WORKER OWNED COLLECTIVES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

CCSF Anarchist Library presents:

WORKER OWNED COLLECTIVES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

The SF Bay Area has one of the highest concentrations of worker-owned cooperatives and collectives in the country. This weekly seminar will offer a look into the broader history of such organizations to contextualize them as part of a larger movement towards truly democratic, horizontally structured autonomy from state or corporate control. We will hear from historians and seasoned members of local worker owned cooperatives and collectives. We will also learn practical ins and outs of operating as a collective, including organizational practices and processes, financial planning and legal issues.

EVERY WEDNESDAY 7-9PM
from 4/9 to 5/21
CCSF Downtown Campus Room 618

rsvp at gideonkramer [at] yahoo.com
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Class Presenters include:

Barry Pateman of the Emma Goldman Archives
John Curl, author of "Worker Cooperatives of Wage Slavery"
Shawn Berry of Woodshanti Coop, discussing strategies of a Successful Cooperative
Ramsey Kanaan of AK Press, Publisher and Distribution Collective
Marina Sitrin, Author of "Horizontalism" historian on Worker Collectives in Argentina
NoBAWC (Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives) Consisting of 32 Bay Area Cooperatives
Lawrence Jarach, historian on Worker Collectives during the Spanish Civil War