Celebrating the First SE-ON Residential
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 Read more…
Launching the Solidarity Economy Organisers Network
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 Read more…
Remembering Nigel
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 Read more…
Rising from Trauma and Crisis with Co‑operative Education
We live in a time of multiple crises caused by capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, racism, environmental destruction, individualism, inequality and fascism. Violence, suffering and trauma are universal. We know co-operation, co-operative behaviour, values and models can restore life, hope and ways Read more…
Whose Economy, Whose Justice?
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 Read more…
Mutual Aid is the Future but also our History
Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of local Mutual Aid groups have set up across the UK. These groups generally organise at a grass-roots level, for example, creating buddy systems to support people who are isolating due to Read more…
Happy 8th Anniversary to the Rojava Revolution
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 Read more…
Water For Rojava Fund Launches!
SEA’s Co-operation in Mesopotamia Project has launched the Water For Rojava Fund on Saturday 16th May. Help us raise £100,000 for vital water projects in North-East Syria! The fund will help women’s co-operatives and democratic local municipalities in Rojava with Read more…
Creating a Community Crisis Fund
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 Read more…