I am in the US, the PNW specifically.

I am wondering if there is a database any where of businesses that are worker owned coops or support socialism in general.

There is a worker owned bakery near me, that sort of thing.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Cheers, fellow northwestie. I’d be interested in a list like this as well.

    I’d also be interested in a similar list, of businesses owned by known white supremacists and Nazis, so I can never, ever spend a fucking dime at those places.

    I have a list of about ten worker cooperatives in my local city, but that’s about it to start.

    Do we have a secure place to begin organizing such a list, such as a Matrix channel? That way I don’t have to essentially admit what city I am in to everyone on the internet who can read this.

    • sokian@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I think making a list of bad actors could be problematic but I am not completely against it.

      I am not a front end web developer but can setup the back end.

      I could just setup a public list, not that I have time but it is important to me, be the change you want to see right?

      I am not a big fan of Matrix(I do have an account), I like XMPP much more.

      • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Front-end is overrated, basic organization of data is all that is needed. It doesn’t need to look fancy. I know some html/css/javascript.

        The main problem I see with both lists is maintenance. How do we know ownership hasn’t changed hands? What if the cooperative sells the business or is replaced by a different business, using the same name? Same goes with the bad actors, what if they’re taken over by someone good? Businesses ethics, morals, and actions can and do change based on who is running them.

        I think a basic public list is a good place to start. Do you know where to get web hosting that has secure anonymity so they won’t leak your personal credentials in the WHOIS database?

        I am not a big fan of Matrix(I do have an account), I like XMPP much more.

        I think they both have great use-cases, and I totally understand folks not wanting to dump XMPP, which has been useful for a long time. Have you heard about Veilid? I was kind of like “why, don’t we already have Matrix/XMPP?” at first, but when I watched the DEF CON video about it, I actually became a lot more interested, it has a unique and interesting setup that I think is very good.