Our recent paper shows that, economically and socially, worker cooperatives typically perform just as well if not significantly better than conventional capitalist firms. Democracy, not hierarchy, should be the default form of economic organization.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
It’s commonly thought that the only way to organize business entities in the modern world is through a hierarchical governance structure. That is wrong.
This is so outrageous!
x.com/CarymaRules/...
Police brutally assaulting peaceful demonstrators calling for migrant justice.
The police in Toronto are totally out of control. Where is the accountability??
Economic insecurity is rampant and devastating. A program of Free Groceries for All could help families cope with the cost of living and dampen the appeal of the far-right — and it’s an idea that's realistic enough to actually get implemented.
jacobin.com/2025/11/inse...
Here’s the truly interesting question about Larry Summers: Is it merely coincidental that someone imbued with the assumptions of neoclassical economics would also be so dismissive of people at the bottom of power hierarchies and so attached to people at the top of them?
Larry Summers: Why aren't there many women in high-end scientific professions? Because of "different availability of aptitude at the high end", and the "difference in the standard deviation" of "overall IQ".
Larry Summers: "...health impairing pollution should be done in the country with the lowest cost, which will be the country with the lowest wages. I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.”
Across the world the Right is gaining ground. Progressive parties are in desperate need of new policy that will genuinely improve people’s lives. Free groceries is a good place to start!
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Fantastic new article from the brilliant @alexhemingway.bsky.social!
Most workers have no viable alternative to undemocratic work, and so no choice but to suffer its harms.
But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
I argue that there should be.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
"In response to the documentary, Israeli settlers and soldiers broke into my yard, vandalised it and assaulted me.... Settlers then stole my pan-African flag, given to me by Black Lives Matter, and burned it among a pile of Palestinian flags."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
😭😭😭😭
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(Noticing also how the Toronto Star today has zero mention of Gaza, but plenty on Ukraine... This is what systemic racism looks like)
I chat to the Not Local podcast about the scourge of wealth inequality in our world today... Check in out!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
I’m loving Loretta Ross’s new book "Calling In."
“Calling out is a short-term fix, whereas calling in is a long-term remedy”
Brilliant and wise discussion of how to build sustainable social movements.
www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Callin...
Check out all the excellent articles in the Special Edition: www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
@abesinger.bsky.social
@melissa1008.bsky.social
@abizadeh.bsky.social
@simonechambers.bsky.social
Thrilled to see the publication of this symposium on the work of Joe Carens! Joe is a preeminent political theorist, one of the architects of democratic market socialism, not to mention a phenomenal teacher, mentor, and friend.
Here’s my friendly engagement with his work: tinyurl.com/carens2025
A culture of care is the recognition that building relationships is the heart and soul of organizing. It is not a waste of time, nor peripheral to the “real work;” it is the real work. It is the mortar between the bricks that binds us. And we'll never win without it. @chanellegallant.bsky.social
What do you call a country that beats and arrests an artist for making a film that is critical of it?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Drop the Charges against the Indigo 11! Support the Toronto Community Justice Fund!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyaW...
Meritocracy is a doctrine of unfair advantage and biocultural privilege. Ultimately, justice should be concerned not with what people “deserve,” but what they need to lead good and flourishing lives.
Check out my new paper and send me your thoughts!
tinyurl.com/againstdesert
Although meritocracy is a central ideological pillar of our time, it is a deeply ableist and inegalitarian concept because there is nothing like a “level playing field” between us in terms of our bodily abilities or energy levels or choice-making capacities.
I’m loving Fred Block’s new book! It’s about reshaping society to provide the social and physical infrastructure (which he calls “habitation”) to ensure a basis of good and flourishing lives for all, in a decentralized participatory democracy. Brilliant stuff!
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hab...
