Worker Owned Cooperatives: Past, Present, Future

CCSF Anarchist Library presents:

WORKER OWNED COOPERATIVES: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

THIS WEEK: Lawrence Jarach, historian on Worker Collectives during the Spanish Civil War

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.

WEDNESDAYS 7-9PM
CCSF Downtown Campus Room 618
88 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (@ Mission St.)

Sliding Scale:
Full Series $10-20
Drop In $2-5
No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds

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Class Schedule:

April 9: Barry Pateman of the Emma Goldman Archives
April 16: John Curl, author of "Worker Cooperatives or Wage Slavery"
April 23: Ramsey Kanaan of AK Press Publisher and Distribution Collective
April 30: Shawn Berry of Woodshanti Coop, discussing strategies of a Successful Cooperative
May 7: Marina Sitrin, Editor of "Horizontalism" historian on Worker Collectives in Argentina
May 14: Lawrence Jarach, historian on Worker Collectives during the Spanish Civil War
May 21: NoBAWC (Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives) Consisting of 32 Bay Area Cooperatives Speakers TBA