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The Art of Collecting Reparations w/ Taylor Le Melle

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The Art of Collecting Reparations w/ Taylor Le Melle
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In this episode of Punchcard, we speak with Taylor Le Melle, a founding member of not/nowhere, a BPOC worker cooperative that supports artists to navigate the structures and institutions of the UK art world, unpacking harmful myths and helping artists to recognise and use their power in the industry.

Taylor sees the arts as a perverse industry which also has unique opportunities for redistribution, as it is one of the only industries “where you could charge £20,000 for something that you worked on for five minutes”. By accessing capital through art, resources can be redirected toward education and movement-building. not/nowhere itself does this through its access to antique analogue film equipment and funding from the Arts Council.

As a BPOC cooperative which is also queer-led, not/nowhere challenges other co-ops to move beyond inclusion efforts and instead adopt a more radical approach to redistribution. Inclusion, even in its most well-intentioned forms, often demands assimilation, whereas redistribution supports alternative ideas and ways of being that come from the bottom up. In this reclamation of solidarity, self-sacrifice becomes central: if you are unwilling to give something up, is it truly redistributing power, or simply another form of charity?

Tune in to hear the full discussion with Taylor.

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Building workers.coop the UK’s Worker Coop Federation w/ Sam Nordland

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Building workers.coop the UK’s Worker Coop Federation w/ Sam Nordland
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Sam Nordland speaks to Punchcard about being a member of Gung Ho Housing Cooperative, a co-founding member of the Warehouse Cafe Workers Cooperative, a member of Stirchley Development Cooperative and now works for workers.coop the UK based federation of worker cooperatives.

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Welcome to Punchcard

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Welcome to Punchcard! Listen to 1-on-1 interview with a worker cooperator sharing their stories, experiences and insights.

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Punchcard is produced by workers.coop and Principle Six.

T-shirt contest voting 📣👕

Archived 3 October 2024

And the winner is… The voting was close but design C (I joined a worker co-op and all I got was…) came out as the design with the most votes, with one more vote than the two designs in equal second place, design B and D! We will be sharing the mocked-up final version soon…

Vote on your favourite t-shirt design!

During Co-op Fortnight workers.coop launched a t-shirt design competition. The time has come to vote on the design you want to see on a t-shirt.

The designs represent the theme of worker co-operation and the winning design will be printed on No Sweat t-shirts. Thanks so much to everyone who submitted designs!

Who can vote?

Anyone can vote on a design. Votes are by individuals so multiple members of the same co-op can vote. Voting closes on the 9th September!

Scroll down for designs and to vote ⬇️

Designs to choose from

The following submissions have been shortlisted for the vote. Scroll across to view all 6 designs.

Please note that these are not final designs that will be printed, as some of the submissions are more worked up than others. Just vote on the idea that you like best.

Update mid-September: Voting has now closed. The winner will be announced in due course.

And the winner is… The voting was close but design C (I joined a worker co-op and all I got was…) came out as the design with the most votes, with one more vote than the two designs in equal second place, design B and D! We will be sharing the mocked-up final version soon…