solution to the care crisis? Or even the loneliness epidemic? Come hear Minsun Ji and Jerome Hughes talk about the power of this model. Register with this link: info.usworker.coop/civicrm/event/…

What's the economic policy vision of the Movement for Black Lives? Join @NPQuarterly's webinar w/@AmaraEnyia @Mvmnt4BlkLives, @temibennett @if_fdn,Rahel Teka @PBProject, @RichardWallaceEAT @EatOrgChicago, Rosemary Ndubuizu @_ONEDC. Wed 3/20 at 2p ET: bit.ly/3P1n0OD