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ArcHub: Economy

If the economy is fucked, why hasn't it crashed yet? [video]

The real tragedy of the commons [video] by Andrewism [yt]

★ What if we ran the economy? [video] by Andrewism [yt]

★ TheElementsOfMutualAid.com [website] [mastodon] [videos - pt] [videos - yt]

Gift Economy

Gift economy is the practice of freely giving what you dont need to those who do. It promotes cooperation and inclusivity, aiming to meet everyone's basic needs while reducing waste and overproduction. Some examples:

Library Economy

Library economy is a system that emphasizes shared access to resources and goods within a community, allowing individuals to borrow items instead of owning them. It promotes cooperation and inclusivity, aiming to meet everyone's basic needs while reducing waste and overproduction. Here is a video introduction:

We Need a Library Economy [video] - by Andrew Sage

And here are some examples:

Ethical Exchange

    ChooseImpact.Work [website] - a quiz to help you evaluate a job opportunity based on its impact on you and the world

    Community-Exchange.org - exchange and share using a variety of exchange methods: record keeping, time exchange, direct exchange, barter, swapping, gifting and sharing

Alternative Currency

Vote With Your Dollars

Education and Organization

    ★ Economics4Emancipation.net - A Course on Capitalism, Solidarity and How We Get Free

    Industrial Workers of the World - The member-led, grassroots union that gets results.

    ❤ GEO.coop - decentralized collective of educators, researchers and grassroots activists working to promote solidarity economy

    ❤ NewEconomy.net - coalition of organizations building the solidarity economy in the U.S.

    ❤ USSEN.org - US Solidarity Economy Network

    ❤ USWorker.coop - Grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces

    WeAreOpen.coop - worker co-op of strategists, innovators, and facilitators designing and delivering strategies and tactics for organisations

    Organizing.Work [website] - articles about the nuts and bolts of organizing from a militant and class struggle perspective.

    ❤ WorkerOrganizing.org [website] - Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is a joint project of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), EWOC offers phone consultations and training to anyone trying to take action together with coworkers.

    ❤ LaborNotes.org [website] Group that produces print and online magazine, books, conferences, and workshops in support and promotion of member-run unions.

    RadHousing.org [website] - Retrofit and Decommodify housing Collectively, and in Solidarity

History of worker organization

Salvage Economy

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