In The Meantime with your host, DJ Sweety
1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6 to 7pm PST (02:00 GMT next day)
Streaming: on Enemy Combatant Radio (ECR) in San Francisco... and archived here for your convenience.
Email us: <meantime [at] whisperedmedia [dot] org>

Ever try working with other people when no one is The Boss?

Well if you're not just waiting for the revolution, tune in to In The Meantime, where we explore collective and democratic decision making in groups involved in building a parallel, non-capitalist economy that works in the here and now.

What can we learn from others about getting along and getting things done? In particular, how do we concretely challenge the status quo while avoiding reactive boom and bust cycles of "activism"? How do co-ops, collectives and the rest of us put food on the table without propping up exploitative systems that merely define us as good workers and consumers? How do we jump into this growing organizing model and start our own collectively run organization?

Featuring interviews with collectives and worker co-ops from the San Francisco Bay and around the world.

Upcoming Guests:


Archives:

- 21-06-05; Part 1 and Part 2; John Abrams, co-founder of South Mountain Company (SoMoCo) in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, a Design/Build company which restructured from Sole-Proprietorship to a worker owned cooperative.The company focuses on environmental and socially-conscious buildings and works a lot on affordable housing issues on the island.

- 17-05-05; MP3; Jason and Arthur from Eggplant Active Media; a worker owned internet technology and website design company in Vermont which particularly serves non-profit and activist-oriented organizations.

- 05-04-05; Part 1 and Part 2; Lupe and Maria from St. Peter's Housing Committee; helping to organize and council low income spanish speaking tenants in San Francisco, staff recently switched to collectively organized structure.

- 15-03-05; Part 1 and Part 2; Joan Meyers, PHD student in Sociology at UC Davis; comparing two cooperatives that have changed since their formation 30 years ago.

- 01-03.05; MP3; Malatesta and Raw Knowledge from Entartete Kunst; artist collective and collectively run record label with music from their most recent CD, States of Abuse.

- 15-02-05; MP3; Melissa and Bernard from Ink Works Press in Berkeley, California; started in 1974 as movement-supporting affordable printshop. Organized as both union-run and worker-owned not-for-profit corporation.

- 01-02-05; (2 Interviews):
Hour One; Part 1 and Part 2; Scott Kellog from Rhizome Collective in Austin, Texas; educational collective that promotes permaculture and sustainable living, projects include Center for Community Organizing, Center for Urban Sustainability, an after school program and a brownfield restoration project.
Hour Two (one file); Lani and Zach from AK Press; worker owned collective publishing and distributing anarchist books and media, based in Oakland, California.