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What if our economy worked for all of us? 🌍✨ We’re building a world beyond capitalism - where everyone has the power & tools to make decisions that shape our daily lives, in the workplace, in our communities, & in our local government.
We call this #EconomicDemocracy.
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We call this #EconomicDemocracy.
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"What we've done is decided that the worker-owners can be their own engine of change, they can own the economy in their own way." www.bbc.com/news/busines...
#WorkerCoop #WorkerOwned #Labor
#WorkerCoop #WorkerOwned #Labor
New York cleaners create new path to entrepreneurship
Can taking a trick from McDonald's help make co-operatives more efficient?
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January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
"What we've done is decided that the worker-owners can be their own engine of change, they can own the economy in their own way." www.bbc.com/news/busines...
#WorkerCoop #WorkerOwned #Labor
#WorkerCoop #WorkerOwned #Labor
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A Brooklyn credit union just launched a new loan product designed for worker-owned cooperatives. For one agricultural coop, it’s already made a difference.
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A New Loan Product Is Helping Power Brooklyn’s Coops
A Brooklyn credit union just launched a new loan product designed for worker-owned cooperatives. For one agricultural coop, it’s already made a difference.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
A Brooklyn credit union just launched a new loan product designed for worker-owned cooperatives. For one agricultural coop, it’s already made a difference.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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If you're heard of "TOPA" but aren't sure what it is or how it works, @shelterforce.bsky.social has got a video for you! (Hint: It stands for Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, but it's used generically to mean any such policy, not just the original one in DC.)
What Is TOPA?
TOPA is a policy that gives tenants some specific rights when their building goes up for sale. Here we describe what they typically include.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
If you're heard of "TOPA" but aren't sure what it is or how it works, @shelterforce.bsky.social has got a video for you! (Hint: It stands for Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, but it's used generically to mean any such policy, not just the original one in DC.)
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"The cooperative model is a good model for a good society" ❤️🔥 @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Worker-owners are also building this model in the US. Check out the 400+ #WorkerCoops driving economic democracy across our country at usworker.coop
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Worker-owners are also building this model in the US. Check out the 400+ #WorkerCoops driving economic democracy across our country at usworker.coop
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Italy's Radical Solution to Extreme Inequality
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"The cooperative model is a good model for a good society" ❤️🔥 @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Worker-owners are also building this model in the US. Check out the 400+ #WorkerCoops driving economic democracy across our country at usworker.coop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
Worker-owners are also building this model in the US. Check out the 400+ #WorkerCoops driving economic democracy across our country at usworker.coop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZ...
📣 Throughout 2025, we stewarded coalitions to build collective control over our economy.
Launching & stewarding coalitions is at the heart of our work, because collective organizing builds #economicdemocracy in our workplaces, public budgets, housing system, & other resources we need.
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Launching & stewarding coalitions is at the heart of our work, because collective organizing builds #economicdemocracy in our workplaces, public budgets, housing system, & other resources we need.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
📣 Throughout 2025, we stewarded coalitions to build collective control over our economy.
Launching & stewarding coalitions is at the heart of our work, because collective organizing builds #economicdemocracy in our workplaces, public budgets, housing system, & other resources we need.
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Launching & stewarding coalitions is at the heart of our work, because collective organizing builds #economicdemocracy in our workplaces, public budgets, housing system, & other resources we need.
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The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which found just eight billionaires accounted for about a quarter of those gains.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which found just eight billionaires accounted for about a quarter of those gains.
In 2025, Center for Economic Democracy published more than 5 thought pieces & op-eds across local & national platforms to spotlight the powerful movement for #economicdemocracy, building hope & strategy for a future beyond racial capitalism.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 2025, Center for Economic Democracy published more than 5 thought pieces & op-eds across local & national platforms to spotlight the powerful movement for #economicdemocracy, building hope & strategy for a future beyond racial capitalism.
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Worker ownership empowers marginalized workers, particularly in exploitative and low-wage industries like home care and cleaning. Unlike traditional companies where workers lack agency, co-ops grant them direct control over their jobs and deliver the dignity they deserve.
Beloved Community Incubator: Organizing cooperatives, organizing the community | Seed Commons
Building power for excluded workers in Washington, DC
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December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Worker ownership empowers marginalized workers, particularly in exploitative and low-wage industries like home care and cleaning. Unlike traditional companies where workers lack agency, co-ops grant them direct control over their jobs and deliver the dignity they deserve.
There’s power in gatherings. ✨ When organizers come together — from Boston neighborhoods, across Massachusetts, & from every corner of the country — we share strategies, build relationships, & co-create the infrastructure for #economicdemocracy.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There’s power in gatherings. ✨ When organizers come together — from Boston neighborhoods, across Massachusetts, & from every corner of the country — we share strategies, build relationships, & co-create the infrastructure for #economicdemocracy.
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When you choose to shop at locally owned worker co-ops your purchase has power.
Power to support the individuals who work there.
Power to retain wealth in the community.
Power to create local and equitable employment.
Power to support your community.
#shopcoop #gocoop #workerownedcoops
Power to support the individuals who work there.
Power to retain wealth in the community.
Power to create local and equitable employment.
Power to support your community.
#shopcoop #gocoop #workerownedcoops
December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
When you choose to shop at locally owned worker co-ops your purchase has power.
Power to support the individuals who work there.
Power to retain wealth in the community.
Power to create local and equitable employment.
Power to support your community.
#shopcoop #gocoop #workerownedcoops
Power to support the individuals who work there.
Power to retain wealth in the community.
Power to create local and equitable employment.
Power to support your community.
