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TIL Karl Polanyi had a plan for an economy centered on worker and consumer co-ops.
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In the second section, Polanyi described a functionally organized socialist society, which would provide this imputation. In Polanyi’s functional socialist society, there would be two main economic organizations, the commune and the production association, which negotiate prices and social justice. The commune is the political community and the owner of the means of production. The production associations include “productive cooperative,... ...guild, ‘self-managed factory,’ ‘business partnership [sozietäre Geschäftsform],’ ‘social workshop,’ ‘autonomous enterprise,’ producing trade union, industrial union or producers’ general labor association, One Great Union” (SA, p. 403, fn. 24).10 The production associations have the right to use the means of production. Production associations can unite and administer industrial branches democratically on the behalf of society. All of the production associations come together into regional associations and then in a broader congress, in which all of production, services, and office work are represented. The production associations organize natural costs and labor costs. The commune would be set up in a similar fashion, but it, along with local consumer cooperatives, would represent consumer needs and the commune itself would be a forum for discussing the costs demanded by society. While there are only two main organizations, the production association and the commune, Polanyi also introduced the consumer organization (SA, p. 404). This aspect of the commune would take into account consumer preferences and local household interests, especially through local consumer cooperatives.
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"My name is Camila Tapia, and I’m the Training and Education Coordinator here at USFWC. I’m also a cooperative artist. By that I mean I have an artist worker-owned co-op called Transverse Cooperative..."
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September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Congratulations to Detroit People’s Food Co-op for winning Startup of the Year!
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Four members of the Detroit People's Food Co-op at the awards ceremony.
June 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Wishing everyone a happy Juneteenth!
The Juneteenth flag. A white five pointed star inside the white outline of a 12 pointed star, on a background of dark blue and red, divided horizontally.
June 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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If you haven't heard about the Arizmendi bakery #WorkerCoops in San Francisco, this is a great introduction!

Arizmendi: A Co-op of Co-ops
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5 workers doing various tasks around a large table in a bakery.
March 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM