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The global E-magazine on cooperatives in industry and services -- May/ June 2013--in Spanish, French, and English.

The co-operative economy in the UK has grown 20% since the recession began in 2008.  During the same period, the number of co-ops has grown 28% and the number of memberships 36%.

"Co-operative enterprises across the UK represent a homegrown economy, one which is providing enduring solutions to the economic and social challenges of today’s society.

David Brancaccio, Marketplace Morning Report

Gar Alperovitz is a political economist and historian. His new book, called "What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution", details systemic changes for the economy. He says co-ops are key to the nation's recovery.

...we think differently about carpenters than most do.  First of all, when we hire a carpenter, we’re not just hiring a carpenter –  we are hiring a future owner, someone we imagine will stay here and with whom we will share ownership in five years.

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Hat tip to John Gerber

From Jai Jai Noire out on the west coast:

1- Overview of the May 18th NoBAWC meeting/celebration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSDaLUnxVU

2- Bernard Marszalek on why coops need to define ourselves

http://youtu.be/4UKK5lQ1lIY

3- Community Colleges & Coops- a brief conversation

Paul Glover started the Ithaca Health Alliance in 1997 because it was clear that Big Insurance would never permit Congress to enact universal coverage. For $100/YEAR, members of the Ithaca co-op were covered for 12 categories of common emergency, to specified maximum amounts, anywhere in the world. http://www.ithacahealth.org After several years, they built their own free clinic.

by Gowri J. Krishna, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 34 no. 1, 2013

If you let it, the Communities Conference can really shake you up.  Daring people who are trying new or untested lifestyles are presenting or in attendance.  Step outside your comfort zone a bit and start from the assumption that you could live somewhere else, or with other people and see what this event has to offer and demonstrate.