https://znetwork.org/author/kaliakuno/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:13:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/kaliakuno/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cooperation-jackson-at-10-lessons-for-building-a-solidarity-economy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cooperation-jackson-at-10-lessons-for-building-a-solidarity-economy/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:54:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1261293 Steve Dubb: Could you begin by talking about why you moved from California to organize the solidarity economy in Mississippi? Kali Akuno: I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, but my connection to Mississippi runs fairly deep on my maternal side. That side of the family goes back to being in the Natchez area [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cooperation-jackson-at-10-lessons-for-building-a-solidarity-economy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-imaginal-cells-of-the-solidarity-economy-politics-and-policy/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-imaginal-cells-of-the-solidarity-economy-politics-and-policy/#respond Sat, 07 Oct 2023 15:52:43 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1255420 We are living through an historic moment where a number of crises– climate change, growing economic and cultural divide, virulent racism, and the slide toward fascism–are converging. This makes for scary times but also times that are ripe with potential for fundamental system change. As the faith in the status quo is shaken, we’re seeing [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-imaginal-cells-of-the-solidarity-economy-politics-and-policy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/shifting-focus-organizing-for-an-ecosocialist-future/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/shifting-focus-organizing-for-an-ecosocialist-future/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:07:48 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1248777 [Kali Akuno, co-founder of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, was given the 2023 Gandhi Peace Award by Promoting Enduring Peace. The award has been given since 1960 to individuals for “contributions made in the promotion of international peace and good will.” Following are the remarks made by Akuno on May 13, 2023, in New Haven, lightly edited.] First, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/shifting-focus-organizing-for-an-ecosocialist-future/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/racism-jacksons-water-crisis-and-the-need-for-mass-movements/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/racism-jacksons-water-crisis-and-the-need-for-mass-movements/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:31:38 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1219963 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/racism-jacksons-water-crisis-and-the-need-for-mass-movements/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/organize-dont-agonize/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/organize-dont-agonize/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:46:54 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1056826 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/organize-dont-agonize/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-floyd-rebellion-pathway-to-a-revolution/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-floyd-rebellion-pathway-to-a-revolution/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:03:22 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1035827 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-floyd-rebellion-pathway-to-a-revolution/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/may-day-peoples-strike/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/may-day-peoples-strike/#respond Sat, 02 May 2020 09:02:24 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1032782 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/may-day-peoples-strike/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-eco-socialism-or-death/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-eco-socialism-or-death/#respond Sat, 02 Mar 2019 09:02:07 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1017949 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-eco-socialism-or-death/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/green-new-deal-not-green-capitalism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/green-new-deal-not-green-capitalism/#respond Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:03:19 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1015549 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/green-new-deal-not-green-capitalism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jackson-rising-3/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jackson-rising-3/#respond Tue, 01 May 2018 09:02:19 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1009769 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jackson-rising-3/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greatest-transfer-of-wealth-in-history/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greatest-transfer-of-wealth-in-history/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:01:30 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1005457 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greatest-transfer-of-wealth-in-history/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/trayvon-martin-s-unpunished-shooting-death-among-100-extrajudicial-killings-of-unarmed-blacks-by-kali-akuno/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/trayvon-martin-s-unpunished-shooting-death-among-100-extrajudicial-killings-of-unarmed-blacks-by-kali-akuno/#respond https://znetwork.org/zvideo/trayvon-martin-s-unpunished-shooting-death-among-100-extrajudicial-killings-of-unarmed-blacks-by-kali-akuno/feed/ 0