#shopcoop #gocoop #workerownedcoops
As 2025 ends, here's a huge THANK YOU to all our partners, collaborators, organizers, & allies who helped bring our mission to life. 🙌🏽✨
Here are the major wins we're celebrating from this fall!
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Here are the major wins we're celebrating from this fall!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As 2025 ends, here's a huge THANK YOU to all our partners, collaborators, organizers, & allies who helped bring our mission to life. 🙌🏽✨
Here are the major wins we're celebrating from this fall!
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Here are the major wins we're celebrating from this fall!
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📣Big news from our friends at Lift Economy! Registration for the spring cohort of #NextEconomyMBA is officially open! Join changemakers from around the world on a 9-month learning journey to create a regenerative + just economy.
Learn more & register for a free intro: go.lifteconomy.com/mba.
Learn more & register for a free intro: go.lifteconomy.com/mba.
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go.lifteconomy.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📣Big news from our friends at Lift Economy! Registration for the spring cohort of #NextEconomyMBA is officially open! Join changemakers from around the world on a 9-month learning journey to create a regenerative + just economy.
Learn more & register for a free intro: go.lifteconomy.com/mba.
Learn more & register for a free intro: go.lifteconomy.com/mba.
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#CLVU is hiring an Organizing Director ($75,000- $85,000) to lead our citywide tenant and community organizing initiatives💥. Define the organizing agenda, cultivate leadership, and ensure CLVU’s programs drive transformative impact for communities✨. Read full job descriptions here: www.clvu.org/jobs
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#CLVU is hiring an Organizing Director ($75,000- $85,000) to lead our citywide tenant and community organizing initiatives💥. Define the organizing agenda, cultivate leadership, and ensure CLVU’s programs drive transformative impact for communities✨. Read full job descriptions here: www.clvu.org/jobs
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NEW: Behind Italy’s beauty (and parmesan) is a radical tradition of cooperatives.
In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP.
We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.
In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP.
We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.
We Found A Solution To America's Inequality. It's Not Where You'd Expect.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
NEW: Behind Italy’s beauty (and parmesan) is a radical tradition of cooperatives.
In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP.
We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.
In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP.
We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.
Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy!
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-peoples-... @steve-npq.bsky.social
How People’s Budgets Advance Local Democracy: A Conversation with Celina Su | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own.
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy!
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
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People are actively building a more democratic and inclusive economy. Thanks to BRED in Baltimore, cooperative businesses are being established and supported, providing empowering and dignified jobs to working people.
There is an alternative to the status quo. It's called economic democracy.
There is an alternative to the status quo. It's called economic democracy.
BRED: Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy
A worker-led intervention to catalyze a more cooperative economy in Baltimore and beyond.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
People are actively building a more democratic and inclusive economy. Thanks to BRED in Baltimore, cooperative businesses are being established and supported, providing empowering and dignified jobs to working people.
There is an alternative to the status quo. It's called economic democracy.
There is an alternative to the status quo. It's called economic democracy.
🎉 124K+ supporters signed the petition to put #RENTCONTROL on the MA state-wide ballot! CONGRATS Homes for All MA (incl. the hard work of @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social, @ourcityrttc.bsky.social, @lynnunitedma.bsky.social & many more). Let's resist rent gouging & reclaim our housing! #RentControlMA
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎉 124K+ supporters signed the petition to put #RENTCONTROL on the MA state-wide ballot! CONGRATS Homes for All MA (incl. the hard work of @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social, @ourcityrttc.bsky.social, @lynnunitedma.bsky.social & many more). Let's resist rent gouging & reclaim our housing! #RentControlMA
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Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.
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Let Your Voice Be Heard! Urge committee chair Rep Carole Fiola to recommend Opportunity to Own (OTO) forward.
DYK:
• Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO
• OTO got only positive feedback during testimony
• 80% of MA biz have no succession plan
Call Rep Carole Fiola today!
#CoopsYear
DYK:
• Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO
• OTO got only positive feedback during testimony
• 80% of MA biz have no succession plan
Call Rep Carole Fiola today!
#CoopsYear
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Urge committee chair Rep Carole Fiola to recommend Opportunity to Own (OTO) forward.
DYK:
• Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO
• OTO got only positive feedback during testimony
• 80% of MA biz have no succession plan
Call Rep Carole Fiola today!
#CoopsYear
DYK:
• Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO
• OTO got only positive feedback during testimony
• 80% of MA biz have no succession plan
Call Rep Carole Fiola today!
#CoopsYear
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Join us on November 2, at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA, from 2pm to 4pm for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬 RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social
& #CLVU
& #CLVU
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us on November 2, at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA, from 2pm to 4pm for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬 RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social
& #CLVU
& #CLVU
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Join us on November 2nd, from 2pm to 4pm at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬
RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture
A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU
RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture
A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU
October 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Join us on November 2nd, from 2pm to 4pm at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬
RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture
A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU
RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture
A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU
Yes! In #Boston, people are organizing a new home care cooperative in partnership w/ SEIU: www.instagram.com/p/DPCeeGCEadj/
Home health aides are often low-income women of color who struggle to afford the costs of living. We must support models that provide these workers with the pay and the benefits they deserve so they can enjoy dignified lives.
We must create a more equitable distribution of wealth for all people.
We must create a more equitable distribution of wealth for all people.
Places like New York City experience significant levels of poverty, undignified jobs, and low social mobility. Worker cooperatives are a solution. By empowering disadvantaged groups, the model offers a pathway to dignified employment, wealth building, and improved standards of living for workers.
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yes! In #Boston, people are organizing a new home care cooperative in partnership w/ SEIU: www.instagram.com/p/DPCeeGCEadj/