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Pranay Somayajula in Cooperative Futures

How Can I Help?

Shop co-op! The best way to show your support for economic democracy is to do business with your local cooperatives. You can find a directory of worker cooperatives here.

Help promote cooperatives! A number of organizations are working to promote cooperativism. You can help…

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Pranay Somayajula in Cooperative Futures

Cooperativism: A Sustainable and Empowering Alternative

In 1959, seven impoverished women from the Girgaum region of Mumbai came together and borrowed 80 rupees — the equivalent of $1.50 — to go into business together making papads, a kind of crispy bread that is a popular snack in India…

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Pranay Somayajula in Cooperative Futures

What’s Wrong With Current Solutions?

Today, arguably no proposed solution to global poverty is more in vogue than microfinance…

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Pranay Somayajula in Cooperative Futures

Women and Economic Injustice

When it comes to growing inequality, women get the short end of the stick

It’s a well-known fact that global poverty is one of the most pressing issues facing the world today. Poverty works its way into…

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Pranay Somayajula in Cooperative Futures

Welcome!

A bit about this project, and why it matters

Hi! I’m Pranay, a high-school senior from Minnesota. For my Contemporary Women Writers class, I was tasked with choosing a pressing issue that affects women, researching the problem and its potential solutions…

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