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We just published Chapter 12 of Luis Razeto Migliaro's "Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy" (translated by our own Matt Noyes).
#Cooperatives #Economics

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Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chapter 12
In this chapter, we emerge from the microeconomic analysis of equilibrium in the cooperative firm into a scene peopled with “extra-economic” figures like ethics, society, and politics.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Kigro Recyclers is a new youth-led waste management cooperative in Nairobi, whose success demonstrates the worker cooperative model’s potential in Kenya and Africa for job creation, poverty reduction and environmental improvement."
#WorkerCoops #Kenya

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Kigro Recyclers Worker Cooperative, Nairobi, Kenya
YouTube video by Cooperativism at Work
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Building a Solidarity Economy: Miami Care Worker Cooperative
#Miami #WorkerCoops #SolidarityEconomy

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Building a Solidarity Economy: Miami Care Worker Cooperative
YouTube video by Miami Workers Center
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November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Listen to inspiring stories of housing co-ops overcoming challenges, building resilient communities, and shaping local economies."

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Inspiring Stories and Impact: Housing Co-ops and Beyond
YouTube video by Cooperative Maine Business Alliance
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November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?

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What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?
Part 2 of our Sunday launch series introducing the Commons.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"With the US federal shutdown entering its second month, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund has set out its effort to support people suffering food insecurity..."

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Federation of Southern Co-ops sets out shutdown support measures
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund has set out efforts to support people in food insecurity during the shutdown
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November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Local co-op and solidarity economy initiatives were in evidence at last month’s World Transformed festival...to strategise and organise around principles of socialist utopianism, creativity and collaboration."
#Cooperatives #SolidarityEconomy

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Co-ops looking to change the world, town by town
Report from the World Transformed festival in Manchester, which looked at social and solidarity economy initiatives
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November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The 2025 issue of the World Cooperative Monitor report explores the economic and social impact of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide, providing rankings of the Top 300, sector rankings, and employment data."

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World Cooperative Monitor 2025 edition | ICA Monitor
The 2025 issue of the World Cooperative Monitor report explores the economic and social impact of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide, providing rankings of the Top 300, sector rankings, an...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Learn about the Westchester Cooperative Network is educating the public about worker co-ops and connecting budding cooperators with professional technical assistance providers (+ how Green Mountain Graphics converted to a worker co-op).
#WorkerCoops
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Westchester Cooperative Network: What Are Worker-Owned Cooperatives?
YouTube video by Progressive News Network
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November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This interview with Delia Marx or Westchester Cooperative Network contains a short video on a worker co-op transition in Manhattan. If you need signs in NYC, call Green Mountain Graphics (now a worker co-op).
#WorkerCoops #CoopConversion

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The Westchester Cooperative Network
Chuck Bell interviews Delia Marx of Westchester Cooperative Network about the organization's work to promote the development of worker-owned cooperatives in Westchester, County, NY
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November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We just published Chapter 11 of Luis Razeto's 'Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy' (translated by Matt_Noyes)!

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Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chapter 11
Luis Razeto closes out his theoretical analysis of equilibrium in cooperative enterprises with a consideration of equilibrium in the “new model” worker cooperatives he proposes. Not only do workers’ e...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Grid Magazine has a whole issue devoted to #Cooperatives this month!

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The Co-ops Issue - Grid Magazine
Do you bank at a credit union? Shop at Weavers Way or Mariposa? Then you are already taking part in the cooperative economy.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Regional Maryland Cooperative and Solidarity Convening

Location: Baltimore Unity Hall, 1505 Eutaw Pl, Baltimore, MD 21217

Date and time: Fri, Nov 21, 2025 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET

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October 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
New original article out on GEO!

How the Rhizome Therapy Cooperative Counters Burnout
#WorkerCoops #MentalHealth #burnout

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How the Rhizome Therapy Cooperative Counters Burnout
The surging demand for mental health services since the start of the pandemic has drawn attention to the issue of therapist burnout. Rhizome Therapy Cooperative has a solution.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How to start a #housing #cooperative, and examining Chile's #SolidarityEconomy in this week's newsletter:

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📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | Housing Co-op Startups: From Idea to Reality | Chile’s Solidarity Economy is Growing
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October 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"The 51st is D.C.’s first worker-led nonprofit newsroom. But we’re part of a larger system of cooperative organizations working to build a better world."
#WorkerCoops

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This moment isn’t normal, but here’s our glimmer of hope
Lessons from a cooperative businesses conference, and being a part of a larger movement
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October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TIL Karl Polanyi had a plan for an economy centered on worker and consumer co-ops.
#Coops

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October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Ralph K. Morris Foundation is accepting application for the Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies 2025 scholarships. Apply before October 31.
#Coops

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Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund | Ralph K. Morris Foundation
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October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM