1 SOLIDARITY ECONOMY 101 Visions, Concepts & Practices
2 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria SEE / VER NAME / NOMBRAR CONNECT / CONECTAR CREATE / CREAR TRANSFORM / TRANSFORMAR
3 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria SEE / VER NAME / NOMBRAR CONNECT / CONECTAR CREATE / CREAR TRANSFORM / TRANSFORMAR Rethinking Economy Reimaginando la economía
4 “The world is not made of atoms, it is made of stories.” “ El mundo no está hecho de átomos, está hecho de cuentas ” - Muriel Rukheyser
5 Help! I'm trapped inside Capitalism! ¡Ayúdame! ¡ Estoy atrapado en el capitalismo!
6 “The Economy” “La Economía” CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY ECONOMÍA DEL MERCADO CAPITALISTA $ $ $ $ $
7 “The Economy” “La Economía” CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY ECONOMÍA DEL MERCADO CAPITALISTA $ THE STATE EL ESTADO
8 “The Economy” “La Economía” Capitalism (Market) Capitalismo (mercado) $ COMMUNISM (State) COMUNISMO (estado)
9 “The Economy” “La Economía” CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY ECONOMÍA DEL MERCADO CAPITALISTA $ THE STATE EL ESTADO “Alternatives” “Alternativos”
10 “The Economy” is a name for all of the diverse ways that human communities create livelihoods through our relationships with each other, with other living beings, and with the earth itself. “La economia” es un nombre para todas las maneras diversas en que los comunidades humanos se ganan la vida a través de nuestr@s relaciones con cada un@, con otros seres, y con la tierra.
11 CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY ECONOMĺA DEL MERCADO CAPITALISA THE STATE EL ESTADO ?
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13 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM - Enslavement - Bonded Labor - Forced Labor - Child Labor - Human Trafficking - Rent Entrapment CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE
14 “The crime of robbing a bank is preceeded by the crime of creating one.” - Bertold Brecht
15 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT (or “Appropriation”) - “Enron” Theft - Petty Theft - Organized Crime - “Robin Hood” Theft
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17 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY (or, “Scavenging”) - Dumpster Diving - Free Stores & Free Boxes - Hunting & Fishing - Wildcrafting
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19 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY OF CARE - Care for elders - Parenting - Friendship - Co-counseling - Hospitality & Neighborliness
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21 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY OF CARE THE COMMONS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY - Cooking - Cleaning - Household Maintenance - Gardening
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23 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY OF CARE THE COMMONS - Language - Culture - Air, Water, Earth - “Open Source”
24 If it were a country, the U.S. Nonprofit sector would be the 7 th largest economy in the world. In 2006, its total assets were over $2 Trillion.
25 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY OF CARE THE COMMONS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY COOPERATIVE ECONOMY NON-PROFIT (SOCIAL) ECONOMY - Not-for-profit service organizations - Activist & advocacy groups - Social businesses
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27 “The Economy” SLAVERY & FEUDALISM CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY THE STATE THEFT HUNTING & GATHERING ECONOMY OF CARE THE COMMONS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY COOPERATIVE ECONOMY - Housing Co-ops - Worker Co-ops - Consumer Co-ops - Producer Co-ops - Support Orgs.
28 “The Economy” CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY $ THE STATE
29 “The Diverse Economy / La economía diversa” CAPITALISM capitalismo STATE estado SLAVERY & FEUDALISM esclavitud y feudalismo COOPERATIVE ECONOMY economía cooperativa ECONOMY OF CARE economía de cuidar THE COMMONS comunes HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY economía doméstica SCAVENGING economía de escarbar NON-PROFIT (SOCIAL) ECONOMY economía social THEFT robo
30 Capitalism as Colonizer / Capitalismo como conquistador CAPITALISM capitalismo COOPERATIVE ECONOMY SCAVENGING economía de escarbar COOPERATIVE ECONOMY economía cooperativa STATE estado COMMONS comunes NON-PROFIT (SOCIAL) ECONOMY economía social HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY economía doméstica ECONOMY OF CARE economía de cuidar FEUDALISM/ SLAVERY esclavitud y feudalismo
