If we're going to have an economy that puts people and planet before profit, we need it to be made up of organisations which do just that: we need to give workers a right to turn their firms into co-operatives.
A soap factory in Greece, abandoned by its owners, has been reclaimed by its workers - and provides a vital example of how things can be done differently.
Community ownership of land in Scottish Highlands has been an astonishing success - and now others are starting to follow.
The British economy is unbalanced regionally and by sector, but at core, it must fix a deeper problem: work doesn't work for workers.
There is little evidence that privatisation works or is popular, and yet it continues apace. To counter it, the left must explain how democratic ownership is vital in defence of liberty.
Democratic ownership doesn't just make society fairer, it brings out the best in all of us.
Workers co-ops, public banks and participatory budgeting have all been shown to be successful and efficient. It's time to take democratic control of our economy.
Today we launch our new series on democracy and the economy: modernise, de-privatise.
So-called 'John Lewis style mutuals' have been tried in the NHS - and flopped badly. So they want to give this Trojan horse for privatisation and asset-stripping new legs - and teeth.
A new paper from the New Economics Foundation argues that public services should be taken back into public control - and the public should be given a real say.
