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How Co-ops Help Businesses Compete in a Globalized Economy
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How to start a #housing #cooperative, and examining Chile's #SolidarityEconomy in this week's newsletter:
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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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uv5t25bmic4tkprzpzrbaawm/bafkreibhh7tn7hqcrag3njoqkibt636t5m6f3z7f74rtinpq3td7cn7qja@jpeg)
...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.
TIL Karl Polanyi had a plan for an economy centered on worker and consumer co-ops.
#Coops
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The Ralph K. Morris Foundation is accepting application for the Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies 2025 scholarships. Apply before October 31.
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During #CoopWeek2025, we’re celebrating connection and community.
At Sahali Housing Co-op, Maria Tanga uses design and storytelling to turn newsletters into bridges that bring members closer.
Read more: https://www.chf.bc.ca/building-community-one-newsletter-at-a-time/
Chris Smaje's Vision of a Post-Capitalist Eco-Localism that Works
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Rural Grocery Initiative’s new research highlights how collaborative, locally driven models — from rural grocery stores and co-ops to innovative sourcing systems — are helping small town grocers and producers build more resilient local food networks.
#Coops
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Worker co-ops that distribute surplus as patronage to members distribute a median total patronage of $190,890 across the membership each year and an average distribution of $8,241 to each worker owner. https://democracy.institute.coop/2019-worker-cooperative-state-sector-report
How would your life change if you made $8,241 more per year? Think about the difference it could make for working people living in poverty.
Worker cooperatives distribute thousands in patronage (profit-sharing) to their workers, which is in addition to their wages. It makes a difference.
They call themselves the Groundswell Collective. "We realized the good we could do when working together,” Tom said.
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In March, the Brazilian Cooperative Organisation (OCB) published a COP30 Manifesto, after a series of conversations with member organisations and co-op leaders which started at the 15th Brazilian Cooperative Congress in 2024.
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On Tuesday, October 21, join Shareable and the Tool Library Alliance for a "crossover" session, combining the Library of Things Co-Lab and Mutual Aid 101.
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"Coops4Coops is a growing, embeddable digital directory that connects co-operatives offering services to other co-operatives across Canada. Built by and for the co-operative movement, the platform addresses a persistent challenge in our sector..." #Coops #Canada
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Big thanks to everyone who has made a contribution in the last couple of weeks. It means a lot! 🙏
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In our newsletter this week we've got musicians bringing #solidarity to their industry, and Luis Razeto writing about the economics of #WorkerCooperatives.
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We just published chapter 10 of Luis Razeto Migliaro's 'Cooperative Economics & Market Economy', translated by Matt Noyes.
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"2025 National Co-Op Month" logo. A globe with the banner "Cooperatives Build a Better World" with a puzzle piece holding the Wraith Games logo completing the globe
October is National Co-op Month AND 2025 is the UN "International Year of Cooperatives"!
Since Wraith Games is a worker co-op, we figured the best way to celebrate would be to share some info about co-ops and why they're rad!
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Worker Cooperative Conference Declares Solidarity with Immigrants & People Facing Housing Insecurity
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Reshaping the Music Industry through #Solidarity
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#WorkerCoop SSG is helping lead climate planning in North America
“We were encouraging cities to start thinking about integrating climate action throughout their entire structure before that was a thing,” says Emi Do. “And now that’s become the norm.”
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"Our analysis suggests that this state of affairs denies the cooperative sector an opportunity to both address its skill shortages and acquire the organisational capabilities needed to boost the impact of cooperative enterprises." #Coops
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"Hannes Gerhardt in his From Capital to Commons...introduces us, as his subtitle states, to an exploration of a world beyond capitalism."
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"From 6–14 September 2025, the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty was held in Kandy, Sri Lanka, bringing together around 750 delegates from 101 countries, six regional representatives, and fifteen global movements"
#FoodSovereignty
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"In this session, we explore Internal Capital Accounts (ICAs) — a cornerstone of financial participation in worker co-ops — and how they support member wealth-building, engagement, and sustainability." #WorkerCoops
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"From 6–14 September 2025, the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum on #FoodSovereignty was held in Kandy, Sri Lanka, bringing together around 750 delegates from 101 countries, six regional representatives, and fifteen global movements..."
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At our monthly meeting we discovered that we're a few thousand dollars short on covering our expenses for the year!
Make a one-time or recurring donation thru our GiveButter page and help GEO continue it's 40 year legacy of covering #WorkerCoops and the #SolidarityEconomy
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‘Empresas Recuperadas’: Argentina’s Recovered Factory Movement
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