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((Short description|Network of worker cooperatives in Jackson, Mississippi, US))
((Infobox company
| name = Cooperation Jackson
| logo = Cooperation-jackson-logo.png
| logo_alt = Cooperation Jackson logo
| founded = ((Start date|May 1, 2014))
| hq_location = 939 W. Capitol St.
| hq_location_city = [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| area_served = [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| website = https://cooperationjackson.org
))

'''Cooperation Jackson''' is a network of [[worker cooperative]]s in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], United States. It aims to develop a series of independent but connected democratic institutions to empower workers and residents of Jackson, particularly to address the needs of poor, unemployed, Black and Latino residents.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://cooperationjackson.org/intro|title=Who We Are|website=Cooperation Jackson|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-29|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029173925/https://cooperationjackson.org/intro|url-status=live))</ref> The development of Cooperation Jackson has been heavily inspired by the [[Mondragon Corporation]] in Spain, which is also a [[Cooperative federation|federation of cooperatives]], and by historical [[cooperative]] movements as described in works by [[W. E. B. Du Bois]] and in the book ''Collective Courage'' by [[Jessica Gordon Nembhard]].<ref name=":1">((Cite web|date=January 18, 2018|title=Left Out: Kali Akuno on Worker Cooperatives, Economic Democracy, and Black Self-Determination|url=https://www.democracyatwork.info/left_out_kali_akuno|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120205802/http://www.democracyatwork.info:80/left_out_kali_akuno |archive-date=2018-01-20 |access-date=2020-08-16|website=[[Democracy at Work]]))</ref>

== History ==
Cooperation Jackson, formed in 2014, enacts a vision of a [[Radical democracy|radically democratic]] city of interconnected cooperatives and supporting institutions. Although the city of Jackson was already home to the [[Mississippi Association of Cooperatives]], before Cooperation Jackson, there were not many existing cooperative businesses. Kali Akuno, a Cooperation co-founder and co-director,<ref>((Cite web|title=Kali Akuno|url=https://cooperationjackson.org/cop-delegation-bios/2015/9/16/kali-akuno|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Cooperation Jackson|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906180344/https://cooperationjackson.org/cop-delegation-bios/2015/9/16/kali-akuno|url-status=live))</ref> describes a goal of bringing a strong focus of [[cooperative economics]] to an urban American context, as opposed to the currently more common rural context of [[Agricultural cooperative|agricultural]] and [[Utility cooperative|utility co-ops]].<ref name=":1" />

The organization has attempted to work within and outside of the government to achieve its goals. It has had to fight off anti-democratic measures by the [[Mississippi Legislature|Mississippi state legislators]] including [[austerity]] measures, an attempted takeover of [[Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport]], and an attempt to pass a bill to hand control of the city government over to the governor.<ref>((Cite news|last=Moskowitz|first=P. E.|date=2017-04-24|title=Meet the Radical Workers' Cooperative Growing in the Heart of the Deep South|language=en-US|work=[[The Nation]]|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-the-radical-workers-cooperative-growing-in-the-heart-of-the-deep-south/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-29|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029173923/https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-the-radical-workers-cooperative-growing-in-the-heart-of-the-deep-south/))</ref> The organizers also struggle with working in an economically depressed city in the poorest state in the United States.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/05/08/which-town-your-state-poorest-list-financial-hardship/581103002/|title=Which town in your state is the poorest? Here is the list|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=2019-10-29|archive-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730094333/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/05/08/which-town-your-state-poorest-list-financial-hardship/581103002/|url-status=live))</ref>

== Jackson-Kush Plan ==
Akuno has described the network as a key part of enacting the Jackson-Kush Plan.<ref name=":1" /> The plan, which was developed by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement,<ref>((Cite web|date=2012-07-12|title=The Jackson Plan: A Struggle for Self-Determination, Participatory Democracy, and Economic Justice - The Bullet|url=https://socialistproject.ca/2012/07/b664/|access-date=2019-10-29|website=Socialist Project|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029173924/https://socialistproject.ca/2012/07/b664/|url-status=live))</ref> involves building a strong base of [[Community wealth building|community wealth]], stability, racial equity, and [[economic democracy]] in Jackson.<ref name=":0" /> It has three planks, which are the "building of a broad-based [[solidarity economy]], the building of [[Popular assembly|people's assemblies]], and the building of an independent black political party."<ref name=":2">((Cite web|title=Jackson Rising|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/jackson-rising/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=openDemocracy|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809111730/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/jackson-rising/|url-status=live))</ref>

