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March 29, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: A Survey for Worker Cooperators

A survey for cooperators, reflecting on the worker cooperative movement on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

October 3, 2016

A Cooperative Manifesto

Cooperative development is the most important social change work that a person can do.

June 16, 2025

Why the ‘Local Multiplier Effect’ Always Counts

The Local Multiplier Effect (LME) is a very valuable, hidden feature of our economies. The term refers to how many times dollars are recirculated within a local economy before leaving through the purchase of an import.

April 24, 2025

A Timeline of the USFWC

This timeline presentation goes over the highlights of 20+ years of worker cooperativism in the United States. 

April 15, 2025

Jobs, Jive, and Joy

Bernard Marszalek joins us to discuss the history of the Hawthorn Works and his new book: Jobs, Jive, and Joy: An Argument for the Utopian Spirit.

March 17, 2025

We Who Believe in Freedom Must Rest

The following is a verbal report presented to the members of the Ella Jo Baker Intentional Community Cooperative (EJBICC), during their 2025 Annual Meeting.

March 11, 2025

DC Tenants Need $11,000 to Convert their Apartment to a Housing Co-op

Residents organized a fundraiser on Feb. 22 to buy the building themselves under DC’s Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act.

January 27, 2025

Celebrating Collective Courage

In 2014, the seminal book, Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice debuted, and with it a flame sparked in the cooperative movement.