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01/21/2022

In episode 9 of Half Past Capitalism, guest Gopal Dayaneni talks climate justice, creating a crisis of jurisdiction, and building a visionary democratic network of cooperative funding.

In a few years, Seed Commons has grown into a $15 million fund that supports worker cooperatives meeting community needs marginalized areas. Their approach to "non-extractive finance" puts emphasis on relationships and supporting worker owned businesses to succeed by every measure.

Along the way, Gopal lays out his vision for movement building and how cooperatives fit into it. Sneak preview: he doesn't think we can "co-op our way out of capitalism."

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItdbHsRQsQM

LISTEN: Subscribe to HPC on any major podcast platform (and let me know if you can't find it on your fav). Links to Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and plain ol' RSS etc here (see the row of icons): https://anchor.fm/halfpastcapitalism

01/05/2022

New year's resolution?

11/01/2021

Looking back at how we transformed the economy and saved the planet.

09/16/2021

"Since 2004, the earliest date that online parliamentary records are kept, the Liberals and Conservatives voted together more than 600 times on bills."

Two parties voted together more than 600 times in Parliament since 2004, blocking dozens of progressive bills, data shows.

08/21/2021

"As the climate crisis escalates, movement groups or member-based political organizations are the most likely birthplace of a demand that can become irresistible enough to pierce the mainstream. "

Movements have used NDP-backed minority governments to deliver transformative change, and they could do it again

08/09/2021

Avi Lewis says it's time to take on the forces that are sucking the wealth of our society out of a straw called the Federal Government. "It's payback time."

In our new video, explains how Canada’s corporate class has gotten rich off public handouts from their friends in government. There’s only one way ...

05/21/2020

MEC’s Board of directors is facing allegations of election rigging as the co-op struggles to “keep the lights on,” facing financial troubles and additional losses because of pandemic shutdowns.

05/17/2020

MEC board elections are open until May 21st at noon.

Vote here: https://elections.mec.ca/vote/

The MEC election runs until Tuesday. May 21st!

We have a chance to vote for democracy at our Mountain Equipment Co-op. It's simple: vote NON-RECOMMENDED candidates ONLY.

To vote, visit https://elections.mec.ca/vote/

If you've ever shopped at MEC, you're already a member-owner, and you can vote.

Vote & share!

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12/14/2019

Here's step one of our Communications for All strategy.

"The fight for a publicly-owned broadband and wireless infrastructure will be waged at many different levels, but it does not start from scratch.

"Existing public infrastructures and organizations, such as power companies at the municipal and provincial level and Canada Post, the CBC and even a repurposed Canada Infrastructure Bank at the federal level, will be key to creating a viable public sector challenge to the monopolistic Big Five.

"The struggle at all levels should carry a common demand: a federated and cooperatively managed telecommunications system in public hands."

Read the whole thing:
http://www.couragecoalition.ca/communications-for-all-part-i/

06/05/2019

RSVP NOW On Sunday June 9, Tell Canada to Walk the Climate Emergency Talk, No Trans Mountain Pipeline