GEO 12: International Year of the Cooperative

The United Nations has declared 2012 to be the "International Year of the Cooperative." This issue of GEO explores the significance of this declaration, ways that it connects with broader cooperative movement strategies, and other dimensions of building a stronger global cooperative/solidarity economy movement.

• Introduction: The International Year of the Cooperative  by Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo and Christina Clamp (GEO)

2012: Year of the Cooperative

• The Power of Cooperation
• 2012 – Not Business As Usual  by Charles Gould (International Co-Operative Alliance)
• International Year of the Cooperative Inspirations  by GEO Editors
• CICOPA-North America Formed  by Jessica Gordon Nembhard and Jim Johnson (GEO)

Strengthening Cooperative Movements

• Creating Democratic Education Resources for Building a Democratic Economy  by Brian Van Slyke and Andrew Stachiw (The Toolbox for Education and Social Action)
• Cooperative Principles and the Common Good by Michael Johnson (GEO)
• Cooperatives and Worker-Owned Enterprises as Transformative Strategies  by Immanuel Ness
• Marketing Your Cooperative During IYC – What Steps Will You Take to Observe the International Year of Cooperatives?  by Andrea R. Cumpston (National Cooperative Business Association)

Cooperative Policy

• Will the U.S. Government Legislate Cooperative Development?  by Peter Frank
• SBA Recognizes Worker Cooperatives as Small Businesses  by Micha Josephy (Cooperative Fund of New England)

Global Solidarity Economies

• Italy’s Slow Revolution: A Twist on Solidarity Economics  by Alberto Corbino

Activites and Resources

• IYC Activities
• Resources