Cooperators Confront the “System Problem”
How to Scale-Up the Cooperative Movement Without Sacrificing Cooperative Autonomy
Jan 8
Greetings from the GEO Collective
14 Ways to Help Build the Solidarity Economy with GEO
GEO's Collective members send Season's Greetings and Many Thanks for your Support! Here are 14 Ways You Can Help Even More.
Dec 6
Intentional Communities and Solidarity Economics
The Fall GEO Theme seeks to deepen awareness and understanding of the strong connections between solidarity economic activists and members of intentional communities through the common work they are doing. There are a variety of intentional communities:
Aug 26
Advancing the Development of Worker Co-ops (ADWC) 2013
Focus: Self-financing and Inter-cooperative Financing for Worker Co-ops
The topics presented at the ADWC pre-conference to the 2013 ECWD (Updated with 2 New Articles)
Jun 24
GEO 14: The Anniversary Issue
Still truckin' after three decades!
Thirty years later, the GEO Newsletter continues its ongoing work to catalyze worker co-ops and the solidarity economy.
May 4

Recent Articles

"With dignity we will fight!"
Worker Self-managed Hotel BAUEN Once Again Under Threat
by Katie Sobering on Apr 16
Social Change: We Are the Problem We Are Seeking to Solve
by Michael Johnson on Apr 14
Jackson on the Rise!
The Movement to build Economic Democracy in Mississippi
by Cooperation Jackson on Apr 7
Crowd Financing Worker Cooperatives
Lessons from the Workers Diner
by Christopher Michael, by William Cerf on Mar 20
Church as Intentional Solidarity Community
A radical Christian network of missions experimenting for 60+ years in D.C.
by Tim Kumfer, by Mike Little, by Kayla McClurg, by Michael Johnson on Mar 10
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy: An Interview with John Curl
Part 2 of 2
by Jim Johnson on Feb 27
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy: An Interview with John Curl
Part 1 of 2
by Jim Johnson on Feb 25
Co-op Consultant Ben Sandel on the Past, Present and Future of Food Co-ops
An Interview with GEO's Jim Johnson
on Feb 24
A Call to Develop a Worker Cooperative Sector in New York City
How the City Can Create Jobs and Address Inequality at Its Roots
by John W. Lawrence on Feb 13
Unions and Worker Co-ops: Working Together
Report from the Cinncinati Union Co-ops Symposium
by Mary Hoyer on Feb 10
Transforming Our Dark Affinities
by Michael Johnson on Feb 2
Confronting the “System Problem”Cooperatively
by Len Krimerman on Jan 10
Planning Must Be Centered in the Cooperative Movement
by Andrew McLeod on Jan 8
Cooperative Movement Should Embrace Discussion of Systemic Issues
by Thomas M. Hanna of the Democracy Collaborative on Jan 6
Cooperative Movement Should Engage Government Cautiously
A response to Hanna and Alperovitz on Mondragón and the System Problem
by Andrew McLeod on Dec 24
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Blog and Gleanings

Unleashing Empathy (Gleaning)
Apr 24 A growing number of educators and social entrepreneurs across the country are discovering that the secret to learning empathy, emotional literacy,...
Linda Levy: Building Power for Credit Unions (Gleaning)
Apr 23 Unlike a bank, whose investments are controlled by private decision-makers and shareholders, a credit union can decide to give every member/investor...
Conference on Participatory Budgeting: Call for Proposals (Gleaning)
Apr 23 3rd International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in North America September 25-27, 2014Oakland & Vallejo, California DEADLINE EXTENDED:...
The Underground Railroad Was One of America's First Co-Ops (Gleaning)
Apr 21 Cooperative economics and civil rights don't often appear together in history books, but they should. From the mutual aid societies that bought...
Trade Unions and Worker Cooperatives: Where Are We At? (Gleaning)
Apr 21 A region that went through ... a crisis in the 1990s is that of Mercosur where hundreds of worker-owned enterprises emerged often with the full...
Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals (Gleaning)
Apr 18 [C]ooperatives are well-placed to contribute to sustainable development’s triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental objectives plus...
Cuba looks to cooperatives to slow rise of capitalism (Gleaning)
Apr 17 Cuba's slow, cautious reforms to revive its state-run economy suddenly burst into life at businesses like Karabali, a Havana nightclub owned by a 21...
Four young farmers start Stone Soup Farm Co-op (Gleaning)
Apr 17 Most farmers will tell you that cooperation is crucial to keeping a farm running like a well-oiled threshing machine.But at Stone Soup Farm...
Queens Cleaning Ladies Form Worker Cooperative (Gleaning)
Apr 16 They were tired of being taken to the cleaners by their bosses — so they’re taking out the trash on their own.Pa’lante Green Cleaning, a 15-member...
What are GOLD Businesses? (Gleaning)
Apr 16 What do cities need? People who care about them. Preferably, people with a little money to invest.The big mistake that many cities and states have...
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