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Along with direct action and other forms of resistance, a transformational movement must also have a constructive program that builds new institutions based on the values that the movement aspires to achieve. These may eventually replace the old systems. From small, worker-owned cooperatives to national advocacy groups, hundreds of thousands of people around the country are working to create democratic and sustainable systems that meet the basic needs of all people.

UHAB Launches National Map Of Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives

July 6, 2025 Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. Create! Affordable Housing, Cooperatives, Housing, Mapping

UHAB is thrilled to announce the launch of the National Co-op Map, the most comprehensive online tool tracking limited-equity housing cooperatives across the United States. After years of research, development, and community input, this highly anticipated relaunch features a cleaner design and more detailed, up to date data. Housing organizers, residents, and advocates have consistently expressed the need for a centralized resource like this—one that reflects the true scale and reach of the cooperative housing movement. This interactive, community-powered resource allows users to explore housing co-ops, submit updates, and access resources to support cooperative housing development, preservation, and organizing.

Amid Economic Uncertainty, A ‘Solidarity Economy’ Grows In DC

July 5, 2025 Emily Sohl, The Wash. Create! Community Garden, Mutual Aid, Solidarity Economy, Washington DC

As tariffs threaten to drive up prices on everything from bananas to backpacks, and fears of a recession loom, many Americans wonder how they’ll continue to afford necessities. According to the Huffington Post, major retailers are already warning that shoppers will see emptier shelves and higher prices, especially for essentials like clothing and school supplies. ABC News also reported that items such as laptops, toys and coffee could see price hikes. But amid this economic uncertainty, a different system is quietly taking root—one built not on profit but on cooperation.

Spain And Brazil Launch Initiative To Push Global Tax On The Ultra-Rich

July 2, 2025 TeleSUR English. Create! Brazil, Spain, Tax the rich, Taxes

On Tuesday, Spain and Brazil will launch a joint initiative to promote a global tax increase on the superrich, aiming to achieve a fairer redistribution of wealth. The initiative, to be presented at the fourth U.N. International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, seeks to encourage a multilateral debate on the effective taxation of large fortunes and how it impacts social cohesion. The project aims to tackle the issue of extreme inequality and move toward a fairer redistribution of wealth “through a progressive and just tax system in which those who have more, pay more,” Spain’s Finance Ministry said.

Cecosesola And The Art Of Commoning Within Capitalist Markets

July 1, 2025 David Bollier. Create! Commoning, Cooperatives, Enterprises, Poverty, Venezuela

One of the most singular and accomplished commons I’ve ever encountered is Cecosesola, a federation of Venezuelan cooperatives. The remarkable federation artfully manages multiple ventures as commons while deeply immersed within a system of capitalist markets. Founded in 1967 in the state of Lara in Venezuela, Cecosesola got its start when working-class people in poorest barrios of the region organized to set aside money every month to build their own cooperatives. G Nearly sixty years later, Cecosesola now coordinates a wide variety of enterprises. It works with farmers to supply 800 tons of vegetables to large urban produce markets serving 100,000 people a week.

Bee Hotels Can Help Native Pollinators Recover In The Wake Of Wildfires

June 30, 2025 Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. Create! Bees, climate crisis, Pollinators, Wildfires

Wild pollinator populations are declining all over the world, with increasingly severe climate change-fueled wildfires threatening their survival. These intense wildfires are also putting long-term ecosystem health and biodiversity at risk. Bee hotels are artificial nesting structures that have been specially designed to house cavity-nesting species. Often placed in backyards or gardens, they provide safe havens and nurseries for essential pollinators. New research led by conservationist Dr. Kit Prendergast, a native bee scientist with University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), has found that bee hotels can play an essential role in helping native bee populations recover from wildfires.

Tenants Take Ownership Of Their Building, Run It As A Cooperative

June 29, 2025 Andrew Oliphant, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Cooperatives, Landlords, Tenant Union, Tenants

Emily Power was living in her apartment at 272 Caroline Street in Hamilton for less than a year when the owner put the 21-unit building up for sale. The sale took many residents by surprise. Even the superintendent didn’t receive a notice from the owner. Power braced for the worst. She was wary that an investment company would purchase the building and raise rents, either through Cash-for-Keys offers, where landlords offer cash for tenants to vacate the rental unit, or another type of pressure or harassment, since many residents were longstanding, rent-controlled tenants. Power, a born-and-raised Hamiltonian, was friendly with a number of tenants in her building, so she began organizing and eventually started a tenant association at 272 Caroline.

Rebuilding Altadena With Catalog Homes And Collective Action

June 24, 2025 Corinne Ruff, Next City. Create! Disaster Recovery, Housing, Los Angeles, Wildfires

After News Year’s, Nitti Kaur rounded up a room full of furniture and clothing to donate. “That was on my to-do list for January,” she says. “And the tables turned so fast.” On Jan. 7, Kaur and her partner Mac Perry watched his childhood home in Altadena burn, room by room, in the Eaton Fire. Soon after, Kaur found herself standing frozen at a donation center looking for clothing. “Somebody came and hugged me from the back,” says Kaur, who runs a real estate advisory firm for investors called A360 Capital. “They were like, ‘We’ll take care of you. Don’t worry. We’re all in this together.’ And something in me clicked in that very moment – we’re called City of Angels, and I was seeing angels and actions that just inspired me.”

