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If serious change within conventional politics seems futile, it is not just because capitalism has captured and corrupted our democratic processes. State bureaucracies and transnational markets (even if competitive) are often incapable of addressing many problems. They are too large, powerful, and remote. Too complex and legalistic. Too eager to shift responsibility and risk. Too beholden to institutional interests. It is no wonder that the System is failing to address many urgent needs— and why social cynicism and distrust are rampant.

US policymakers have been urged by a senior co-op figure to invest more in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) at a hearing last week.

Census data shows that black people are more affected than non-Hispanic white adults across a range of outcomes, even beyond pre-pandemic disparities.

Real Pickles is a worker-owned co-operative in Greenfield, MA, producing organic fermented vegetables from Northeast-grown produce. Our mission is to promote human and ecological health by providing people with delicious, nourishing food and by working toward a regional, organic food system in the Northeast. We work to effect positive change for both people and the planet, from our commitment to purchase our vegetables exclusively from regional farms to our solar-powered and energy-efficient facility.

This webinar will include simultaneous interpretation from English into Spanish and vice versa. 
Este webinar incluirá interpretación simultánea de inglés al español y visaversa. 

Are you building a worker co-operative or you are interested in how co-ops got started? In this video, you will learn how a co-op that has been on the market for 43 years has survived and thrived.

The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) is seeking an experienced technologist to join the team as our Lead Developer. This is an opportunity to serve the intentional communities movement and directly help to create a more cooperative, just, and regenerative world.

🐒 Hi I’m Richard D. Bartlett!

SMEs could also consider selling the business to employees or community stakeholders who have formed co-operatives. Such transitions, known as Business Conversions to Co-operatives (BCC), are a tried-and-true solution for rescuing businesses or for succession planning in numerous jurisdictions around the world.

Lack of knowledge about BCC as an option here comes at a significant cost to Canada.

Despite our common goals, there is a stark disconnect between communities organizing for grassroots change and practitioners in the social capital sector. If Lorde’s analogy holds, without an alternative to inhabit, most investors will self correct within the bounds of capitalism in the name of self-preservation and status. But bound together, if grounded in mutual respect and solidarity, both sectors could spark new, generative power to rewrite the rules for a shared future.

Why have cooperatives been more successful in some areas than others? What are the most important ingredients for creating new co-ops? And how does the newest generation of co-ops differ from previous ones?

Workers at an REI store in New York City filed to form a union among the location’s 116 employees on Friday. If the effort is successful, the store would be the first of the outdoor recreation equipment company’s 168 locations and 15,000 employees to unionize.

The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives celebrates the workers at the REI co-op location in New York City who have announced their intention to form a union with the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).