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O objetivo desta tese é desvelar a corrente da filosofia política normativa que fundamentaa economia solidária e os significados da centralidade atribuída ao Direito do Estado,pois com ambas informações é possível realizar um exercício analítico sobre a suacapacidade transformadora ou sua subsunção colonial. A análise toma como núcleode análise a obra de Paul Singer, compreendida pelos livros "A economia solidária noBrasil: autogestão como resposta ao desemprego" e "Introdução à economia solidária",além de artigos e textos publicados em periódicos e livros sob sua organização ou deoutrem. Nesses estudos, encontram-se enunciados pelo autor três grandes partes,blocos ou momentos que conformariam a economia solidária e que permitem arealização de um exercício analítico sobre o tema. O primeiro é para expor as origenshistóricas da economia solidária e demonstrar a sua fonte teórica e prática. O segundoé para aclarar como a economia solidária é (no tempo presente), pelo esmiuçar dassuas particularidades. O terceiro momento é para delinear como a economia solidáriadeveria ser (no futuro), para conformar o caminho que conduz à justiça. Para esteestudo, essas articulações analíticas acabaram por constituir o conjunto de problemasteóricos que, entrecruzados, permitiram formular a tese de que a economia solidáriase fundamenta na concepção política liberal-igualitária e que sua institucionalizaçãoestá voltada a confortar com políticas assistenciais os indivíduos desempregadoscircunstanciais e autônomos permanentes, que estão sob os efeitos da colonialidade,em especial, da colonialidade do pode

#OccupyWallStreet has cracked open a little hole in history, creating a moment where some of the very core institutions of our economy are called into question. Along with indignation and outrage, there is a certain excitement in the air. Things that have been terrifyingly stuck seem to be moving. Something seems possible today that wasn't just a month ago. In this space, our conversations and our imaginations are buzzing. What are we doing? What should we do? What's coming next? In particular: as we condemn this economy built for the benefit of the 1%, what do we want in its place, and how will we build it?This text, grounded in several years of collective thinking and writing, is meant to be a contribution to this vibrant conversation. My basic premise is this: if we want to effectively envision and create alternatives to the economy of Wall Street, we need to re-think the very concept of "the economy" itself. We have inherited an economics that stifles our imaginations and dampens our collective sense of power and possibility. Only by telling new stories about what economies are (and might yet be) can we most effectively kindle the fires of our creative, transformative work to build new forms of livelihood

The Community Economies Collective is an ongoing collaboration between academic and community researchers and activists in Australia, North America, Europe and South East Asia. The goal of the Collective is to theorize, discuss, represent and ultimately enact new visions of economy. By making multiple forms of economic life viable options for action, the Collective aims to open the economy to ethical debate and provide a space within which to explore different economic practices and pathways. The project grew out of J.K. Gibson-Graham's feminist critique of political economy that focused upon the limiting effects of representing economies as dominantly capitalist. Central to the project is the idea that economies are always diverse and always in the process of becoming. This project developed as a way of documenting the multiple ways in which people are making economies of difference and in the process realizing their interdependence with others. Our work aims to produce a more inclusive understanding of economy highlight the extent and contribution of hidden and alternative economies theorize economy and community as sites of becoming build sustainable non-capitalist economic alternatives foster ethical economic experimentation engender collaborations between activists, academics and communities This website includes information on who we are, how we are rethinking the economy outside of a capitalocentric discourse, and on our research projects that are enacting diverse and ethical economies. The website also includes resources for academic and community researchers and activists involved in revisioning economic futures, including academic papers and stories of practical interventions in particular places. The Community Economies website is our contribution to an ongoing conversation about economic futures that put justice and sustainability first.   "This could be what a conversation is-simply the outline of a becoming." (Deleuze, Dialogues, p.2)

The JED Collective The Justice, Ecology and Democracy Collective (JED) is home to a community of organizers, parents, cultural workers, farmers and healers who share a commitment to living in mutually-supportive community, building self-reliance and cooperation, and working in diverse ways toward social and economic justice, ecological health, and a culture of solidarity and care.  Since 2001, we have been sinking our roots into the land, working toward our long-term vision of a cooperative community, an organic farm and orchard, and an education, retreat and resource center to support work for social change in Maine and beyond.