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Center For Economic Democracy: Building a World Beyond Capitalism
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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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🎉 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/
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We celebrate #NationalCoopMonth every October. This year's theme is #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld and co-ops from all the VAWC members to food co-ops, credit unions & farmer co-ops make this month so special.
Check out all that worker co-ops can do for you here: valleyworker.coop/members/
Check out all that worker co-ops can do for you here: valleyworker.coop/members/
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We celebrate #NationalCoopMonth every October. This year's theme is #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld and co-ops from all the VAWC members to food co-ops, credit unions & farmer co-ops make this month so special.
Check out all that worker co-ops can do for you here: valleyworker.coop/members/
Check out all that worker co-ops can do for you here: valleyworker.coop/members/
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Please join us on October 11th "Building Solidarity, Building Power" with Democracy At Work Women Building Up @coopjax.bsky.social #CEANYC #USSolidarityEconomicNetwork #ChiFreshKitchen @redneckgonegreen.bsky.social #BrooklynPackers and more REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/3ae5pbuu
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Please join us on October 11th "Building Solidarity, Building Power" with Democracy At Work Women Building Up @coopjax.bsky.social #CEANYC #USSolidarityEconomicNetwork #ChiFreshKitchen @redneckgonegreen.bsky.social #BrooklynPackers and more REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/3ae5pbuu
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Capitalism is ultimately an authoritarian form of economics that fosters the rise of billionaires, monopolies, purchased politics, and wealth inequality. We combat authoritarianism with democracy. Economic democracy is the path forward, not more capitalism for the wealthy at the expense of the many.
What is Economic Democracy? — The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative
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September 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Capitalism is ultimately an authoritarian form of economics that fosters the rise of billionaires, monopolies, purchased politics, and wealth inequality. We combat authoritarianism with democracy. Economic democracy is the path forward, not more capitalism for the wealthy at the expense of the many.
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Opportunity To Own (H.503/S.305 in MA) is gaining traction!
OTO creates a pathway for worker co-op buyouts preserving jobs, business, and economic democracy for workers.
Please consider contacting your Massachusetts representative and senator today. Find them here:
malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...
OTO creates a pathway for worker co-op buyouts preserving jobs, business, and economic democracy for workers.
Please consider contacting your Massachusetts representative and senator today. Find them here:
malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Opportunity To Own (H.503/S.305 in MA) is gaining traction!
OTO creates a pathway for worker co-op buyouts preserving jobs, business, and economic democracy for workers.
Please consider contacting your Massachusetts representative and senator today. Find them here:
malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...
OTO creates a pathway for worker co-op buyouts preserving jobs, business, and economic democracy for workers.
Please consider contacting your Massachusetts representative and senator today. Find them here:
malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...
MA residents: SAVE THE DATE for the annual Massachusetts #SolidarityEconomy Festival & Gathering! October 4th + 5th in Holyoke, MA.
The day will be filled with connection, skill sharing, food, art, strategizing, education, & joy! Register at bit.ly/MASEN2025
The day will be filled with connection, skill sharing, food, art, strategizing, education, & joy! Register at bit.ly/MASEN2025
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
MA residents: SAVE THE DATE for the annual Massachusetts #SolidarityEconomy Festival & Gathering! October 4th + 5th in Holyoke, MA.
The day will be filled with connection, skill sharing, food, art, strategizing, education, & joy! Register at bit.ly/MASEN2025
The day will be filled with connection, skill sharing, food, art, strategizing, education, & joy! Register at bit.ly/MASEN2025
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In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia.
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When Neighbors Take Ownership of Their Housing Future
In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia.
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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🗞️Big news about our effort to build movement space in #Boston! After our zoning setback, we & our Community Movement Commons partners found a creative path forward: The Archipelago. It's a multi-site campus model in which we propose to build across 2 sites in Roxbury. 🧵
#CommunityMovementCommons
#CommunityMovementCommons
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🗞️Big news about our effort to build movement space in #Boston! After our zoning setback, we & our Community Movement Commons partners found a creative path forward: The Archipelago. It's a multi-site campus model in which we propose to build across 2 sites in Roxbury. 🧵
#CommunityMovementCommons
#CommunityMovementCommons
At our #ResistAndBuild gathering, we asked: How do we create an economy that centers our needs?
From resisting ICE to mutual aid, from funding #WorkerCoops to building real safety - we explored what it means to care for each other in crisis & beyond.
#SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
From resisting ICE to mutual aid, from funding #WorkerCoops to building real safety - we explored what it means to care for each other in crisis & beyond.
#SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
At our #ResistAndBuild gathering, we asked: How do we create an economy that centers our needs?
From resisting ICE to mutual aid, from funding #WorkerCoops to building real safety - we explored what it means to care for each other in crisis & beyond.
#SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
From resisting ICE to mutual aid, from funding #WorkerCoops to building real safety - we explored what it means to care for each other in crisis & beyond.
#SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
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More businesses are transitioning to worker ownership!
Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.
Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.
Taproot Becomes Canada’s Largest Employee Ownership Trust
Taproot is now Canada’s largest Employee Ownership Trust and the first in social services, giving 750 employees an equal stake in the future.
taproot.ca
September 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More businesses are transitioning to worker ownership!
Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.
Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.
🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Lily Huang to our team - a powerhouse organizer & visionary leader who has spent over 15 years building collective power to win big for workers, immigrants, & our public schools. ✊🏽
🌱 With Lily, we’re ready to take our movement for #EconomicDemocracy to the next level. 🌎
🌱 With Lily, we’re ready to take our movement for #EconomicDemocracy to the next level. 🌎
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Lily Huang to our team - a powerhouse organizer & visionary leader who has spent over 15 years building collective power to win big for workers, immigrants, & our public schools. ✊🏽
🌱 With Lily, we’re ready to take our movement for #EconomicDemocracy to the next level. 🌎
🌱 With Lily, we’re ready to take our movement for #EconomicDemocracy to the next level. 🌎
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We're building economic democracy - join us!
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.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
We call this #EconomicDemocracy.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
Center For Economic Democracy: Building a World Beyond Capitalism
This is "Center For Economic Democracy: Building a World Beyond Capitalism" by Economics for Emancipation on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and…
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September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're building economic democracy - join us!
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.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
We call this #EconomicDemocracy.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
Center For Economic Democracy: Building a World Beyond Capitalism
This is "Center For Economic Democracy: Building a World Beyond Capitalism" by Economics for Emancipation on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and…
vimeo.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
We call this #EconomicDemocracy.
vimeo.com/1110131325/f...
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Join us September 9th (4pm pacific / 7pm eastern) for a special online panel discussion where we will discuss the role, importance (and challenges) of organizing popular assemblies as a vehicle for community empowerment and direct democracy. RSVP at municipalism.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join us September 9th (4pm pacific / 7pm eastern) for a special online panel discussion where we will discuss the role, importance (and challenges) of organizing popular assemblies as a vehicle for community empowerment and direct democracy. RSVP at municipalism.org
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✨Welcome to our first quarterly round up at CED, where we share the latest updates on all the work we we're moving to build a world beyond capitalism.✨
As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵
As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵
August 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
✨Welcome to our first quarterly round up at CED, where we share the latest updates on all the work we we're moving to build a world beyond capitalism.✨
As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵
As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵
📣SPEAK UP: support MA workers in collectively purchasing their workplaces. Opportunity to Own gives workers the chance to become business owners when their company's up for sale. Register for a Digital Art Build to amplify & win this visionary campaign: bit.ly/amplifyOTO
#OpportunityToOwnMA #Labor
#OpportunityToOwnMA #Labor
September 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
📣SPEAK UP: support MA workers in collectively purchasing their workplaces. Opportunity to Own gives workers the chance to become business owners when their company's up for sale. Register for a Digital Art Build to amplify & win this visionary campaign: bit.ly/amplifyOTO
#OpportunityToOwnMA #Labor
#OpportunityToOwnMA #Labor
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Happy Labor Day. Workers are the foundation of the economy. There is no wealth creation without labor.
Feel free to follow and support the worker-owned cooperatives here on Bluesky. As democratic organizations, they contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
Feel free to follow and support the worker-owned cooperatives here on Bluesky. As democratic organizations, they contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Labor Day. Workers are the foundation of the economy. There is no wealth creation without labor.
Feel free to follow and support the worker-owned cooperatives here on Bluesky. As democratic organizations, they contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
Feel free to follow and support the worker-owned cooperatives here on Bluesky. As democratic organizations, they contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society for everyone.
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#LaborDay is a time to remind ourselves of the importance of solidarity — that progress comes when people recognize that we need each other and organize together.
We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️
Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️
Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/labor-h...
Labor History Censored on Labor Day
Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#LaborDay is a time to remind ourselves of the importance of solidarity — that progress comes when people recognize that we need each other and organize together.
We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️
Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/labor-h...
We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️
Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/labor-h...
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📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | This Job is Trash | Why We Need a Solidarity Economy Now
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August 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out our weekly newsletter for #WorkerCoop and #SolidarityEconomy news and information!
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Opportunity to Own is MA legislation that gives workers a chance to buy their businesses when up for sale. Facing a wave of local biz closures, it would prevent layoffs & acquisitions by extractive investors.
Use our easy tool to contact your MA legislators: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...
Use our easy tool to contact your MA legislators: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...
August 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Opportunity to Own is MA legislation that gives workers a chance to buy their businesses when up for sale. Facing a wave of local biz closures, it would prevent layoffs & acquisitions by extractive investors.
Use our easy tool to contact your MA legislators: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...
Use our easy tool to contact your MA legislators: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...