Another world is happening.

We’re a coalition of 200+ organizations building the solidarity economy in the U.S. and showing that another world is not only possible — it’s already happening.

A New Future

What is the solidarity economy?

A global movement to put people and planet over profits.

A set of principles, practices, and institutions that provide real alternatives to capitalism.

A system where all of the things a community needs are controlled and governed by everyday people.

A framework rooted in participatory democracy, cooperation, solidarity, and respect for the earth.

The Directory

Our Members

Our members make our work real! Connect and learn more about how they are building just and democratic economies across the country. 

PRograms & Strategy

FEATURED Work 

BLACK SOLIDARITY ECONOMY FUND

 Since 2020, the Black Solidarity Economy Fund (BSEF) has democratically distributed over $730,000 to Black-led solidarity economy organizing.

CREATIVE WILDFIRE 

Creative Wildfire is a collaborative cultural organizing program that supports artists to popularize the vision of the solidarity economy through popular education, mentorship, and financial support. 

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE 

NEC is a member-led network and worker self directed non-profit! We strive to have all important decisions be directly shaped by the needs and interests of members. 

FUNDING LIBRARY

The Solidarity Economy Funding Library is a resource for people to find funding, investing, and fiscal sponsorship opportunities, as well as detail relationships between movement organizations and funders.

NEC NEWSLETTER

New Economy ROUNDUP

Sign up for our bimonthly newsletter, the New Economy Roundup, to get highlights of our 200+ members and many other building solidarity economies around the world.

New Economy Roundup: Co-op Month, Sumud Flotilla, Fighting Lawfare, and Global Popular Movements

This month, we’re talking about Co-op Month, a vision for solidarity economy in the United States, Gen-Z protest movements in Africa and Asia, and the national strike in Ecuador. Read to the end for podcasts, videos, toolkits, jobs, and events.

New Economy Roundup: South Asian Anti-Fascist Networks, Black August, K20, and Honduras Resiste

This month, we’re talking about South Asian diaspora political education networks, Black August, Black and Indigenous reparation narratives, a cooperative development strategy against authoritarianism, and how you can get involved in a week of action commemorating Hurricane Katrina.

New Economy Roundup: Funding Takya, LA Eviction Moratorium, and Building Movement Infrastructure

This month, we’re talking about boycotts for Palestine, supporting Sudanese tekya, an eviction moratorium in LA and Cincinnati’s emerging cooperative economy, and Vanuatu’s win for global climate reparations.

New Economy Roundup: Free Black Mamas, Worker Self-Governance, Nakba Day Actions

This week we’re talking about the campaign to bailout Black mothers and end cash bail, a new community land trust and co-op hub in Santa Ana, what’s next for the Stop Cop City movement, a call to action for Nakba Day, the digital solidarity economy movement in Brazil, how workers are building power through democratic self-organization, and more.

New Economy Roundup: Earth Day Solidarity, Lessons from Rojava, Land Reform & Resistance

This week we’re talking about Earth Month solidarity, the impact of federal funding freezes on Black and Indigenous farmers, how the Koreatown Popular Assembly built neighborhood power against ICE, an upcoming teach-in on collective governance in Rojava, land reform...

New Economy Roundup: Criminalization of Solidarity, Climate Survival in Appalachia, Mutual Aid in Sudan

This week, we’re talking about the escalating criminalization of solidarity in the US, building power through co-op housing, disaster cooperativism in Appalachia, a call to support Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan, Third World feminism, and the history of US intervention in Panama.

New Economy Roundup: Feminist & Popular Economies, Agrarian Commons, and the New People’s Army

This week, we’re talking about feminist and popular economy education, grants available to cooperative farmers, building the agrarian commons, the armed people’s revolution in the southern Philippines, and a case study on municipalism in Poland.

New Economy Roundup: Solidarity Against ICE, Queer Peasant Feminist Anti-Fascism, and Decolonizing Niger

This week we’re celebrating Black History Month and talking about Black cooperative practices from Ohio to Jamaica and Ghana, solidarity economy responses to the Trump administration, artist-led solidarity economy models, climate action in Congo, Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan, and more!

New Economy Roundup: Black Co-op Legacies, Fascism vs Solidarity Economies, Climate Action in DRC

This week we’re celebrating Black History Month and talking about Black cooperative practices from Ohio to Jamaica and Ghana, solidarity economy responses to the Trump administration, artist-led solidarity economy models, climate action in Congo, Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan, and more!

New Economy Roundup: The Civil Rights Legacy, Anti-Colonialism in Nepal, and Public Banking in LA

In every New Economy Roundup, we couple our critical analysis of the news with an action you can take to learn more or do something about the issues presented. This month we’re talking about MLK’s legacy, locally controlled finance, labor wins in transportation, ceasefire celebrations in Gaza and anti-colonial activity in Nepal. Read through to the end for related resources, events and trainings.

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