Coops

Organizing and Governing the Commons: A Coop-Commons Multilevel Dialogue with Municipalities and Labour

Facilitating the convergence cooperatives, social and solidarity economy, commons (and open source and collaborative platforms), cities and trade unions.
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The Catalan Integral Cooperative: an organizational study of a post-capitalist cooperative

What does a post-capitalist, cooperative and open source society would look like? A full study on the Catalan Integral Cooperative.
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How Platform Coops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy

We have an epic choice before us between platform coops and Death Star platforms, and the time to decide is now.
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Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3

In this, the final part of our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty talks about monetary reform, Commons-oriented public banking, citizen's income and the strategic need for a public-social partnership agenda.
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Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 2

In this, the second part of three in our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty talks about Co-operative Interest-free lending models - past and present and examines Co-operative movement actions leading to Public banking solutions.
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Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 1

In this, the first part of three in our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty examines the cost of access to land is essential to the provision of affordable housing. Likewise the cost of access to money is fundamental to economic health.
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Civil Power and the Path Forward for Greece

That Syriza is taking the social economy seriously is a good sign. The social economy represents one of the very few bright spots in Greece, with hundreds of new groups being formed to provide goods and services in a way that is entirely new.
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