{"id":9,"date":"2020-01-31T21:43:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T21:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastamuerte.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:30:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a worker cooperative, we work hard to unlearn modes of existence based on individualism which are constantly reinforced in capitalism.&nbsp; We have stitched together a patchwork quilt of collective practices informed by other co-operative business and housing models, the collectivist survival methods of our folks and practical innovations called for by our own circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hastamuerte.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hmc-about-cafe-storefront.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hmc-about-cafe-storefront.jpg 900w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hmc-about-cafe-storefront-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hmc-about-cafe-storefront-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, we also have to survive in capitalism\u2026\u00a0 Our food and drink offerings are made to give a sense of uniqueness and care.\u00a0 Our prices are set as low as we can make them to cover our costs and keep pushing.\u00a0 Our shop is in a building we converted into a land trust to ensure long-term affordability, which allows us and our upstairs residential neighbors to afford being here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1080297-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We support all efforts to maintain life and living for the dispossessed in places like Oakland, in which landlords, developers, and high cost of living push low income people like us to the margins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some customer and community quotes that inspire us, as well as love letters, fan art, and other dedications &lt;3&lt;3&lt;3<\/p>\n\n\n<section data-block_d548824acbcada7fca1177c1771aaecb class=\"slideshow align carousel slide carousel-fade\" id=\"carouselblock_d548824acbcada7fca1177c1771aaecb\" data-ride=\"carousel\">\n  <ol class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n        <li data-target=\"#carouselblock_d548824acbcada7fca1177c1771aaecb\" data-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"rounded-circle  active  \">\n      <div class=\"indicator-inner\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n        <li data-target=\"#carouselblock_d548824acbcada7fca1177c1771aaecb\" data-slide-to=\"1\" class=\"rounded-circle  \">\n      <div class=\"indicator-inner\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n  <div class=\"carousel-inner\">\n          <div class=\"carousel-item  active \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_8189-edit-1-1020x680.png\" class=\"d-block w-100 lazyload-exclude\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"carousel-item \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/hastamuertecoffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/biz-blessing-pdf.jpg\" class=\"d-block w-100 lazyload-exclude\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a worker cooperative, we work hard to unlearn modes of existence based on individualism which are constantly reinforced in capitalism.&nbsp; 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