If you Hate capitalism you'll Love this Map
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The Dual Power Map
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The Dual Power Map is a strategic jump-off point for those looking to build #DualPower against the oppressive power of the state and the exploitative power of capital.
Read MoreApple, Amazon, and the rest of Big Tech all have a lot to learn from the Green New Deal
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An interesting article by Katherine Schwab published in Fast Company that addressed the question of what big tech can and should learn from the formulations and debates being articulated around the Green New Deal. This article features some aspects of the thought and practice of Cooperation Jackson.
Read MoreGreen from Below
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Critical article about building a just transition and eco-socialism from below by Zaina Alsous of Scalawag Magazine, a journal of Southern culture, politics, and resistance. The article features aspects of the work and thought of Cooperation Jackson.
Read MoreThe Global Movement Against Gentrification
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An article written by Steve Early in Counterpunch Magazine focusing on the continuing development of the left-oriented Municipalist Movement and the growing Fearless Cities Movement being lead by Barcelona En Comu. Cooperation Jackson is an affiliate of the Fearless Cities Movement and featured in this article.
Read MoreA Cross-Atlantic Plan to Break Capital's Control
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An article in Jacobin Magazine focusing on efforts to democratize the economy by the Bernie Sanders campaign and the Labor Party in the United Kingdom under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
Written by Peter Gowan and Mathew Lawrence
“Bernie Sanders’s plan for worker-owned funds isn’t just notable because it could lead us toward a democratized, sustainable, socialist economy. It’s also the product of a growing collaboration between the Left in the United States and the United Kingdom.” - From Jacobin Magazine
The alternative economy for people of color in Jackson, MS
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An article from the Independent, a United Kingdom based left newspaper, from June 1st, 2019. The article is based on an interview conducted in Dorset, England in late May 2019 during the Stir To Action training conducted by Kali Akuno and Sacajawea Hall.
Read MoreMural Magic in West Jackson
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Jackson Free Press article about the Community Arts Festival held in April 2019, featuring Shambe Jones, Justin Ransberg and Krystal Jackson, aka Krystal Gem.
Read MoreSolidarity Economy: Case Studies from Rojava and Jackson, Mississippi
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Sacajawea Hall from Cooperation Jackson and Huriye Semdin from Rojava shared their experience during a workshop at Ways Forward in May 2019.
Read MoreSAAFON works to restore Land Justice for Black Farmers in the South
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The Georgia-based farm group supports hundreds of Black farmers to become economic powerhouses in their communities.
Artists create murals to beautify and unite downtown's inner city→
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Television coverage of the Seven Days Community Arts Festival from WLBT Channel 3.
Read MoreThe Green New Deal must have a Zero-Waste Policy
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Article from our own Kali Akuno, published In These Times as part of their special “Getting to Zero” special edition on the Green New Deal and how it can become legislation and what it must contain.
Read MoreAfrofuturism, Indigenous People, and Inter-Sectional Spaces: These Jackson Artists hope their creations inspire a community→
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Article by the Mississippi Link on the Seven Days Community Arts Festival focusing on its themes and desired impact in our West Jackson community.
Read MoreCooperation Jackson hosts Community Arts Festival →
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Local news station WLBT Channel 3 featured a story about our Seven Days Community Arts Festival on Sunday, April 21st, 2019. This segment featured local artist and Community Production Cooperative worker owner, Kwame Braxton talking about AfroFuturism, the Community Arts Festival, the Community Production Center, and Cooperation Jackson.
Read MoreCan the Working Class Change the World? Interview with Michael D. Yates on WRFG Labor Forum
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Michael D. Yates, economist, labor educator, and associate editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review, discusses his new book, Can the Working Class Change the World?, on WRFG Labor Forum on March 11, 2019. In this interview Yates discusses aspects of our vision and our efforts to build worker cooperatives as instruments of working class power and self-organization.
Read MoreThe Dream of Revolution by Robin D. G. Kelley→
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In this speech, Professor Robin D. G. Kelley, explains Dr. Martin Luther King’s radical vision, the program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, the Spirit of 1968, the aims and objectives of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika, and the continuation of these visions and objectives in the Jackson-Kush Plan and its aims and objectives.
This lecture was given in Williamstown, MS on November 15, 2018. It was released on Alternative Radio by David Barsamian on March 25, 2019.
Read MoreIt's Eco-Socialism or Death
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Jacobin Magazine interviews Cooperation Jackson leader Kali Akuno on the Green New Deal, the need for mass civil disobedience, and the necessity of building an internationalist movement for eco-socialism.
Jackson Rising book review from Real Change
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Review by Mike World.
The capital of a state dominated by a history of White supremacy is in the midst of a radical transformation
Read MoreCooperation Jackson with Stir to Action: Building Economic Democracy→
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Jackson, Mississippi has become a noted hotbed of radical, municipal politics over the last decade. One of the leading organisations in this radical municipal experiment is Cooperation Jackson. Cooperation Jackson is an emerging vehicle for sustainable community development, collective ownership, and economic democracy in Jackson.
Stir to Action interview with Kali Akuno→
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Cooperation Jackson Executive Director, Kali Akuno, speaks with Jonathan Gordon-Farleigh, with the UK based organization, Stir to Action, about Cooperation Jackson, the Jackson-Kush Plan, and the struggle to build solidarity economy and economic democracy in Jackson, Mississippi.
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