The Solidarity Economy Organisers Network, or SE-ON, is a project launched by SEA in 2021 to bring together often disparate groups working at the grassroots of the solidarity economy, to weave relationships between groups and movements and build an ecologically sustainable, resilient and socially just economic system. In December 2021, Read more
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new project, the Solidarity Economy Organisers Network, where we will be strengthening our relationships with three inspiring solidarity economy organisations! Decolonising Economics are a grassroots collective working towards building a new economy movement rooted in racial justice. They deliver workshops, support Read more
It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Nigel Todd this weekend. Nigel was a comrade, friend and a great supporter of the Solidarity Economy Association since its formation. It was Nigel’s encouragement which led us to propose the first member resolution of the Co-operative College, Read more
Readings and discussion of themes from Tracksuits, Traumas and Class Traitors by D.P. Hunter, hosted by Solidarity Economy Association 3-5pm, Sunday 29 November, 2020 Practices of solidarity economy and transformative justice are woven into the social fabric of communities at the sharp end of the neoliberal system – often invisible Read more
Today, 19 July 2020, is the 8th anniversary of the start of the Rojava Revolution in northern Syria. On 19 July 2012, people took to the streets in Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish city in northern Syria, and declared their autonomy from the State. Since then, a truly democratic system based Read more
The Covid-19 crisis has inspired the creation of a myriad of new ‘solidarity funds’ across the world. Micro solidarity economies in all but name are growing more rapidly than in any recent memory. We thought it valuable to share a story of the growth of a recent but pre-covid fund. Read more
The following is an extract from Owning It, an essay by Derek Wall that was originally published in DOPE Magazine, a quarterly newspaper published by Dog Section Press. Dubbed by some as the ‘Anarchist Big Issue’, Dope Magazine is distributed for free to prisoners and homeless people. via distribution points Read more
Solidarity Economy Association are now working with the Lumpen Project and local grass-roots organisers in different cities to run a series of workshops focusing on class and co-operatives around the UK. The first collaboration took place in Brighton on the weekend of 25-26 January 2020. Around 25 people from a Read more
Call for co-operators to attend London ‘No to NATO’ demonstration in solidarity with Rojava and its co-operative economy Tuesday 3 December, 4pm – Trafalgar Square, London Following the withdrawal of US troops in October, the people of Rojava (North-East Syria), and their democratic self-administration, are currently under attack by the Turkish Read more
Yesterday, CECOP/CICOPA Europe, the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives, published a statement of solidarity with the co-op movement in Northern Syria. SEA wholeheartedly welcomes this announcement. This afternoon, at the general meeting of the ICA in Kigali, Rwanda, Sion Whellens, recently elected CECOP/CICOPA Europe board member made an Read more