Prof. H.S.Shylendra 'Regenerating Cooperatives as Institutions of the Future'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_7SnfbCwA&t=59s .
Prof. H.S. Shylendra presented a paper titled, 'State versus peasants: The political-economy of farm laws and farmers agitation in India' at the International Conference on Globalization and Future of Rural-Agrarian in 21st Century India, held during February 23-24, 2023, at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
India recently witnessed a massive peasant rebellion against three farm laws brought to deepen market-oriented reforms. Using a political-economy perspective, the paper by Prof. Shylendra has tried to understand the true nature of the farm laws and the agitation, besides drawing implications for addressing the extant crisis. The government’s measures appeared desperate given its neoliberal compulsions, and the proclaimed strategy of resolving the crisis through institutional reforms. The farmers’ concerns emerged in the backdrop of agriculture’s overall deterioration and the lack of viable livelihood alternatives. While the disjuncture with social realities undid the farm laws; the attempted broadening of the class-orientation aided the farmers’ agitation.
Prof. Shylendra works in the area of Social Sciences at IRMA. His current areas of interest are Rural Development, Poverty, Rural Livelihood, Microfinance, Rural Finance, Development Theories, Governance and Development, Local Governance, and Cooperatives.
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Greening Mother Earth: How Vanvadi In Maharashtra Is Reclaiming Forests For A Cause
By Uttara GangopadhyayonJ ul. 03, 2023 https://vikalpsangam.org/article/greening-mother-earth-how-vanvadi-in-maharashtra-is-reclaiming-forests-for-a-cause/ The 65 acres of clear-felled land was bought 28 years ago by a non-profit collective of over 24 people by pooling in their money,..The collective decided that the land should be allowed to regenerate naturally, and offered it protection from interference....
Vanvadi offers a range of participatory programmes and workshops. One of their popular events is the forest walks with experienced Adivasi elders to learn about traditionally useful plant species and forest foods. “Here people learn about special plants and foods, such as karvanda, mahua, the ‘shevli‘… ” said Mansata
For a more broad-based dissemination of knowledge, Vanvadi is working on a plan to build an organically evolving ‘eco-versity’ and learning alliance – a community where people can collaboratively live and learn, supporting each other in symbiotic harmony – “like the forest around us,” said Mansata.
Practical Radicalism: Community Wealth Building with Neil McInroy ByColin Bruce Anthes
June 29, 2023 One of the few working-class movements scoring victories, democratizing ownership, and gaining momentum is the method of economic development called Community Wealth Building (CWB).
Transcript: https://theanalysis.news/practical-radicalism-community-wealth-building-with-neil-mcinroy/?cmid=f9d7ffae-71d3-47d1-95e1-5b8b21d84a35 wealth controls the very nature of how many of us, where we work, what we do, and how we nurture the planet with that wealth.,,,community wealth building is a concept, but also a practical way of chipping away at neoliberalism and the questions of power and wealth.
community wealth building is a concept, but also a practical way of chipping away at neoliberalism and the questions of power and wealth.
What we need to do is democratize our economy. That doesn’t just mean the state controlled. It means control partly by the state. In certain instances, it might be fit for purpose; this could deal with railways or whatever it may be. But it’s also that wider democratization of ownership, that plural forms of democratization...
the individual who may have some spare capital in their bank account. Most people don’t give it a second thought. They just sit it in the bank and it incurs interest, be it an ethical bank or whatnot. Where is the opportunities for them to invest in community shares or a local project, which may also bring a return, perhaps an equal return, maybe even more of a return? So the options are not there. I think that the important thing about community wealth-building strategies and links to economic strategy is to raise the bar on how one uses the capital that is in a place, the finance that is in the place, and what we as individuals do in that locality.
Increasingly, certain sectors in different parts of the world, you can see it lend itself to particular forms of democratic ownership, either railways or perhaps state-owned railways. When it comes to things like childcare or some forms of everyday retail, this might lend itself to workers’ co-op or other forms of democratic ownership.
Colin Bruce Anthes