Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Aug 14, 2023 | thenation.com | Katrina vanden Heuvel |Naomi Gordon-Loebl |Mychal Denzel Smith

Last month, America’s oldest craft brewery, Anchor Brewing Company, announced that it would shut down after 127 years. The news came as a shock; the San Francisco brand is well-known, and bars across the country stock their famous Anchor Steam beer. But a group of former Anchor employees have a plan to save the company: They want to buy it, and restructure it as a worker’s cooperative.