The Solidarity Economy as a Path Towards Radical Economic Transformation
In the Left Forum 2008 panel, "The Solidarity Economy as a path towards radical economic transformation", the moderator, Julie Matthaei, from Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy, gives a short introduction
Jenna Allard, from Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy, presents a conceptual overview of the solidarity economy.
Ethel Cote, from the Canadian Community Economic Development Network and Economie Solidaire de l'Ontario, presents a summary of solidarity economy in Canada, and briefly discusses solidarity economy organizing worldwide.
Emily Kawano, from the Center for Popular Economics, presents the "Iceberg exercise" as a way of visualizing the solidarity economy, and talks about characteristics of the current dominant economic system, neoliberalism.
Some short questions are asked after Emily's presentation.
Carl Davidson, from Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, describes the founding of Austin Polytechnical Academy in Chicago, and advocates a leftist rhetoric that is not anti-corporate.
Questions are asked by the audience after the presentations.