Scotland's Community Empowerment Bill aims to help bring the spirit of self-determination unleashed during the referendum into the day-to-day running of neighbourhoods across the country.

A talk with Steve Stride, the chief executive of Poplar HARCA, on why in his area of London 'regeneration' isn't a dirty word but something the community supports.

Angela Cummine charts the growth and impact of Alaska's Permanent Fund and dividend – a unique combination of publicly owned wealth fund and basic citizen's income.

After a period of rapid liberalisation South America undertook a programme of renationalisations, while still bearing the marks of the neoliberal phase - what might be termed 'post-neoliberalism'. Español.

Railway privatisation has failed. It's time to put the public in charge.

Energy privatisation has failed - all over the world, there are examples of how to take it back into democratic control.

New analysis from We Own It shows just how big the gap has become between what the British public want for their public services and what Westminster wants.

Democratising energy would not only save thousands of lives a year but would be a big step forward in saving the planet.

The rich tradition of alternative liberalism has much to offer by way of solutions to inexorably widening inequality—as social movements are beginning to realise.

The Labour Party has just changed its position on TTIP - for the worse.

When the Argentinian economy collapsed, lots of workers didn't believe that the things they made were no longer needed. And so they broke into their factories, and started making them again - only to prove they could run them better than their former bosses.

A soap factory in Greece, abandoned by its owners, has been reclaimed by its workers - and provides a vital example of how things can be done differently.

The British economy is unbalanced regionally and by sector, but at core, it must fix a deeper problem: work doesn't work for workers.

There is little evidence that privatisation works or is popular, and yet it continues apace. To counter it, the left must explain how democratic ownership is vital in defence of liberty.

Workers co-ops, public banks and participatory budgeting have all been shown to be successful and efficient. It's time to take democratic control of our economy.

So-called 'John Lewis style mutuals' have been tried in the NHS - and flopped badly. So they want to give this Trojan horse for privatisation and asset-stripping new legs - and teeth.