The Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee: A mass movement of Dalit landless farmers
Cooperation Town Co-op
Confederalism: What is it?
What are community land trusts?
The Black Panthers and Mutual Aid: A look at the free breakfast program
Workers Councils
What is Capitalism?

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We support people and communities who are committed to economic and social justice to create or join initiatives that live and breathe the values of the solidarity economy: real democracy, social justice, ecological sustainability, and co-operation.
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What is the solidarity economy?

The solidarity economy is an interconnected worldwide tapestry of people, organisations, economic initiatives, projects and activity all committed to building a better world together. It’s both a means of self defence for surviving and sustaining our communities through the onslaught of neoliberalism and wider economic uncertainty, as well as a framework and set of tools and examples people across the world are using to create transformative and liberatory change – a new world in the shell of the old…

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Our Projects

We support people and communities who are committed to economic and social justice to create or join initiatives that live and breathe the values of the solidarity economy: real democracy, social justice, ecological sustainability, and co-operation.
Workshops

Workshops

tailored workshops for you or your group

SEA can offer tailored workshops to suit the needs of your group or community. Pricing is flexible and based on need and available resources. We'll work with you to plan how to fund a workshop, so don't let cost be a barrier- even if you have no money.

Solidarity Economy Organisers Network

Building a Solidarity Economy Organisers Network

We want to help weave a web between organisations that can support and learn from each other, in order to build up a thriving solidarity economy that can meet people’s needs, build their power to fight exploitation and bring collective ownership of their communities’ resources.

Co-operation in Mesopotamia

Co-operation in Mesopotamia

Fostering international solidarity between the UK co-op movement and the predominantly women-led solidarity economy that’s being created in North and East Syria (Rojava) and Bakur (southeastern Turkey).

Water for Rojava

Raising funds for vital water projects and women's co-operatives in North and East Syria.

Political Co-op Education

We participate in a wide variety of online and physical events, running workshops and giving talks with the aim of bringing a deeper political consciousness to the co-op movement.

The Digital Commons Cooperative

DCC is a platform cooperative that is owned by its users, workers, investors, and data providers. It uses GIS, mapping, linked data and other tools to empower communities and help social justice and solidarity economy organisations leverage the power of data for regenerative change.

Owned by Oxford

Owned by Oxford is a 'Bottom up meets Top down' Community Wealth Building pilot project, working to build a community-led economy in Oxford, UK. It was co-founded by SEA, in partnership with several local Oxford cooperatives, grass roots community enterprises and the Oxford City Council.

Mutual Aid

[Coming soon!]

Conversations with Gamechangers Webinars

Solidarity economy strategies for a new and better world

A series of online conversations with radical grass-roots solidarity economy organisations across the world who are breaking new ground in their own contexts while building power in their communities.

Mapping the Solidarity Economy

Connecting the Solidarity Economy together

Since our inception, SEA has been researching how we can use digital technology to promote and connect the co-operative and solidarity economies, with a focus on distributed directories, maps and Linked Open Data.

Solidarity Economy Resources

We produce educational resources on a variety of topics to support and grow the alternative to capitalism; a solidarity economy from below.