In 2025, Center for Economic Democracy published more than 5 thought pieces & op-eds across local & national platforms to spotlight the powerful movement for #economicdemocracy, building hope & strategy for a future beyond racial capitalism. Thread -->

Worker ownership empowers marginalized workers, particularly in exploitative and low-wage industries like home care and cleaning. Unlike traditional companies where workers lack agency, co-ops grant them direct control over their jobs and deliver the dignity they deserve.

There’s power in gatherings. ✨ When organizers come together — from Boston neighborhoods, across Massachusetts, & from every corner of the country — we share strategies, build relationships, & co-create the infrastructure for #economicdemocracy. Thread -->

When you choose to shop at locally owned worker co-ops your purchase has power. Power to support the individuals who work there. Power to retain wealth in the community. Power to create local and equitable employment. Power to support your community. #shopcoop #gocoop #workerownedcoops

As 2025 ends, here's a huge THANK YOU to all our partners, collaborators, organizers, & allies who helped bring our mission to life. 🙌🏽✨ Here are the major wins we're celebrating from this fall! 🧵-->

📣Big news from our friends at Lift Economy! Registration for the spring cohort of #NextEconomyMBA is officially open! Join changemakers from around the world on a 9-month learning journey to create a regenerative + just economy. Learn more & register for a free intro: go.lifteconomy.com/mba.

#CLVU is hiring an Organizing Director ($75,000- $85,000) to lead our citywide tenant and community organizing initiatives💥. Define the organizing agenda, cultivate leadership, and ensure CLVU’s programs drive transformative impact for communities✨. Read full job descriptions here: www.clvu.org/jobs

NEW: Behind Italy’s beauty (and parmesan) is a radical tradition of cooperatives. In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP. We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.

Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy! #BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy

People are actively building a more democratic and inclusive economy. Thanks to BRED in Baltimore, cooperative businesses are being established and supported, providing empowering and dignified jobs to working people. There is an alternative to the status quo. It's called economic democracy.

🎉 124K+ supporters signed the petition to put #RENTCONTROL on the MA state-wide ballot! CONGRATS Homes for All MA (incl. the hard work of @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social, @ourcityrttc.bsky.social, @lynnunitedma.bsky.social & many more). Let's resist rent gouging & reclaim our housing! #RentControlMA

Inclusivity is key to democracy. This means equal voting rights in our politics, but it can't end there. The economy also affects us in many ways. What does inclusivity mean in the context of economics? It means inclusivity in ownership, the vehicle of economic power. It means worker ownership.

Let Your Voice Be Heard! Urge committee chair Rep Carole Fiola to recommend Opportunity to Own (OTO) forward. DYK: • Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO • OTO got only positive feedback during testimony • 80% of MA biz have no succession plan Call Rep Carole Fiola today! #CoopsYear

Join us on November 2, at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA, from 2pm to 4pm for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬 RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU

Join us on November 2nd, from 2pm to 4pm at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film, A Collective Future! ✨🎬 RSVP tickets here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture A collab btwn @economicdemocracy.us @aarw.bsky.social & #CLVU

Yes! In #Boston, people are organizing a new home care cooperative in partnership w/ SEIU: www.instagram.com/p/DPCeeGCEadj/

We celebrate #NationalCoopMonth every October. This year's theme is #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld and co-ops from all the VAWC members to food co-ops, credit unions & farmer co-ops make this month so special. Check out all that worker co-ops can do for you here: valleyworker.coop/members/

Please join us on October 11th "Building Solidarity, Building Power" with Democracy At Work Women Building Up @coopjax.bsky.social #CEANYC #USSolidarityEconomicNetwork #ChiFreshKitchen @redneckgonegreen.bsky.social #BrooklynPackers and more REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/3ae5pbuu

Capitalism is ultimately an authoritarian form of economics that fosters the rise of billionaires, monopolies, purchased politics, and wealth inequality. We combat authoritarianism with democracy. Economic democracy is the path forward, not more capitalism for the wealthy at the expense of the many.

Opportunity To Own (H.503/S.305 in MA) is gaining traction! OTO creates a pathway for worker co-op buyouts preserving jobs, business, and economic democracy for workers. Please consider contacting your Massachusetts representative and senator today. Find them here: malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...

MA residents: SAVE THE DATE for the annual Massachusetts #SolidarityEconomy Festival & Gathering! October 4th + 5th in Holyoke, MA. The day will be filled with connection, skill sharing, food, art, strategizing, education, & joy! Register at bit.ly/MASEN2025

In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

🗞️Big news about our effort to build movement space in #Boston! After our zoning setback, we & our Community Movement Commons partners found a creative path forward: The Archipelago. It's a multi-site campus model in which we propose to build across 2 sites in Roxbury. 🧵 #CommunityMovementCommons

At our #ResistAndBuild gathering, we asked: How do we create an economy that centers our needs? From resisting ICE to mutual aid, from funding #WorkerCoops to building real safety - we explored what it means to care for each other in crisis & beyond. #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy

More businesses are transitioning to worker ownership! Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.

🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Lily Huang to our team - a powerhouse organizer & visionary leader who has spent over 15 years building collective power to win big for workers, immigrants, & our public schools. ✊🏽 🌱 With Lily, we’re ready to take our movement for #EconomicDemocracy to the next level. 🌎

We're building economic democracy - join us!

