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Worker Cooperative Conference Declares Solidarity with Immigrants & People Facing Housing Insecurity

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Wraith Games @wraith.games · 3d

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!

Ya'll ready for a thread?

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 5d

Worker Cooperative Conference Declares Solidarity with Immigrants & People Facing Housing Insecurity
#WorkerCoops #Solidarity

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At the conclusion of the 5th Midwest Regional Rendezvous of worker cooperators, the participants unanimously ratified two declarations in solidarity with immigrants and people facing housing insecurit...

MUSIC COOPERATIVES: Reshaping the Industry through Solidarity (AmericanaFest Panel 2025)

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 5d

Reshaping the Music Industry through #Solidarity
#Coops #Music

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7R...

YouTube video by EatMe

SSG: Worker co-op leading climate planning in North America

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 5d

#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.”

www.thenews.coop/ssg-worker-c...

Canadian co-op SSG works with governments, organisations, and communities to design and implement climate action strategies

www.thenews.coop

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 8d

"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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Cooperatives and Business Schools: Why the Disconnect

Business schools are not neutral purveyors of teaching and research about how to organise. More often than not, they sell a very particular form of knowledge and act as outlets for a form of life in w...

From Capital to Commons: A Review

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 9d

"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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In his From Capital to Commons, Hannes Gerhardt introduces us to an exploration of a world beyond capitalism.

Report of the 2025 Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty and Global Solidarity - Internationalist Standpoint

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 9d

"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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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 fi...

www.internationaliststandpoint.org

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 14d

"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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtr4...

What are Internal Capital Accounts in Worker Cooperatives — and Why You Should Care (Update!)

YouTube video by The ICA Group

Report of the 2025 Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty and Global Solidarity - Internationalist Standpoint

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 14d

"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..."

www.internationaliststandpoint.org/2025-nyeleni...

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 fi...

www.internationaliststandpoint.org

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 15d

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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By Ecological Democracy Institute of North America

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 20d

‘Empresas Recuperadas’: Argentina’s Recovered Factory Movement

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‘Empresas Recuperadas’: Argentina’s Recovered Factory Movement

The ‘empresas recuperadas' or worker-recovered enterprise movement in Argentina emerged as a response to the country's sovereign debt crisis of 2001, with workers fighting for their right to run aband...

Women's Co-ops and NGOs in Rural Nepal | ft. Mari Nishitani

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 23d

Here's our interview with Mari Nishitani about her recent #cooperative research trip to rural #Nepal where she talked with members of two women's co-ops - one led by an NGO, and the other a grassroots project founded by Dalit women. 🇳🇵

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUc...

YouTube video by Grassroots Economic Organizing

Income-Sharing in Intentional Communities Webinar - Foundation for Intentional Community

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 28d

Interested in #IncomeSharing Communities?
Sign up for this webinar with income sharing veterans from the Foundation for Intentional Community.

www.ic.org/event/income...

Learn the what, why and how of income-sharing in intentional communities, followed by a panel-discussion with guests who have lived experience in income-sharing communities.

www.ic.org

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 29d

"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..."
#WorkerCoops

www.usworker.coop/blog/five-qu...

tablet computer on a table with the new USFWC Worker Co-op poster on the screen. A hand with a stylus is resting next to it.

Following Sol Power Solar’s Example, R.I. Worker Co-Ops Gain Energy - ecoRI News

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 29d

"Sol Power and a group of fellow cooperative businesses are trying to pave the way for workers to democratically run their own workplaces across the state."
#WorkerCoops

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Each employee owner gets to vote on company policies, and they divide annual profits based on how much each of them worked in a given year.

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · 29d

Our weekly newsletter is out! This week we've got a review of a James Warbasse book from 1939, and the English translation of Lois Razeto Migliaro's 'Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy'.
#Coops #SolidarityEconomy
newsletter.geo.coop/archive/news...

📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | Unifying With Cooperative Principles | Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chpt 9

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On August 1st, I went to a “Resist and Build Gathering” in Boston hosted by the Center for Economic Democracy. An especially prominent organization that attended was one I have seen at …

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

CCDS (Centro Cooperativo de Dessarollo y Solidaridad) is building a co-op ecosystem in Boston.

coopmatters.com/2025/08/16/e...

East Boston Cooperation

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

Don't miss this great day-in-the-life video with one of Northampton MA's Pedal People!
#WorkerCoop #sustainability

youtu.be/JahXgey1sK4

This Job Is Trash — But Everyone Loves It

YouTube video by Cottage and Company

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

This week's newsletter features Mari Nishitani on the differences between grassroots and NGO directed co-ops in Nepal.
#coops

newsletter.geo.coop/archive/news...

📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | Reimagining NGO Relationships with Co-ops | Shared Equity Housing in Rural Communities

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 21

Reimagining NGO Relationships with #Cooperatives

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Reimagining NGO Relationships with Cooperatives

I want to emphasize the urgent need to reimagine the relationship between NGOs and cooperatives. Instead of NGOs or funders defining projects based on their own interests, support and resources should...

This Job Is Trash — But Everyone Loves It

geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 20

A great video about a great #WorkerCoop, Pedal People in Northampton, MA.

This Job Is Trash — But Everyone Loves It
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JahX...

YouTube video by Cottage and Company

Learning from Care Co-ops

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geocollective.bsky.social @geocollective.bsky.social · Aug 20

Three multi-stakeholder home care cooperatives talk about how they provide top quality care while keeping prices as low as possible and wages as high as possible.
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Three existing care co-operatives explained how care co-ops work and shared their experiences of setting up a care co-op in their localities.