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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

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August 10, 2023

Activating the Unrealised Potential of Care Networks

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Equal Care's pilot in Commons-based care in Hackney builds on five years of work developing and delivering a ‘teams model’ of home care in Calderdale, Yorkshire.

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May 18, 2023

What Sweden Can Teach the U.S. About Overcoming the Housing Crisis

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Can studying cooperative housing in Sweden teach the U.S. how to overcome the moderate-income family housing crisis?

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May 15, 2023

Why is the Co-operative Movement so Strong in Emilia Romagna?

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Today I’m talking with Matt Hancock, who’s been heavily involved with the co-operative movement in Emilia Romagna – the region of Italy around Bologna. There’s a huge, very successful co-op sector in ER. I want to try to find out in this interview is why – what’s special about ER, and can it be emulated elsewhere?

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April 24, 2023

Worker Co-ops Fund Themselves, Solve Equipment Crisis

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How the VAWC Inter-cooperative Loan Fund helped save the fledgling worker co-op Flat Iron Coffeehouse.

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October 13, 2022

Sri Lanka’s Untold Story of Resilience

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Since its inception, Sarvodaya has grown to include more than 15,000 villages and has energized these communities to build more than 5,000 preschools, community health centers, libraries, and cottage industries. It has also established thousands of village banks and more than 100,000 small businesses — all without any government support.

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October 10, 2022

Phoenix Mental Health

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Max is joined by Jeff and Eric, 2 of 7 worker-owners of a therapist worker cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota called Phoenix Mental Health.

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October 6, 2022

Cecosesola of Venezuela Wins Right Livelihood Award!

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Venezuelan cooperative network Cecosesola has won the 2022 Right Livelihood Award.

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September 26, 2022

Cooperatives as a Strategy in International Food Markets

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How five Latin American producer cooperatives of high-value food products have overcome the hurdles to integration with the international market for their member farmers.

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September 15, 2022

House of the Mondragon

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Dru is joined by Carmen Marcuello and Anjel Errasti, authors of some interesting publications about Mondragon's expansion abroad.

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July 11, 2022

A Roadmap For High-Trust Communities

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Here's a short clip introducing Microsolidarity as a roadmap for high-trust communities.