Notices by Matt Noyes (matt_noyes@social.coop)

@evan Are you announcing your candidacy? ;-)

Finding this booklet by @ntnsndr et al. very useful as I think about how to facilitate governance design for @SunMtnFarmClub , (though I think social.coop is a mix of circles and do-ocracy, not just the latter).

Fascinating movie:In the Garden of Women. (女の園) by Kinoshita Keisuke, 木下恵, 1954. About a student rebellion in a girls' school. Full of class, gender, and post-war political dynamics.

Have you seen the timeline presentation we (GEO.Coop) did for the 20th anniversary of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives?

https://geo.coop/articles/timeline-us-worker-co-op-movement

@dajb I started a list a few months back. I will try to dig it up. An interesting distinction emerged: some are democratically run instances, some are instances run by democratically run organizations.

@evan Hmmm, as someone who has protested every US war in my lifetime, and that's no small number, I recall the Canadian state being a key player in many an imperialist venture. Our movements know no borders, right?

The two editions of A Troublemaker's Handbook are full of useful tips for resisting and organizing. Good material for federal employees these days. Do you work for a non-profit? They're also useful for you. Plenty of ways to fight back and win.

https://www.labornotes.org/2024/04/free-download-shawn-fains-other-bible-troublemakers-handbook

@beckett @FreeScholar @ntnsndr @mako @dazinism @sam @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @toddxy @JosephAndriano @BillySmith Hi all, am I right that crab fit does not specify dates? Not sure how to fill it in.

@ntnsndr Stay warm, friend!

@evan member owned and supported

@jackaponte @mayfirst Sorry, I meant that I have been frustrated to see co-ops and other movement orgs stick with Zoom when there are good, open source, cooperative platforms available.

Dang, 2025 may be the year for two co-op conversions and a new farm work commons-co-op!

#cooperatives #commoning

@beckett @FreeScholar @ntnsndr @mako @dazinism @sam @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @toddxy @JosephAndriano @BillySmith I took it to be about a tool moderators and others might use for chat and coordination?

@ntnsndr Always eager to read a new piece of yours!

The On the Waterfront/Salt of the Earth contrast is not great. The collective struggle of ILA members against the mob, at great personal cost, was in no way anti-union. The "labor priests" who supported workers played a key, rebellious, role. And, as Bert Cochran detailed in his book Labor and Communism, the influence of Stalinism in unions like the Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers was often harmful to democratic worker self-organization.

Smart animal soaking up the end of year sun.

@FreeScholar @ntnsndr @beckett @mako @dazinism @sam @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @toddxy @JosephAndriano @BillySmith adding @flancian @dphiffer

I like this idea

How do cooperative enterprises differ?

A small example/anecdote: When I applied for a job at a big Japanese university I had to re-submit my CV. The problem? I had included my six years of "stay-at-home parent." That had to go in order for my CV to be accepted.

In our current co-op study/organizing circle, based on @luisrazeto 's How to Create a Solidarity Enterprise, we each prepared a CV, and then a combined collective CV that recognized the importance of parenting and other care work.

@evan there's more to elections than democracy...

Any recommended pixelfed instances out there? Cooperatively run, if possible.

Today was all about taking the plastic trellising clips off the tomatoes, then tearing up the plants. One of my goals for next season is to devise a viable no-plastic alternative. ( Another goal is to popularize consumption of lambs quarters.)

We harvested a few remaining tomatoes, eggplants, and basil, and had lots of conversation, especially about nutrition, since our newest member is a nutrition student.
#farm_club