Reminder that coops flourished during the great depression, being one of the few reliable sources of employment, and that credit unions were by and large the only financial institutions to make it through the '08 recession unscathed
Supporting the cooperative economy isn't just some long-term fantasy of slowly weakening capitalism from within until it withers. It's also vital dual power, and it'll be just as vital even if neoliberalism collapses in the next few years (which it very well might)
Support! Your! Local! Coop! Economy!
Side neither with nations nor with parties. Be neither Russians, Poles nor Slavs. Rather, be men who hunger for truth, free from any thoughts of particular interests, and from speculative ideas concerning the Chinese, Africans or Europeans. The patriot always ends up hating the foreigner, and loses the sense of justice that once kindled his enthusiasm.
-- Elisee Reclus
As the uselessness and harmfulness of patriotism have become manifest, so also has increased the power of the government and ruling class to excite patriotism among the people.
-- Leo Tolstoy
Chicago Public Library drops fines, sees 240% increase in book returns
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/10/30/20940677/chicago-public-library-no-fines-book-returns-increase-lightfoot
this song is such an eternal mood
Today actions in solidarity with #Rojava are taking place in the US and Canada in Montreal, Thunder Bay, Rochester, Albany, NYC, Dallas, Chicago, Norfolk, RVA, New London, DC, Knoxville, Bloomington, SF, and Portland. #riseup4rojava https://itsgoingdown.org/call-to-action-solidarity-with-rojava-against-the-turkish-invasion/
There is no such thing as harmless power.
-- Nestor Makhno