Los Angeles Is Asking Us To Act

June 22, 2025 David Isaak, Next City. Create! California, City Council, Donald Trump, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Los Angeles

We’ve seen that federal overreach in Los Angeles precipitated massive collective action, but equally important is how Mayor Bass and municipal governments across the country absorb this energy to build more democratically resilient cities. At home and abroad we’ve seen this before — when protests are framed as security threats, when military force is used to override local authority, and when federal funding is used to intimidate. And, we have also seen a wellspring of tools to help cities win against contemporary authoritarian tactics. During my time as a democracy expert overseas, I saw a range of strategies used by civil society and governments to resist authoritarian backsliding. From them, we should take inspiration.

Mexican GM Workers To Vote On Union At Second Plant

June 20, 2025 Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. Create! General Motors, Mexico, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico will vote June 25 to 27 on whether to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at the company’s Silao plant in 2022. A win for SINTTIA at the plant, located 90 miles north of Silao in San Luis Potosí, would mark a major breakthrough for Mexico’s labor movement. It would be the first time that an independent union represents two assembly plants at one of the Big Three automakers. The 6,500 workers set to vote produce the GMC Terrain and the Chevrolet Trax and Equinox SUVs.

China-Central Asia Summit Concludes With Call For Multipolar World Order

June 19, 2025 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Create! Asia, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Central Asia, China, Global South, Multipolar World, Regional cooperation, Xi Jinping

The second China-Central Asian summit concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan on Tuesday with countries signing a treaty on eternal good neighborliness, friendship, and cooperation as well as a joint Astana declaration. The summit was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the five Cental Asian presidents, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan (the host country, Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan. The Astana declaration, signed by all the participants, talks about enhancing cooperation in agriculture, energy, technology and transport sectors apart from intensifying cooperation on the global platforms with a common objective of upholding the basic principles of the UN charter and developing a joint stand against hegemonic politics.

Trade Agreements Must Prioritize People Over Profits

June 19, 2025 Kenzie Love, Canadian Worker Co-op Federation. Create! Canada, Cooperatives, Trade Agreements, Worker Cooperatives, Worker Rights and Jobs

The Trump administration’s recent actions on international trade have destabilized the global economy, and co-ops have felt the impact. The old economic order as it pertained to trade may be a thing of the past. But instead of pining for the supposed stability and prosperity of a bygone era, it’s important to recognize that even pre-Trump, the global economy wasn’t working that well for most of the world’s inhabitants or the planet itself, based in part on trade agreements that favoured profits over people. As economist Angella McEwen asks rhetorically, “If we are outraged that Donald Trump is flouting free trade deals that he himself negotiated, does that mean we have to defend free trade now?”

‘Fund The 15!’ Building Out A True National Railroad Network

June 17, 2025 Dan Bilka, Railway Age. Create! Public ownership, Railroads, Trains, Transportation

The American passenger rail renaissance is well-under way! Sold out trains, highly successful new services, and (justifiable) frustration about high ticket prices because of it: This is only the beginning. FY2024 was Amtrak’s most successful year in history with record ridership and record revenue. Americans, loudly and clearly, want more passenger rail travel options. Our limited existing services are already oversubscribed. Now is the time we need to work to meet the moment and bring passenger trains to more people in more places as part of a truly interconnected transportation network. They are truly engines of economic growth.

Why The ‘Local Multiplier Effect’ Always Counts

June 17, 2025 Tricia Truit, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Local Currency, Local Economies, Money, New Economy

The Local Multiplier Effect (LME) is a very valuable, hidden feature of our economies. The term refers to how many times dollars are recirculated within a local economy before leaving through the purchase of an import. Famed economist John Maynard Keynes first coined the term "Local Multiplier Effect" in his 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Imagine a hypothetical influx of money, say one million dollars, entering a local economy. Now imagine these dollars are spent on local goods and services. Imagine that each of the local vendors who earned those dollars then re-spends that money on more local goods and services.

20 Major Wins For Indigenous Rights In 2025

June 15, 2025 John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. Create! Amazon Rainforest, Colombia, Ecuador, Environment, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Landback, Landback Movement, Victoria Nuland, Victory

So far, 2025 has been a powerful year for Indigenous rights. Over the past 6 months we have seen many hard-fought victories and long-awaited acts of justice for Indigenous Peoples across the globe. While these wins vary in scale and geography, a common thread runs through them all: Indigenous leadership. Whether resisting oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon, overturning mining projects in Arizona, or securing court protections for uncontacted peoples in Colombia and Ecuador, these movements reflect a resurgence of Indigenous authority in matters that directly affect their survival and future.

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