Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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@zkat Essentially it's an opt-in tax; you pick your network (say, or ); they use the funds to organize and fund worker-and-community owned small businesses that pay a living wage.

You also get democratic control over the distribution-across-industry for where taxes go. Say:

- 15% to arts and entertainment
- 15% to the outdoors, sports and activities
- 15% to housing,
- 20% to food
- 15% to human-logistics
- 5% to digital-logistics,
- 15% to goods-logistics

#NOBAWC #usfwc

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Levka · @LevZadov
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@dylanmorgan @Radical_EgoCom
See also , here in the SF Bay area:
nobawc.org/

#NOBAWC

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Levka · @LevZadov
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@Disputatore @flawed @zakalwe @Radical_EgoCom
, i.e., the worker self-owned, worker self-managed, workplace concept doesn't just function at the level of individual instances, it also scales up. See: , , etc.

#libertariansocialism #NOBAWC #mondragon

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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@scottjenson @ben oh hey that’s what we’ve been doing at !

We host regular colearning sessions where we work towards the goals our friends in tell us they’re struggling to solve.

We don’t have much of a HCI practice yet but it would be lovely!

#zinccoop #NOBAWC

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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@Radical_EgoCom

Let's not forget those who helped pave the way:

April 10, 1997: Exotic dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady, ratified their first-ever union contract. Thus they became the first successfully unionized sex business. (Pacers, in San Diego, had unionized a few years earlier. However, they had an open shop, allowing management to recruit new, non-union employees. Consequently, they were able to decertify the union.) Lusty Lady later became a worker-owned cooperative and a member of NoBAWC (the network of Bay Area Workers Collectives).

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sexwork #workercollective #union #NOBAWC #lustylady

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in Labor History April 10, 1997: Exotic dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady, ratified their first-ever union contract. Thus they became the first successfully unionized sex business. (Pacers, in San Diego, had unionized a few years earlier. However, they had an open shop, allowing management to recruit new, non-union employees. Consequently, they were able to decertify the union.) Lusty Lady later became a worker-owned cooperative and a member of NoBAWC (the network of Bay Area Workers Collectives).

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sexwork #workercollective #union #NOBAWC #lustylady

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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@bhaugen I would check out what , , , , and are up to before me; since they're far more active in liberating land and generating local cooperatives.

My emphasis on software cooperatives means it takes longer to make a real impact; but the latest demo shows where we are with our local partner !

#EastOaklandCollective #peoplesprograms #cooperationrichmond #ebprec #NOBAWC #RepairedNations #Convene #Piikup

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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But that means is in a kind of weird spot. I don't want to charge the lovely folks at or to subsidize my time; since I don't have more availability anyway; but I would *love* for networks such as these to have their internal IT Directors acting a liaison for the national/multi-national collection of co-conspirators, contributors, and maintainers

#zinccoop #NOBAWC #usfwc #CoopSource

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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@smallcircles @the_Effekt @LibertyForward1

Yep, that's the point of Convene.

Build it with , it will run on any of the regional data cooperatives. Convene instances play well with each other, so if you're an artist and you list a product for sale in the Neighborhood; you can also cross-publish it to the Neighborhood and the Neighborhood.

#Convene #NOBAWC #usfwc #ArtisansCoop

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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This is clearly visible in the efforts of the who have built the network around the nation from to to and beyond; Black and Indigenous communities have demonstrated a restorative pathway to economic peace with ourselves, our community, and our planet.

There is a beautiful future unfolding.

We reach it through cooperating to dismantle imperial, patriarchal, heteronormative white supremacy.

#solarpunk #NOBAWC #cooperationrichmond #cooperationjackson #cooperation #BlackSocialists #dualpower

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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Thank you to everyone who sponsored!

Wealth: redistributed!

None are free until all are free!

#coops #coop #cooperative #cooperatives #NOBAWC

Last updated 2 years ago

Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
382 followers · 1056 posts · Server social.coop

Ideally, affiliated spaces could offer their own spin on the menu.

For example, there is a Member Discount for pizza!

Members placing orders through the NoBAWC space could have that discount automatically applied.

Imagine what the digital age could be if we worked together to meet the needs of our neighbors in a way that feeds us all, rather than merely building wealth for the few.

#solidarityeconomy #mutualaid #mutualbenefit #cooperative #arizmendi #NOBAWC

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Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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I'm really hoping that we can figure out a way to make the Marketplace furniture federated.

For exampke, a restaurant using Convene for taking orders can also list thei menu through affiliated spaces.

A real life example could be Lakeshore sells pizza on their own Space, the Space and the Space.

Arizmendi Lakeshore manages their menu and inventory via their Space and fans out regardess of which Neighborhood is hosting the or Spaces.

#Piikup #NOBAWC #arizmendi #Convene

Last updated 2 years ago

Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
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@bhaugen TBH, I wish more of the ecosystem stepped back from technocratic thinking; and focused on building the things that folks like the @BlackSocialists , , , and other cooperative organizations needed.

What I wouldn't give for even 5 "Client Owners" who were worker-coops internal IT-ish person who would just tell me where they're hurting so I can fix it.

#usfwc #NOBAWC

Last updated 3 years ago

Zee Spencer (He/They) · @Zee
382 followers · 1056 posts · Server social.coop

Lovely meetup tonight! Was a bit overwhelming with all the humans but everyone was masking when indoors.

#NOBAWC

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