🙋‍♀️ L’Assemblea d'Ecotxe 2026 fixa el full de ruta.

Totes les novetats resumides al nostre blog:

➡️ https://url.pangea.org/m2605ar

#Coop #Cooperativa #Cooperatives #Coops #Carsharing #Mallorca #Palma #Participació #DemocràciaEconòmica

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This Saturday there is an event (partly) on #cooperatives and the #GeneralStrike at the PHM in #Manchester this Saturday 9th #May. Sadly I can't make it.

https://www.co-operativeheritage.coop/Event/100-years-of-the-general-strike

#coops #unions #strike #uk #ukpol

100 Years of the General Strike - 09/05/2026 10:30:00

Join a unique archive open day to mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, and delve into its significance and legacy.

The Co-operative Heritage Trust

Report praises Equal Care Co-op and similar orgs as "laboratories of social innovation."
#Coops #HomeCare

https://geo.coop/articles/laboratories-social-innovation

Laboratories of Social Innovation

Nottingham Trent University researcher Maimoona Waseem and Genevieve Shanahan of Cardiff University have recently published an academic paper that highlights Equal Care Co-op as an example of 'transformative social entrepreneurship.'

Grassroots Economic Organizing

@celesteh I’m sure I’ve seen stuff in cooperative resources but brain fog is stopping me remembering, so I'm not as useful as I'd hope… Worth having a look at https://www.uk.coop/support-your-co-operative/governance-advice-and-support though there’s a lot to plough through. People Support might have some good resources too. https://peoplesupport.coop/ and paging #cooperatives #coops #WorkerCoops

And of course there’s Michael Young’s “I said DON’T build the torment nexus, you fools” piece https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/29/comment

Communities Conference - 12th July 2026

Annual meet up of the Diggers and Dreamers Network, including many Radical Routes #coops. A great chance to meet communities from across the UK in one place.

This is an event for anyone interested in a more co-operative and sustainable way of life. Whether you’re just getting curious about living communally or have done so for years, join us at our next event, or have a look at our archive of recorded sessions.

https://www.communitiesconference.co.uk

https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk

Btw whether or not you can wait for this July event, you can also visit the next Radical Routes Gathering, 15th – 17th May 2026 at Leintwardine,
Herefordshire .or. 13th-16th August near Brighton

https://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/next-gathering/

#RadicalRoutes #DiggersAndDreamers

Did you know that Maximum Fun is a worker-owned co-op? Hell yeah. In honor of #MayDay, throw them a few sheckles. #coops

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:buvej3law2qwlsvttufdu7up/post/3mksvad65ys2w

Extra! Extra! A new episode of the Limeleaf Podcast has taken to the ether.

Stephen Giordano from Interstitial Technology and Ethan Winn from Obran Cooperative join us to talk about one of our favorite topics: worker #coops! Tune in now at https://limeleaf.coop/podcast/episode-10/ !

10. Why Your Tech Startup Should Be a Worker Co-Op — Limeleaf Worker Collective

Steve Giordano from Interstitial and Ethan Winn from Obran join us to talk about one of our favorite topics: worker co-ops! What they are, how they work, and why we think they are a great corporate structure for tech startups.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/116483961770063948

@davevolek Workers are responsible for the results of their actions including when they are at work. Responsibility isn’t transferable even with consent, so no one who isn’t a worker should be able to own voting shares in a company. This is why all firms must be workplace democracies/worker #coops. See link:

Communes and co-ops are two ways of living together. What's the difference?

#communes
#coops
#intentionalcommunities

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/co-ops-and-communes/

Co-ops and Communes

by Raven There’s a variety of intentional community types.  Communes (income-sharing communities) are one type; co-ops (also known as cooperative households, collectives, and sometimes co-livi…

commune life

@crankylinuxuser @foolishowl

1. Can you elaborate on this objection to #Marxism?
2. There are arguments against #capitalism with zero reference to Marxism. Such arguments for #anticapitalism have been developed in modern terms by David Ellerman. Here is a PBS article introducing his argument for #WorkerCooperatives :
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-the-case-for-employee-owned-companies
3. This results from insufficient attention to inalienable democratic rights in their theory. #Marx famously rejected #HumanRights

#coops #cooperatives

Column: The case for employee-owned companies

If employees are responsible for the consequences of their actions while on the job — committing a crime, say — how can it be that they’re not responsible for the positive things they do, such as making money?

PBS News