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Worker cooperatives are gaining increasing importance in the present global situation due to their potential to address economic, social, and environmental challenges. Here are some key reasons why they matter today: 1. Economic Resilience & Democratic Ownership 2. Fair Wages & Reduced Exploitation 3. Addressing Precarious Work & Job Insecurity 4. Sustainability & Ethical Business Practices 5. Community Development & Local Empowerment 6. Alternative to Corporate Monopolies 7. Response to Automation & AI Displacement 8. Global Movements & Policy Shifts Challenges & the Path Forward Despite their benefits, worker cooperatives…

“Culture and Imperialism” by Edward W. Said is a seminal work that explores the relationship between imperialism and culture. Here are 10 lessons from the book: 1. The Interconnectedness of Culture and Imperialism: Said argues that culture is deeply intertwined with imperialism. Imperial powers often use culture as a tool for domination, while imperial processes shape cultural production and representation. 2. Imperialism’s Influence on Literature and Art: Said demonstrates how imperialism influences literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression. He examines how colonial experiences are reflected and contested in…

by Mazibuko Jara – Oct 2, 2023 Amandla 89, COLONIALISM, APARTHEID AND neoliberalism remain foundational in shaping the inherited dualistic, unequal and racially divided land and agrarian structure. And we still have that same structure some 29 years into South Africa’s democratic dispensation. At the heart of this structure is the domination of the food system by a few large capitalist farms and other large players in the entire agricultural value chain. The core features of this inherited land and agrarian structure are a combination of land dispossession, cheap black…

By Prabir Purkayastha (Posted Sep 16, 2023) Originally published: NewsClick.in on September 9, 2023 (more by NewsClick.in) The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, Graham Bell—had ended with the nineteenth century.1 The twentieth century was more about industry-based R&D laboratories, where corporations gathered together leading scientists and technologists to create the technologies of the future. In this phase, capital was still expanding production. Even…