By Steve Dubb

May 24, 2023

The gathering was titled Building Worker Power through Solidarity, Cooperation and Care. Organized by the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Wellspring Cooperative, a worker co-op network based in nearby Springfield, the conference set to develop deeper ties between unions and worker co-ops—and to advance organizing for a solidarity economy.

This time Eric welcomes Kali Akuno back to CounterPunch to discuss the roots of Cooperation Jackson, the nature of political struggle in Mississippi, and the need to organize against the neo-confederate far right fascist movement. Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson and author of the new book "Jackson Rising Redux: Lessons on Building the Future in the Present."

Photo exhibit and short report on a lecture given by our Executive Director, Kali Akuno, at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The focus of the lecture was Shifting Focus: Building towards and EcoSocialist Future.

Black Jacksonians plan to make this attempt at reinstating white supremacist rule “extremely difficult” to implement.

By

Frances Madeson ,

TRUTHOUT

Published

April 15, 2023

Kali Akuno delivered the First Annual Robert Swann Lecture in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in March, 2023. in 2023, we introduced the Annual Robert Swann Lectures, featuring Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson as the inaugural speaker. The lecture took place in the Great Hall at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA and was followed by a Q&A.

Davey speaks with Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson about new laws being passed in the state of Mississippi. On Feb. 7, the Mississippi State House approved House Bill 1020, a bill that would create a new, unelected court system in the state capital of Jackson.

Check out Part 3 of Joshua Dedmond, our Program Director analyzing the impact of the reactionary legislation being proposed by the Republican majority of the Mississippi legislature that is attempting to construct apartheid 2.0 in Jackson, MS. He also highlights what Cooperation Jackson and the broader progressive social movement in Jackson are doing to combat the reactionary development.

Check out Part 2 of Joshua Dedmond, our Program Director, breaking down highlights of the work of Cooperation Jackson and sharing updates on the social struggles taking place in Jackson in early 2023.

Check out Joshua Dedmond, our Program Director, break down highlights from the work of Cooperation Jackson and provide updates on the social struggles taking place in Jackson in early 2023.

Declining federal funding has left the water infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital at the mercy of conservative state politicians.

By Hadas Thier

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As the 50th anniversary of the book Small is Beautiful, 2023 is our opportunity to advance solutions to today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges that build on Schumacher’s original vision. To meet this calling, the Schumacher Center is convening a monthly series featuring New Economic thinkers, builders and activists from a range of fields. “Schumacher Conversations: Envisioning the Next 50 Years” brings together change-makers whose work today is actively shaping a ‘small is beautiful’ future, organized around 12 key themes and fields of activism.

February’s theme is: Making Reparations: Seeding a Just Future. This online event took place Thursday, February 16th at 2PM (EST).

Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide.

This article provides an example of how our model is being used to inspire others in similar arenas of struggle.

By

Ella Fassler ,

TRUTHOUT

Published

February 16, 2023

Article by Char Adams

January 17, 2023

Grassroots organizers who supported the city’s residents during the water crisis last summer say they’re now out of resources to help those in need.

Written by Pen Loh and Boone Shear

December 14, 2022

This article was adapted from a more extensive journal article called, “Fight and Build: Solidarity Economy as Ontological Politics”, published in Sustainability Science, Volume 17, pp. 1207 - 1221. 

We are republishing here to demonstrate Cooperation Jackson’s influence on the current solidarity economy movement. 

Kali Akuno and Bernard E. Harcourt discuss Cooperation Jackson and read: Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi by Kali Akuno and Ajamu Nangwaya.

Cooperation Jackson, the People’s Network for Land and Liberation, the Institute for Social Ecology and the Symbiosis Network hosted a work-study encounter in Marshfield, Vermont from Friday, July 29th - Friday, August 5th, 2022. The video’s assembled here capture some significant portions of the encounter that we would like to share with the world to engage, study, learn from and build upon. Enjoy!

Frontline Leaders Decry Lack of Progress for Real Climate Justice at COP27 and Call for Further Action to Protect Millions of Lives

It Takes Roots (ITR) consists of the Climate Justice Alliance, the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the Right to the City Alliance. The ITR COP27 Contingent also included the Movement for Black Lives - The Black Hive, Indigenous Climate Action, Just Transition Alliance, La Via Campasina, and the World March of Women.

View Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson’s Executive Director, third broadcast on COP27, conducted on Thursday, November 17, 2022. This recording focuses on the corporate dominance of the COP space and what social movements need to do to impact the climate negotiations process going forward.

This report focused on the corporate capture of the negotiations, particularly by Big Oil and Nuclear, how they are underwriting and drafting the false solution proposals being advanced and incorporated by the nation-states. It also focuses on the extensive “green washing” that occurred at COP27. And focuses on the need for social movements to regroup and build their own initiatives and programs to combat climate change, ecological destruction, and species loss.

Global Afrobeat Live Talk Show | Episode 7 November 15, 2022 live from COP27 Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt Featuring: Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson, USA with your host Denise Abdul-Rahman, The Chisholm Legacy Project & Global Afro-Descendent Climate Justice Collaborative