Articles
Regional Alliance of Worker Co-ops to Publish a Movement Book
Tuesday November 3 marked a milestone for the book project of the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC). Food for Thought Books, a 33-year collective and member of VAWC, hosted an advance book sale for CO-OP VALLEY! THE WORKER COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. They organized the event to help finance the writing and publishing of the book.
Our purpose in publishing this book is three-fold: Co-opted: The Fall Of The Natural Foods Cooperative And What We Can Do About It
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by Bob St.Peter
Evergreen: Can "Anchor Institutions" Help Revitalize Declining Neighborhoods by Buying from Local Cooperatives?
by Jacquelyn Yates, Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University
A Joyfully Eventful Day: Celebrating the Justice, Ecology and Democracy Collective's Land Purchase!
by the Justice, Ecology and Democracy (JED) Collective
After more than seven years of planning, negotiating and organizing, the JED Collective has taken a big step forward in our work to build a rooted, sustainable, long-term collective land project. With the help of a generous and inspiring community of lenders and donors, JED has purchased 30 acres of land and secured conservation agreements on a surrounding area of more than 300 acres.
Storytelling for Childcare Advocacy: Childspace Alive and Well After 21 Years!
By Christina A. Clamp, Director, Center for Cooperatives and Community Economic Development, and Professor, School of Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University
A Review of "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein
by Lisa Stolarski
The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important books of our time. As a persuasive political writer, Naomi Klein is setting a new bar. Her angle is not that of the psychoanalyst, radical political economist or social philosopher, though she moves confidently through the terrain of these and all social sciences. 
Free Geek, a Computer Recycler: Testing the Limits of Reproducing Worker-Managed Enterprises
By Jim Johnson, GEO Collective
Since its founding in 2000, worker-managed non-profit Free Geek of Portland, Oregon, has supplied over 15,000 refurbished computers to individuals and community organizations, and has also ethically recycled 2,000 tons of non-reusable computer components (known as "e-waste"). Along the way, they've also successfully reproduced their organizational model, with nine similar organizations having taken root in the US and Canada. But they've also encountered some special challenges in propagating their model, and their experience offers some important cautionary tales for co-ops and collectives seeking to do the same.
The Replication of Arizmendi Bakery: A Model of the Democratic Worker Cooperative Movement
By Joe Marraffino, Arizmendi Development and Support Cooperative
Since the mid-1990s a group of worker cooperative organizers in the San Francisco Bay Area has been developing a new model for cooperative development. Our organization, the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives, is a network, incubator, and technical assistance provider that is owned, governed, and funded by the member workplaces it creates and serves. Our primary activity is to replicate and offer continuing support to new retail bakeries based on a proven cooperative business model.
Cooperative Replication at WAGES
By Joel Schoening
Spinning into Control: Inkworks Press spins off Design Action Collective
by Innosanto Nagara
Design Action Collective is a fun, creative, place to work. We provide graphic design and visual communications services to activist, social change and other progressive organizations. We believe that social-change messages need to communicate effectively with their target audiences.
