Esteban Kelly

@Estebantitos

Executive Director of the US Federation of Worker Co-ops ; Co-founder/ Worker–Owner ; a Black Futurist currently building economic democracy✌🏾

Philadelphia
Joined July 2012

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    Dec 4

    “We don’t think you fight fire with fire. We think you fight fire with water. We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity… We’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism.”

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    Dec 4
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    Dec 6

    The main way you know we’re not moving beyond neoliberalism is the capitalists are totally calm.

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  4. Dec 5

    Lost the plot and/ or picking up where COINTELPRO left off.

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  5. Retweeted
    Nov 28
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    ID: Same image as above with alt text for accessibility.

    Venn diagram style data visualization of 3 overlapping boxes containing names of various world nations meeting one or more of the following 3 categories: Countries in Southern Africa, Countries with confirmed Omicron variant cases, and Countries banned from entering the US (and many other countries).

Countries with confirmed Omicron cases outside of southern Africa include:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Hong Kong
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
UK


2 nations with confirmed cases that are in southern Africa are shown as also on the travel ban list. They are South Africa & Botswana. 

Nations in southern Africa with no confirmed cases who are nonetheless banned from entry to the US et al are as follows:
eSwatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Zimbabwe

The only two southern African nations with no cases or current travel bans are Angola & Zambia.

No non-African nations are banned from entry, whether they have confirmed an Omicron variant case or not.
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  6. Retweeted
    Nov 18

    More news: We’re growing! Check out these incredible researchers & new members: , , , , , , Fayola Jacobs, & Tracey Lewis. Oooh y’all, just wait. Good stuff is coming.

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  7. Retweeted
    Nov 16

    Court today just reminded me how many thousands of everyday people end up in jail because of body cam footage and how almost no cops do. Body cams are a tool of state surveillance, not a tool of police accountability.

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    Nov 2

    And there it is. 10,000 UAW members at John Deere remain on strike. Hold the line.

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    Nov 2

    ¿Tiene preguntas sobre finanzas cooperativas? Tráelos a nuestra sesión con en la conferencia de cooperativas trabajadores de

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  10. Nov 2

    Cool cool cool, somebody come vaccinate my babies plz.

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    Nov 2

    Kellogg’s workers have been on strike for 4 weeks. Today the union sent workers an update: ‘There has been very little movement from the company on anything.’ Wednesday is the last scheduled day for bargaining. ‘We will continue to hold the line one day longer + one day stronger’

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    Nov 2

    Delighted to share that my article "Broken Windows of the Bronx: Putting the Theory in Its Place" is the co-winner of the Arnold Hirsch Award for best article in a scholarly journal from the Urban History Association! Free from American Quarterly here:

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    Today is the 12th day of our hunger strike. 271 hours without food. To commemorate this moment, I read from Doug Schifter’s last words before he took his life bc of this crisis. They broke my heart. We strike in honor of his memory & in honor of the drivers still with us.

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    Oct 26

    Keynote panelists will explore how visions of a liberated future can inspire today's actions for building community wealth through cooperative ownership and governance. Join and , register at

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    Oct 23

    They'd rather legalize child labor rather than raise the minimum wage.

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    Oct 5

    Enjoying an impactful keynote conversation with Sara Horowitz and Esteban Kelly around Sara’s eye-opening book “Mutualism”. Answers the question of how we structure our economy around people. Co-ops have a big role to play.

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    “Abolition happens through the slow deliberative process of building economic democracy, so that communities are capable of envisioning a world where we don’t have to call the police.” - 🔥 Celebrating w/ : ❤️

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    Oct 15

    One criticism of the left is that people have to accept all of our radical beliefs at one time. Being politicized is more messy than this and we often hold contradictory positions as we evolve. That’s why I hope people evolve within organizations/with people instead of online

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    Sep 28

    NEW EP TODAY! Feat. Chris Hedges () Ethan Earle () Stephanie Luce () Ruth Milkman Nathan Schneider () Esteban Kelly () Tamara Shapiro () SPOTIFY: APPLE:

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    Oct 17

    Podcast BONUS Ep.: The "Why Worker Co-ops" recently launched on the EO Podcast Network, hosted by & produced by In this episode, we're joined by Esteban Kelly () executive director . 🎧/📖

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