The Workers' Economy as Global Strategy: What is it? Where is it going? How to nurture it?

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 7:00pm
Alexander Buzgalin, Stephanie Guico, Micky Metts, Peter Ranis, Armando Robles, Andres Ruggeri, Sean Smith, Jesus Torres & Marcelo Vieta

Since 2007, the Workers' Economy Network has brought together some 800 recuperated and self-managed enterprises, cooperatives, social economy organizations, trade unions, and researchers committed to self-management practices and to a new workers' economy.

This discussion took place at the annual meeting of the Left Forum in New York City.

The next major workers' economy event: The 3rd North American regional "encuentro" of the Workers' Economy Network in Mexico City, Nov. 8-10, 2018.

Panelists:
Andres Ruggeri & Marcelo Vieta: "From Network to Movement,
Jesus Tores: TRADOC & the Workers' Economy"
Armando Robles: "Workers' Economy & New Era Windows"
Micky Metts: "Communications & the Workers' Economy"
Alexander Buzgalin: "Worker Management in the USSR & Today"
Stephanie Guico: "A Workers' Economy on Unceded Land"
Sean Smith: "What Union Councils Can Learn from Worker-recuperations"
Peter Ranis: "Workers Challenging Capitalism"
 

UPCOMING TOURS

June 15, 2025 to June 25, 2025
Join us in an exciting visit to Cuba--a country committed to building socialism. We will learn about Cuba’s stunning accomplishments such as free health care and education, its collective production in agricultural and urban cooperatives, We will dialogue with leading thinkers about their visions... Read more
March 3, 2025 to March 7, 2025

We will depart from San Miguel early in the morning to Patzcuaro, where we will spend three days. We will visit the most important buildings and churches in Patzcuaro and also visit a number of nearby indigenous villages:

Upcoming Forums & Films

Monday, March 3, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Omar S. Dahi
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Omar S. Dahi is Professor of Economics at Hampshire College and Founding Director of Security in Context, a research network on peace, conflict, and global affairs. He was born and raised in Syria and currently lives with his wife and two children in Amherst. Dahi has served as a lead expert on the United Nations Economic and Social... Read more

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 1:00pm
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Harry Targ
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Behind the turmoil of the Ukraine and Israeli wars, tensions between the United States and China, African contestation over neo-colonial political, economic, and military influence, and US meddling in the politics of Latin America, there are fundamental forces in play that seek to rearrange and change the architectures of global social... Read more