The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Chokwe Lumumba
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Rebel Cities 6: How Jackson, Mississippi Is Making the Economy Work for the People
Through participatory democracy and building counter-power, Jackson is organizing, and co-designing, an escape from capitalism and structural racism.
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Can Worker Cooperatives Alleviate Income Inequality?
The pay ratio between the highest- and lowest-paid worker-owners in cooperatives is between 3:1 and 5:1, compared with a ratio of roughly 600:1 in traditional corporations.
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Owning is the New Sharing
People are tired of seeing their communities treated like commodities, and they're looking for ways to build platforms of their own.
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How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in America
Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States. But Cooperation Jackson, a powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, was born to transform it.
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Worker-Owners In New York City Celebrate Largest Ever Co-op Development Fund
Over the next year, the $1.2 million fund will assist in the launch of 28 new cooperatives and the growth of 20 existing cooperatives, supporting the creation of hundreds of jobs in the sector.
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Organized Labor, Public Banks and the Grassroots: Keys to a Worker-Owned Economy
Worker-owned cooperatives build economic democracy. But how do we build more worker-owned cooperatives?
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After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba had a vision of "revolutionary transformation" for Jackson – using public spending to boost local wealth through worker owned co-ops, urban gardening and "solidarity economics" development.
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Welcome to Commonomics: Learning to Build Local, Self-Reliant Economies
When it comes to sustainability and localism, people excluded from policymaking often have the most innovative ideas for building strength.
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The Revolutionary Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has focused on infrastructure investment and self-determination for the people in his city, emphasizing local empowerment to “build a base of autonomous power."
