Panel held at Starr Bar in Brooklyn, NY 6/5/17

Featuring
Mike Sandmel - New Economy Coalition
Lauren Hudson - SolidarityNYC
Saduf Syal - NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives
Lauren Wilfong - New Economy Project

The history of “Solidarity Economy” organizing, building alternative economic institutions as part of a broader movement strategy, is at least as old as the left itself.

Popular struggles ranging from earliest modern labor movements in Britain and the US, to the Indian independence movement, to the global Black Liberation movement, to Energiewende and other climate justice campaigns in Europe, have all demonstrated that “resistance” work, to be successful, must go hand in hand with concrete visionary organizing.

These movements built community-controlled institutions to meet people's needs while providing meaningful examples of what a more just and democratic society looks like in practice. Today, when so many, both activists and everyday people, feel short on hope, the role of visionary economic organizing is more important than ever.

In advance of this month's Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (June 9-11 at Fordham Midtown) this panel will feature leaders from across NYC sharing stories of communities building powerful bottom-up solutions that model economic democracy, sustainability, and social justice as cornerstones of a new world in waiting.

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