This post has been written by Jo Taylor, coordinator of our Co-operation in Mesopotamia project. The Solidarity Economy Association made a small financial contribution to support the first ever UK Jineolojî Camp, and here Jo explains why it’s so important. At the start of February 2019, over thirty Read more
Members of co-ops including Calverts, Radical Routes, Birmingham Bike Foundry and Cornerstone Housing Co-operative join Solidarity Economy Association’s call to attend London demonstration in solidarity with Rojava, Northeastern Syria and its co-operative economy. The largest show of political solidarity by UK co-operators took place in London on Sunday 27 Read more
We’re really excited to have teamed up with our friends at Stir to Action to offer some sponsored places on their Cooperation Jackson Residential Workshop in May. Delivered by the incredible Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, the workshop will focus on building economic democracy. We’re pleased Read more
Call for co-operators to attend London demonstration in solidarity with Rojava and its co-operative economy Sunday 27 January, 12:30 pm, Cavendish Square, London The people of Northern Syria and its democratic self-administration are under severe threat of attack by the Turkish military and Turkish-backed Islamist militias, who are threatening to Read more
This post has been written by Audrey Versteegen from SEA’s Oxford Mapping Pilot Project team. Much of Audrey’s experience has been built working together with international communities to secure community land rights in the context of industrial plantation projects. She is trained in GIS and participatory mapping methods, as well Read more
Between October 2018 and early 2019 we’re piloting a community mapping process that will result in a digital map of Oxford’s solidarity economy. As part of our mission to make the solidarity economy in the UK stronger, and to encourage more people to find out about it and support in Read more
The Solidarity Economy Association joins fellow Oxford-based organisations Asylum Welcome and the Campaign to Close Campsfield & End All Immigration Detention in welcoming the Government’s decision to close Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire, as part of the Home Office’s response to the Stephen Shaw review. We also welcome Read more
Wednesday 21 November 18:15 – 20:30 Makespace Oxford We’re incredibly excited to be hosting Shareable.net’s Tom Llewellyn, lifelong sharer, commoner, and storyteller, at a special event exploring how we can work together to meet our needs in Oxford, SEA’s hometown. Building upon Shareable’s years of experience covering the Read more
The Solidarity Economy Association is a signatory to the following statement, which was originally published on the Global Justice Now website. To all those movements, activists and marginalised communities in Brazil who have woken up this morning to the nightmare of a Bolsonaro presidency, we send our solidarity Read more
The latest article to be reposted on our Co-operation in Mesopotamia website is a report into several new co-operative projects that have been established in the region. This article was originally published by ANF English on 15 October 2018 and reposted on Co-operation in Mesopotamia’s website on 22 October Read more