Ecosocialism or Death: Racial, Climate & Migrant Justice Today

Kali Akuno is co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, and served as the executive director of the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

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LEARN MORE:
* MXGM: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: A Handbook on Organizing New Afrikan and Oppressed Communities for Self-Defense
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* Jacobin Magazine: “It’s Eco-Socialism or Death”. An interview with Kali Akuno
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* Democracy Now: Kali Akuno: Tax Bill is One of Greatest Transfers of Wealth from Working Class to Rich in History
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* The Atlantic: Meet the Radical Workers’ Cooperative Growing in the Heart of the Deep South
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* Daraja Press: Jackson Risking: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi
https://bit.ly/2S2pSO6

MORE ABOUT KALI AKUNO

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and director of Cooperation Jackson, which is an emerging network of worker cooperatives and supporting institutions. Cooperation Jackson is fighting to create economic democracy by creating a vibrant solidarity economy in Jackson, MS that will help transform Mississippi and the South. You can find more information about Cooperation Jackson at www.CooperationJackson.org.

Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. His focus was supporting cooperative development, sustainability, human rights and international relations.

Kali Akuno is an organizer, educator, and writer for human rights and social justice. He is the former Co-Director of the US Human Rights Network. Kali also served as the Executive Director of the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF) based in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. And was a co-founder of the School of Social Justice and Community Development (SSJCD), a public school serving the academic needs of low-income African American and Latino communities in Oakland, California.

Kali is also the co-editor of “Jackson Rising: the Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, MS”, and the author of numerous articles and pamphlets including the Jackson-Kush Plan: the Struggle for Black Self-Determination and Economic Democracy”, “Until We Win: Black Labor and Liberation in the Disposable Era”, “Operation Ghetto Storm: Every 28 Hours report” and “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: A Handbook on Organizing New Afrikan and Oppressed Communities for Self-Defense”.

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Co-organized by Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, Climate Justice Toronto, the Centre for Learning, Social Economy and Work (OISE) & Youth, Activism & Community (New College). To endorse, email [email protected].