Can Local Co-Ops Challenge Corporate Carbon Pharaohs?

This approach might serve as a model of what a community-based, compassionate, justice-seeking America — simultaneously “global” and “neighborly” — would look like. The point would be to emphasize neighborhood co-ops. The possibility of energizing folks who live down the farm road instead of a suspect federal bureaucrat who appears out of nowhere could make a great difference. The same dynamic with different faces could make a similar difference in poverty-stricken urban areas.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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