Articles

Working Together to Achieve Economic Success: Argentine printing cooperatives transform social networks into economic ones

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:07:20 -0500

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By Traci Kuratomi, current Fulbright Fellow in Argentina

In 2001, Argentina was devastated by an economic crisis that led to widespread deindustrialization and unemployment levels of 21 percent. As factories closed, thousands of people suddenly found themselves jobless and without the possibility of finding work. Worse, the factory owners who declared bankruptcy often owed their workers months of wages and failed to provide workers severance pay.

Mondragon and the US Steelworkers Partnership: an Update

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:50:49 -0500

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By Christina Clamp, GEO collective member

Cooperation Across Borders: El Salvador's Las Colinas is Hosted by a New England Food Co-op

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:42:50 -0500

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By Len Krimerman, Willimantic Inter-Cooperative Zone (WICZ)

Like many of you reading this, I drink Equal Exchange (EE) coffee at home and wherever else I can, and am happily aware that EE is both itself a worker cooperative and draws its coffee supply exclusively from small agricultural cooperatives throughout Latin America, Africa, and Asia. But - again, like many of you - until recently I knew next to nothing about these other co-ops, aside from some few sentences and photos on EE coffee bags.

Editor's introduction: Inter-cooperation is Key!

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:53:38 -0500

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Weaving the Fabric of Solidarity Economies: Examples from across the Americas

Third International Encuentro: "The Workers' Economy"

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:32:52 -0500

Analyzing & Debating a New Economy from the Perspective of Workers & Self-management

Mexico City, June 9-11, 2011

Notes from the New Cooperative South

jim — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:43:02 -0400

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(Editor's note: This is the start of a new series by Erin Rice. Erin is a cooperative educator living in Louisiana. She will report on grassroots economic activities in the south, analyze conditions, and sometimes editorialize. Erin can be reached at 413-522-3319 or erinjrice@gmail.com. She is always looking for new tips and leads.)

Report 1, March 10, 2010

Resources for Cooperative Education and Development

jim — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:10:29 -0400