Building Co-operation in the Capital
At the Co-operative Party Local conference in June, they published a great publication, titled: Six Steps to Community Wealth Building. The new publication is designed to be a practical guide for Party members, councillors and anyone else who wants to bring about change in their local area. Not read it yet? Here’s the Co-op Party's Policy Officer and author of … [Read more...]
GRITtv with Laura Flanders and The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA) have created a great new documentary all about worker co-ops called Own the Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time. The film is very US-focussed and some of the info is only relevant to people wanting to start worker co-ops there, but most of it is pretty university and it … [Read more...]
Co-operative News has a good post gathering the global research on how co-operative workplaces are - on the whole - happier workplaces with happier workers. Not on the list but linked is the research by Baxi's David Erdal suggesting co-operative workers had better life expectancy! … [Read more...]
Think tank ResPublica has just published a major essay collection 'Making it Mutual' looking at the opportunities for mutuals in various sectors, and the policies that can better support their development. … [Read more...]
Co-operatives UK have launched a microsite which has all the resources for the forthcoming Co-operatives Fortnight. … [Read more...]
In Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, Tony Wilson (played by Steve Coogan) is dismayed to see one of Factory Records' acts playing what to his ears sounds and look suspiciously like jazz; a big no-no to Wilson's showbusiness bent because he views jazz as a form in which 'the band always have more fun than the audience'. … [Read more...]