How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the Poorest State in the U.S.
A powerhouse organization promoting economic justice, Cooperation Jackson was born of a need to transform the state, in particular its capital and largest city, Jackson.
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Generating and nurturing a strong co-operative culture
"Co-operative culture eats co-operative governance for breakfast"…
How To Convert a Business into a Worker-owned Cooperative
Coops can be built from scratch, but they can also be created by converting existing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives.
Seizing the Moment: Catalyzing Big Growth for Worker Co-ops
Given the current groundswell of interest in cooperatives, organizers of worker cooperatives have a window of opportunity in the United States to propel our sector to the next level.
Will Co-ops Spark a New Civil Rights Movement?
While the words “co-op” and “civil rights” do not commonly appear in the same sentence, with more than 300 cooperative and social justice activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, last weekend, the question was hard to avoid.
Goodbye to supermarkets?
Starting as ‘economy’ stores in America in the early 1900s, staffed by a few employees selling only canned goods, supermarkets have come a long way in a relatively short period of time.
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy: Part 2
Food politics is often a major news story these days, so I would dispute the generalization that most consumers do not see food as political.
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy
The movement needs to refocus on its basic mission of empowering and mobilizing communities in need of healthy food and economic justice.
Cooperative Movement Should Embrace Discussion of Systemic Issues
Andrew McLeod recently wrote an excellent and thoughtful response to my article (with Gar Alperovitz) on Mondragón and issues of systemic design. In an effort to continue the constructive dialogue around this important topic, I offer this rejoinder.
Cooperative Movement Should Engage Government Cautiously
Current events illustrate the potential unintended consequences of subordinating market-based cooperative organizing into economic planning…
Mondragón and the System Problem
As America moves more deeply into its growing systemic crisis, it is becoming increasingly important for activists and theorists to distinguish clearly between important projects and "institutional elements," on the one hand, and systemic change and systemic design, on the other.
Co-operatives need to embrace a new kind of governance
Much co-operative governance tries to wrestle with two roles: that the people making strategic calls are elected by members and that those people in the boardroom have the ability to ‘hold management to account’ for how they perform their role as stewards of members’ assets.