Organizers behind Cooperation Jackson believe that a solidarity economy rooted in democratic principles is a core requirement of developing the community's capacity and vision in making meaningful change. The Jackson-Kush Plan describes the role of this economy as a "transitional strategy and praxis to build 21st century socialism and advance the abolition of capitalism and the poverty and oppressive social relations that it fosters".<ref>((Cite book |last=Akuno |first=Kali |title=The Jackson-Kush Plan: The Struggle for Black Self-Determination and Economic Democracy |url=https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jackson-KushPlan.pdf |access-date=2022-04-10 |archive-date=2021-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023175831/https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jackson-KushPlan.pdf |url-status=live ))</ref> The [[direct democracy]] of people's assemblies and local government electoral strategy are designed to both benefit and benefit from a strong cooperative system.<ref name=":2" />

== Projects ==

=== Mutual aid ===
Cooperation Jackson has long focused on facilitating [[Mutual aid (organization theory)|mutual aid]] projects. This has included creating and distributing [[personal protective equipment]]<ref>((Cite web |last=Madeson |first=Frances |date=2021-11-10 |title=Hurricane Ida showed us the future of climate catastrophe. Mutual aid showed us a way out. |url=http://therealnews.com/hurricane-ida-showed-us-the-future-of-climate-catastrophe-mutual-aid-showed-us-a-way-out |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Real News Network |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510144734/https://therealnews.com/hurricane-ida-showed-us-the-future-of-climate-catastrophe-mutual-aid-showed-us-a-way-out |url-status=live ))</ref> and providing an eviction support hotline<ref>((Citation |last=Pipkin |first=Christopher |title=Jackson organization hosts rental assistance fair for Hinds County residents |date=2021-10-17 |url=https://www.wapt.com/article/cooperation-jackson-hosts-rental-assistance-fair-saturday/37981255 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124123425/https://www.wapt.com/article/cooperation-jackson-hosts-rental-assistance-fair-saturday/37981255 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-11 |archive-date=2022-01-24))</ref> in the wake of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Members have also created community gardens and composting sheds on vacant spaces to aid their goal of providing enough organic food to provide for the calorie needs of 20,000 people in Jackson.<ref>((Cite web |last=Madeson |first=Frances |title=How Do People Living in a Food Desert Feed Themselves Amid a Pandemic? |url=https://truthout.org/articles/how-do-people-living-in-a-food-desert-feed-themselves-amid-a-pandemic/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Truthout |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601033224/https://truthout.org/articles/how-do-people-living-in-a-food-desert-feed-themselves-amid-a-pandemic/ |url-status=live ))</ref>

In 2021, Cooperation organizers began work with the Grassroots Center in [[Vermont]] to develop a land trust in that state in cooperation with the local indigenous population and to address food needs with [[regenerative agriculture]]. The project also seeks to serve as a safe haven for potential climate refugees who may be escaping inhospitable conditions in Mississippi.<ref>((Cite web |last=Fassler |first=Ella |date=2021-06-29 |title=Activists Are Sharing Land In Vermont With People Escaping Climate Disaster |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5zb9/activists-are-buying-land-in-vermont-to-help-people-escape-climate-disaster |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226231813/https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5zb9/activists-are-buying-land-in-vermont-to-help-people-escape-climate-disaster |archive-date=2021-12-26 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Vice |language=en))</ref>

=== Cooperative institutions ===
Several cooperatives exist as part of the Cooperation Jackson network. These include the lawn care business The Green Team, the organic vegetable farm Freedom Farms, and the print shop The Center for Community Production, which also operates a [[3D printing|3D printer]]. These cooperatives try to alleviate causes of poverty and discrimination while operating in an ecologically sustainable manner. A cooperative [[Business incubator|incubator]] exists, called the Balagoon Center. Cooperation Jackson also owns about three hectares of land which it operates as a [[community land trust]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://indypendent.org/2019/10/building-a-solidarity-economy-in-jackson-mississippi/|title=Building a Solidarity Economy in Jackson, Mississippi|last=Franco|first=Cheree|date=October 2, 2019|website=The Indypendent|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004021006/https://indypendent.org/2019/10/building-a-solidarity-economy-in-jackson-mississippi/ |archive-date=2019-10-04 |access-date=2019-10-29))</ref>

== External links ==

* [https://cooperationjackson.org Official website]
* [https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jackson-KushPlan.pdf The Jackson-Kush Plan: The Struggle for Black Self-Determination and Economic Democracy]

== References ==
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