criticalnegation

typo! here's the link folks:

http://occupythecpd.org/

your platform states that "decentralized democratic cooperatives" should play a role in the economy and "that economic relations become more direct, more cooperative, and more egalitarian".

how do you propose to achieve this goal? do you propose incentives for coops and other democratic workplaces? or perhaps public awareness campaigns? in italy, for example, marcora law allows people to be forwarded unemployment benefits in order to start a cooperative business.

there's so much out there if you like this stuff.

gar alperovitz writes and lectures about democratic economics in the form of coops and democratic communities in what he calls democratization of wealth. his most recent book is called america beyond capitalism (pdf).

richard wolff also talks a lot about workplace democracy in what he calls democracy at work in the form of "worker self-directed enterprises" (WSDEs). his recent book on the matter is called democracy at work: a cure for capitalism.

both of these guys have regular podcasts, public lectures, countless videos and they write prolifically. gar alperovitz actually gave a speech at the green party convention.