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Berkeley Votes to Boost Co-op Economy In the Face of Gentrification

Berkeley Votes to Boost Co-op Economy In the Face of Gentrification | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A growing number of cities are investing in co-ops to keep money local and neighborhoods affordable.
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Labour Shadow Chancellor pledges to double the co-operative economy | Co-operatives UK Newsroom

Labour Shadow Chancellor pledges to double the co-operative economy | Co-operatives UK Newsroom | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Co-operatives UK has welcomed the announcement (Wednesday 20 April) by the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, that the Lab
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Democratically controlled, co-operative higher education

Democratically controlled, co-operative higher education | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Higher education is disintegrating under misguided neo-liberal reforms. Could co-operative universities, member-run and member-led, be the answer?
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Report: Austin’s cooperative economy tops $1 billion in annual...

Report: Austin’s cooperative economy tops $1 billion in annual... | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Austin’s first cooperative opened almost 120 years ago, and the city has experienced occasional bursts of co-op activity since then.
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Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece?

Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

While the Eurogroup discusses its next steps following the decision to extend financial assistance to Greece by up to four months, there are indications that left-wing Syriza’s win in January could boost the co-operative sector. Reaching an agreement with European counterparts remains the new government’s top priority, but rebuilding the country’s economy is another major pledge made by Syriza prior to this year’s election.

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Marinaleda Journal - A Job and No Mortgage for All in a Spanish Town - NYTimes.com

Marinaleda Journal - A Job and No Mortgage for All in a Spanish Town - NYTimes.com | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The mayor of Marinaleda boasts that his town, with its municipal housing program and bustling farming cooperative, is a Communist oasis that people are flocking to.
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Black Cooperative Economics Will Be the Focus of Ujamaa Summit in Atlanta - Atlanta Black Star

Black Cooperative Economics Will Be the Focus of Ujamaa Summit in Atlanta - Atlanta Black Star | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Black cooperative economics will be the theme of the second annual Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) Power Summit taking place on Saturday, March 21, in Atlanta at the Shrine of the Black Madonna Church.
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The Cooperative Economy: A Conversation with Gar Alperovitz - Gar Alperovitz

The Cooperative Economy: A Conversation with Gar Alperovitz - Gar Alperovitz | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Published in the May/June & July/August 2014 issue of Orion magazine IN THE MID-1960s, when author, historian, and political economist Gar Alperovitz was working as legislative director for Senator Gaylord Nelson, change was in the air.
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Cooperative Cuba | It's Our Economy

Cooperative Cuba | It's Our Economy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Published in Z Magazine, October 2013, under the title “Laboratory for a New Society: Moving toward a cooperative economy.” Cuba is engaged in a fundamental reshaping of its society. Calling it a renovation of socialism or a renewal of ...
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How to generate and nurture a strong co-operative culture | It's Our ...

How to generate and nurture a strong co-operative culture | It's Our ... | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Talking about governance problems at the Co-operative Group, our friend and fellow co-operator Sion Whellens, of worker co-operative Calverts Design & Print, said “co-operative culture eats co-operative governance for breakfast!
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NYC Worker Cooperative Conference 2014 - 4. Building a Worker Cooperative Economy

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Cooperative economy l الاقتصاد التعاوني | عبدالله الغدوني l Abdullah Alghadouni | TEDxPrinceSultanU

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Cooperative economy and how it affects our daily lives Abdullah is ...
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Sharing is caring? Expanding UK's co-op economy

Sharing is caring? Expanding UK's co-op economy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From empty spare rooms to community dog-sitting, Channel 4 News gets an exclusive look into a new report which suggests as much as a quarter of the UK population are part of the sharing economy.
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Economy – Cooperacy

Economy – Cooperacy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The idea behind an diversity-based cooperative society is that wealth is redistributed in order to let every identity to have the possibility to fulfill its potential. This idea has been the base of democracies, communist and socialist systems, and capitalist-liberal ones. Capitalism accuses communism and socialism to be fake and to destroy the individual dignity. Socialism and communism instead point out that capitalism is greedy and the system brings to in-equivalence. And they're both right.

 

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Pat Conaty Interview

Stream Pat Conaty Interview by Upstream from desktop or your mobile device
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Co-operative economy & the Commons

Co-operative economy & the Commons | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
John Restakis, coordinator of FLOK Society‘s research stream on the social-solidarity economy and institutional innovation, will be with us at the pre-festival event of CommonsFest 2015, which will be held in Heraklion on April 17-18.
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Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece?

Could Syriza boost the co-operative economy in Greece? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Excerpted from Anca Voinea: “In its manifesto, Syriza highlights the importance of reviving the co-op movement as a form of social and economic activity for the future, and suggests drawing up a strategy by looking at the most suitable sectors for...
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Building Co-operative Power | Grassroots Economic Organizing

Building Co-operative Power | Grassroots Economic Organizing | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Building Co-operative Power introduces the history and concept of worker co-operation and relays past and present stories of worker co-operatives in the Connecticut River Valley. It offers practical insights on co-op governance, management, communication and conflict highlighted by cautionary tales and sagas of personal transformation of current and former co-operators. It addresses obstacles and opportunities for building a co-operative economy and making worker co-operatives an increasingly important part of the U.S. economy. The authors outline a regional vision based on strategies of worker co-operatives in the Connecticut River Valley as a guide and inspiration for co-operative development in any region.

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Interest is Rising in Cooperative Alternatives to the

Interest is Rising in Cooperative Alternatives to the | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
If last week's turnout at Civic Hall is any indication, a lot of people--technologists as well as organizers--are interested in figuring out how the 21st century economy can be built on more cooperati...
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Cooperative Economics - Support Our Schools - ZaZa Ali

Please like our FB page - Cooperative Economics - Support Our Schools. "You measure a people by its ability to protect its children." The Akoben Institute's ...
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A co-operative economy? - Preorg!

A co-operative economy? - Preorg! | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Co-operatives alone would not be enough to transform the economy, but they could form an important part of the picture. The end to which we might aspire, of a cooperative economy embedded within community organising, ...
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Jessica Gordon Nembhard: Cooperative Economics and Civil Rights

The Laura Flanders show streams from GRITtv.org. What role did economic cooperation play in the civil rights movement? As it turns out, a huge one. 

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Policies For A Worker Cooperative Economy in NYC - Shareable

Policies For A Worker Cooperative Economy in NYC - Shareable | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Photo courtesy of Green Worker Cooperatives How can the new New York City government support the growth of worker-owned cooperatives? A team from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies and national and ...
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Creating a Cooperative Economy » Clearing the FOG Radio

Creating a Cooperative Economy » Clearing the FOG Radio | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As the failings of the capitalist economy become more evident, people recognize that there are alternatives. The cooperative economy though largely hidden is growing and is outperforming the capitalist economy when it ...
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The New Cooperative Economy in Cuba

The New Cooperative Economy in Cuba | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

In an effort to jump start Cuba's sluggish economy, the administration of President Raul Castro initiated a series of largely market-oriented economic reforms several years ago.

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