Today, the first step of a rising activist group is throwing up a website, but a generation ago the visual impact of a group was measured by its posters. Inkworks Press, a collectively run print shop in Berkeley, Calif., was at the forefront of this [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
Thank you Jen for a great review!
One point of information: Design Action, who designed the poster illustrating this online version of the article, is a seven year old spin-off of Inkworks Press and also collectively run. Starting with two folks it is now a thriving agency of six and growing!
Those who want to learn more about the worker cooperatives in the SF Bay Area should go to the website for the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC, pronounced “No Boss!”) at: www.nobowc.org.
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