While I am deeply committed to economic democracy for social democracy, my correspondence with Professor Gordon-Nembhard and futile attempts to join and gain support from the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, headquartered in Oakland, reveal their antipathy towards Black Trans Women.

They are not allies.

Moving on

This week, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard writes about how the first nationwide directory of worker co-ops - compiled by GEO and titled An Economy of Hope - sowed the seeds for what would eventually become the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.
#COOP #SolidarityEconomics #MutualAid #CooperativeCapital
https://geo.coop/articles/economy-hope-us-federation-worker-cooperatives