31 ORGANIZE! iORGANIZESE!
32 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria NAME / NOMBRAR SEE / VER CONNECT / CONECTAR CREATE / CREAR TRANSFORM / TRANSFORMAR From a Solitary Economy to a “Solidarity Economy” De la economía solitaria a la economía solidaria
33 The Work of Many Names El trabajo de muchos nombres LOCAL ECONOMY economía local SOCIAL ECONOMY economía social COMMUNITY ECONOMY economía comuniaria GREEN ECONOMY economía verde DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY economía democratica ECONOMIC JUSTICE justicia económica COOPERATIVE ECONOMY economía cooperativa LIVING ECONOMY economía de la vida SOLIDARITY ECONOMY economía solidaria ECONOMY OF LABOR economía del trabajo PEOPLE'S ECONOMY economía popular
34 SOCIAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY ECOLOGICAL SOLIDARITY
35 Solidarity Economy's Shared Values / Valores Compartidos de la economía solidaria Social & economic transformation Transformación social y economica Cooperation and shared power Cooperacion y poder colectivo Justice in all dimensions (race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability, sexuality) Justícia en todas las formas (raza, etnicidad, clase, genero, abilidad, sexualidad) Democratic participation (economic, social & political self-determination) Partcicipación democratica (autogestión economica, social y politica) Ecological responsibility Responsibilidad ecológica Pluralism & diversity (in organizing and in forms of organization) Pluralismo y diversidad (en organizar y en las formas de organización)
36 “The Diverse Economy / La economía diversa” CAPITALISM capitalismo STATE estado SLAVERY & FEUDALISM esclavitud y feudalismo COOPERATIVE ECONOMY economía cooperativa ECONOMY OF CARE economía de cuidar THE COMMONS comunes HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY economía doméstica SCAVENGING economía de escarbar NON-PROFIT (SOCIAL) ECONOMY economía social THEFT robo
37 CAPITALISM capitalismo COOPERATIVE ECONOMY SCAVENGING economía de escarbar COOPERATIVE ECONOMY economía cooperativa STATE estado COMMONS comunes NON-PROFIT (SOCIAL) ECONOMY economía social HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY economía doméstica ECONOMY OF CARE economía de cuidar FEUDALISM/ SLAVERY esclavitud y feudaismo
38 A Grassroots Approach / Una vía del base Solidarity Economy involves: La economía solidaria pertenece a: - Diverse groups / Grupos diversos - Diverse models of organization / Modelos diversos de organización - Shared values / Valores compartidos - Shared commitment to a process of transformation / Una compromisa compartida al proceso de transformación The Solidarity Economy approach believes that the best solutions come from our collective knowledge & experience. La via de la economía solidaria cree que los soluciones mejores llegan de nuestro/a conocimiento y experiencia colectiva. “We build the road by walking” “Construimos el camino andando”
39 Solidarity Economy: A Global Movement
40 The U.S. Solidarity Economy Network / Red de Economía Solidaria del E.E.U.U. (US-SEN) The mission of the US-SEN is to connect a diverse array of individuals, organizations, businesses and projects in the shared work of building and strengthening regional, national and international movements for a solidarity economy. La misión de US-SEN es conectar un grupo diverso de individuales, organizaciónes, negocios y proyectos en el trabajo colectivo de construir y fortalecer movimientos regionales, nacionales y internacionales para una economía solidaria. www.ussen.org
41 Some of Solidarity Economy's Core Debates The role (and nature) of markets The role (and nature) of the state Reforming or replacing capitalism? The role of models and visions Who's in? Who's out? Where to draw lines of collaboration or conflict?
42 Solidarity Economy Solidarity Economy (SE) is a TOOL for organizing toward a just, sustainable and democratic economy. SE is an emerging language for building a movement to transform the economy. SE is a way of thinking about the economy that opens up spaces of hope and possibility. SE is a framework for strategizing about how to create this other economy, building on our strengths and connecting our practices from the ground-up. SE is a space in which to imagine, debate and create visions for another economy based on shared values.
43 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria CONNECT / CONECTAR SEE / VER NAME / NOMBRAR CREATE / CREAR TRANSFORM / TRANSFORMAR Together we are stronger / Juntos somos más fuertes
44 CREATION / CREACIÓN PRODUCTION / PRODUCCIÓN SURPLUS ALLOCATION / ASIGNACIÓN DE EXEDENTE USE/CONSUMPTION / CONSUMO TRANSFER/EXCHANGE / INTERCAMBIO/TROCA The “original production,” the source of all materials, resource and ideas. - Ecological Creation -Cultural Creation How goods and services are produced, by whom, and in what institutions How goods and services are moved from those who produce them to those who use them How we use goods and services and how we organize that use What we do with what's left over Economic Cycles / Ciclos económicos
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49 Ecology / Ecología Racial Justice / Justicia Racial Immigrant Justice / Justicia para Imigrantes Economic Justice / Justicia Economica Environmental Justice / Justicia Medioambiental Feminism & Gender Justice / Feminismo y Justicia de genero Prison Abolition / Abolición de cárceles Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, & Queer Justice / Justicia Sexual Religious & Spiritual Movements / Movimientos religiosos y espirituales Community-Building / Construyendo comunidad Anti-Militarism / Anti-Militarismo Culture & Economy of Solidarity Indigenous Sovereignty / Soberanía Indígena Cultura y Economía de Solidaridad
50 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria CREATE / CREAR SEE / VER NAME / NOMBRAR CONNECT / CONECTAR TRANSFORM / TRANSFORMAR Imagining New Solutions / Imaginando soluciones nuevas
51 Building a Solidarity Economy / Construyendo una economía solidaria TRANSFORM(AR ) SEE / VER NAME / NOMBRAR CONNECT / CONECTAR CREATE / CREAR Making History / Haciendo la historia