@shauna
> they do not have collective ownership by the workers and users, and without that, nothing stops private equity from destroying all the beautiful things they do have
Agreed. Same is true in reverse.
As John Abrams says in his book Companies We Keep, giving workers ownership without democratic management is like selling someone a car without giving them the keys;
We need a cooperative artist owned platform that rises to distribute artists work in art, film, tv, music. Move production there. Get financing with crowd sourcing and membership/streaming there instead. We can build something just as Netflix did, but without the exploitation, and make better work with fair pay. #cooperatives#union#SAGAFTRA#bandcamp
📝 New solo paper out in Socio-Economic Review that analyses member participation patterns in #platformcoops, which is crucial considering that governance issues have historically been a pitfall for worker-owned #cooperatives: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwad058
This is a little shop in Rochdale, near Manchester in the UK. It’s a special place because it was here that the Rochdale Pioneers went into business in 1844, kickstarting the modern cooperative movement. They were 28 working-class people, put their savings together and started selling essential products like butter and flour at fair prices to other folks. Ridiculed at first, their business quickly expanded and the rest is history: Today a billion people worldwide are members of cooperatives and 100 million are employed by them. The Rochdale Pioneers didn’t start the first cooperative, but they were one of the first successful ones, inspiring people (myself included) to this day. Today the shop is a museum and I was lucky to visit it last week! #GameBoyCamera#Cooperatives
Have you heard the news? Artisans Cooperative is now open with over 70 artisan shops and 1,200 handmade products and counting!
We are so thrilled to celebrate our launch during National Co-op Month, a time when cooperatives around the world are raising awareness of the cooperative business model.
Explore the marketplace and join our vibrant handmade community at https://artisans.coop.
🗣 The call for papers for the #Commoning congress is ongoing.
The online congress will focus on the practice of commoning throughout history with the primary objective to present innovative research informed by critical interculturality.
Happy that a local project I've been involved with is gathering steam: Forming a co-operative to try and purchase a local community hub here in Castlemaine.
If you are into #datacooperatives like we are then there is still time to join us this afternoon (23rd August) at 15.00BST, 10.00EST, 19.30IST For the Data Cooperative Working Group. It is an international group of practitioners and academics all with an interest in data cooperation https://bit.ly/ODM-DCWG11#cooperatives#datagovernance#empowerment
We host a bi-monthly meeting for those interested in the development of data cooperatives as a means data empowerment. Next meeting is this Wednesday 15.00 BST and looks at the legal environment for the setting up of agricultural data cooperatives. Join us https://bit.ly/ODM-DCWG11#datacooperative#datagovernance#cooperatives
What are some of the harms caused by capitalism? Can these harms be addressed by replacing for-profit corporations with cooperatives? What are some of the benefits of capitalism? Can these benefits be preserved if for-profit corporations are replaced with cooperatives?
I'd love to discuss this with folks who are interested. Please boost & reply if you are.