apologies, I forgot to attach the promised article, On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Pat Conaty < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Michel, George and Stacco > > You asked for more info Michel. Greece has so many self-employed workers > and so do more and more countries in the UK as the state services are > decimated by austerity. So what do trade unions and co-ops and social > finance organisations do to respond to the growing precariat and right > across Europe from east to west. > > I talked yesterday of Gandian horizontal organising methods. This is > democratic practical socialism in action if it is understood for its > potency. There is a superb example - the WIEGO network for the supporting > the precariat. You can have a look at their website. > > Supported by the Textile workers union (that Gandhi helped found after > World War I, these horizontal methodologies for economic democracy grew out > of work in India with SEWA bank. Indeed as part of the integrated strategy > their movement has combined since the late 1970s trade union, co-op > solutions, mutual savings and loans and solidarity economy politics. > > In India the network membership is now 1.7 million and WEiGO promotes the > model internationally. They began with a gender focus but now organise > empowerment for women and men. > > This summary report attached gives you the their street wise and > sophisticated strategy. They are now working in Eastern Europe, Latin > America and other parts of Asia. > > Their work is changing ILO policy because it is so successful and some > trade unions are showing more interest and some co-op networks also. > > We have a conference tomorrow in London on the precariat and new models of > social union organising and WIEGO are speaking at the event that the Trade > Union Congress are hosting. > > Pat > > > > > > On 16 Jul 2015, at 08:27, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Pat Conaty < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hence the argument for a partner state that is not on top but on tap in >> its support for new forms of Co-operative Economic Democracy to secure >> co-operative commonwealth. >> >> Great Michel to see you setting out the framework for a Plan C (for >> co-operative commons). We need collaborative work to flesh this out but you >> have made a flying start. >> > > would be great if you could add material here: > http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://commonstransition.org > > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > > > -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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