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beneath the disasters of today's economy-the financial crisis, the food crisis, the climate crisis-lies the democracy crisis.

In the literature on cooperatives, the clearest and most direct challenge to polarization was articulated in a book published in 1939 by James P. Warbasse, Cooperation as a Way of Peace. He discusses how wars throughout history were caused by extreme economic inequality and resulting political divisiveness.

In response to the ambitious call of the Platform Cooperative Consortium, I will seek to examine them through the lens of environmental scholars. Can these cooperative pioneers also provide insights into climate justice?

What follows is the midnight speech on 31 December 2023, by Dario Salvetti, an ex GKN worker and shop steward, and one of the spokespersons of Florence’s GKN Factory Collective.

Esteban Kelly shares his thoughts on both national and international strategies for growth in the cooperative movement.

Professor Imanol Basterretxea discusses some of the governance failures that helped lead to the collapse of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodoméstico.

Safouan Azouzi, a Tunisian scholar of the commons and participatory social design, discusses how cultural traditions in desert oases hold important socio-ecological lessons for the world.

GEO interviewed Mance in early 2024 hoping to better understand his work and thoughts on solidarity economy, particularly with regards to the Solidarius.net platform. The interview was conducted in Spanish, and has been edited for clarity.