By Bernard E. Harcourt In this fourth seminar, Coöperism 4/13, we turn to Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement and other political movements in Brazil to explore how cooperation infuses these social movements. Today, Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) may be one… Continue Reading
By Jocelyn Simonson In his essay for our upcoming seminar, Bernard Harcourt lays out a series of provocative questions linking cooperation democracy and the generation of coöpower with what I call “radical acts of justice” in criminal court. Radical acts of… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “When people join together to contest ideas of justice and safety through tactics that include bail funds, People’s Budgets, courtwatching, and participatory defense, they open up for debate the contours of ideas that we usually… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt There are many heroes in this book. W.E. B. Du Bois. Angela Davis. Peter Kropotkin. Louis Blanc. Dean Spade. David Graeber. Mariame Kaba. All champions of cooperation. My ambition for this book is to build on… Continue Reading
By André Pettman Our world is in a state of utter ruin. In July, the daily global mean surface air temperature record was broken four days in a row. Uncontrollable wildfires have ravaged islands in Greece and Hawaii. In the… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt The 110-page indictment returned on August 29, 2023, against 61 persons accused of racketeering practices under the Georgia RICO statute for their opposition to the police training ground outside Atlanta is a stunning document that chills… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt It requires a colossal amount of cooperation, with a shared objective and much solidarity, to mount a temporary autonomous zone. Over the past few decades, a growing number of occupations intended to block neoliberal, prison-industrial, and… Continue Reading
By André Pettman A “cabane,” or cabin, is a kind of dwelling that, when compared to other spaces of inhabitance, is a relatively poor one. Generally quite small, and rudimentary in its design and construction, a cabin is composed of… Continue Reading