What if our economy worked for all of us? 🌍✨ We’re building a world beyond capitalism - where everyone has the power & tools to make decisions that shape our daily lives, in the workplace, in our communities, & in our local government. We call this #EconomicDemocracy. vimeo.com/1110131325/f...

Join us September 9th (4pm pacific / 7pm eastern) for a special online panel discussion where we will discuss the role, importance (and challenges) of organizing popular assemblies as a vehicle for community empowerment and direct democracy. RSVP at municipalism.org

✨Welcome to our first quarterly round up at CED, where we share the latest updates on all the work we we're moving to build a world beyond capitalism.✨ As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵

📣SPEAK UP: support MA workers in collectively purchasing their workplaces. Opportunity to Own gives workers the chance to become business owners when their company's up for sale. Register for a Digital Art Build to amplify & win this visionary campaign: bit.ly/amplifyOTO #OpportunityToOwnMA #Labor

Happy Labor Day. Workers are the foundation of the economy. There is no wealth creation without labor. Feel free to follow and support the worker-owned cooperatives here on Bluesky. As democratic organizations, they contribute to a more equitable and inclusive society for everyone.

#LaborDay is a time to remind ourselves of the importance of solidarity — that progress comes when people recognize that we need each other and organize together. We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/labor-h...

Check out our weekly newsletter for #WorkerCoop and #SolidarityEconomy news and information! newsletter.geo.coop/archive/copy...

Opportunity to Own is MA legislation that gives workers a chance to buy their businesses when up for sale. Facing a wave of local biz closures, it would prevent layoffs & acquisitions by extractive investors. Use our easy tool to contact your MA legislators: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...

✨Welcome to our first quarterly round up at CED, where we share the latest updates on all the work we we're moving to build a world beyond capitalism.✨ As our communities are under attack - facing rollbacks of essential services that have kept us housed, fed, & well - resistance is growing...🧵

We try to clarify what happened in D.C. this week, what we can expect in the future, and what this all means for the residents who call D.C. home. There's a lot we don't know, but we'll continue following this story in the days and weeks to come. 51st.news/trump-dc-mpd...

Medford, Massachusetts just voted to divest city funds from weapons manufacturers, fossil fuel companies, private prisons, and all entities violating human rights. "This is about what it means for communities to invest in ways that lift up and support basic human rights."

When a biz goes up for sale, the workers should be able to keep their jobs, continue the business, & keep boosting the local economy. When they collectively buy & run the company, everyone wins. That's why we're organizing for #OpportunityToOwnMA! SPEAK OUTt: secure.everyaction.com/opnh4hAVA0e5...

🚨 NEWS: Homes For All Mass is taking the fight for rent stabilization in Massachusetts to the next level. We’re collecting signatures for the 2026 ballot to CAP RENT HIKES in MA at inflation w/ a MAX of 5%. Lawmakers haven’t acted--so we’re putting power in the hands of voters. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻🗳️ #MaPoli (1/6)

We're excited to share an update on our progress in bargaining with REI! This past week the national bargaining committee and REI came to an agreement to establish a national bargaining structure to inform store-level collective bargaining agreements for the 11 unionized REI stores.

Check out our 4-course online certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership! Learn about co-op ecosystems and democratic solutions that move us toward a solidarity economy and transformative change in our workplaces, our world, and our communities: forms.gle/CsZ6SUs8ovFXK4Nr6

Employee ownership of businesses has the potential to be a tool of social transformation. Getting there, however, requires building the muscle of democratic leadership. nonprofitquarterly.org/leadership-a... @steve-npq.bsky.social‬

Public power advocates! @ilsr.bsky.social just released our Public Power Handbook, with step-by-step guidance on how to municipalize (take over) a private electric utility: ilsr.org/articles/pub...

Gentrification funded by city subsidies? Louisville’s new tool aims to stop that by vetting projects for displacement risk. A step toward fair housing! Read here: bit.ly/4ktbBo8 #UrbanEquity #AffordableHousing #StopGentrification

📣 Western MA! This Sunday!! The power of standing together! A huge, joyful tent! Valley Solidarity Economy Cookout at Holyoke Community Field, Community Field Rd., Holyoke. When: Sun., July 27, 12:00-4:00 p.m. Where: Holyoke Community Field Info and register: wellspringcoop.org/events/valle...

Here's a list of them! go.bsky.app/4vBEs7Z

"Farmworkers in our communities are terrified. We have families who are being destroyed." Teresa Romero, president of @ufw.bsky.social, describes the devastating impact of ICE raids and arrests on immigrant workers in the agricultural industry.

@neweconomycoalition has a very expansive Solidarity Economy Resource List: neweconomy.net/resource-lis.... We have an upcoming, free online workshop Co-ops and Solidarity Economics. RSVP: linktr.ee/atxcooperatives or acba.coop/events

The "Silver Tsunami" is a broad-based exit of business ownership affecting jobs and business in MA. The Opportunity To Own bill will create a built-in pathway to retain jobs, wealth, and important business infrastructure. Learn more here: valleyworker.coop/legislative-... #gocoop #workercooperatives