Alternatives to Capitalism: The Solidarity Economy Perspective

The Institute for Solidarity Economics, in partnership with STIR Magazine, is happy to announce its next event of the season: “Alternatives to Capitalism: The Solidarity Economy Perspective“.

The event will take place on the 18th October 2016, in London, from 18:00 – 21:15.

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From the farmers of La Via Campesina, to the care workers of the Italian social co-operative movement, to the activists resisting the modern enclosure of our Commons, people around the world are coming together to build an economy that puts people and planet at its core.

Join us for an the evening where we will explore the Solidarity Economy Movement as a practical, humane and just alternative to Capitalism. Along with some amazing speakers and panelists, we shall paint a picture of the current economic conditions in Britain and present a movement of “economic organizing” that is defying the current system from the bottom up, in many countries around Europe and across the World.

The keynote speaker is Michael Lewis, from Canada, one of the founders of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS).
Our panel, drawn from different sectors of the economy will discuss what they think is already happening in the UK that could be called Solidarity Economics and what kinds of cross sectoral initiatives they think could work to link their sectors to others. The discussion will then be opened out for everyone to participate.

If this is something that interests you, please join us and spread the word!

More information about speakers and panelists coming soon…