See presentation slides here. Notes to accompany presentation slides. 1. It is always difficult to know where to begin. Should we begin with the declaration of revolution in Rojava (Kurdish for ‘West’) in Northern Syria, back in 2012? Should we … Continue reading
Originally published by Co-op News https://www.thenews.coop/126510/sector/ways-forward-6-conference-next-uks-tech-co-ops/ Ways Forward 6 Conference: What next for the UK’s tech co-ops? Two years ago, the UK’s tech co-ops joined up in a network to show how technology can be an empowering force for good. Can … Continue reading
Originally published in the Co-operative Technologists wiki – https://wiki.coops.tech/wiki/Platform_Co-ops_Presentation Chris from Webarchitects Co-op and Graham from mc3 co-op ran a workshop titled Beginners guide to tech and platform co-ops at 9:45am the Ways Forward 6 conferencewhich was held on Friday 16th February 2018 at Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, … Continue reading
Originally published by Co-op News – https://www.thenews.coop/126528/sector/mutuals/rebecca-long-bailey-labour-work-co-ops-change-economy/ Shadow business secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, has called on the co-operative movement to help shape Labour’s policy agenda. Speaking at the Ways Forward 6 Conference in Manchester, Ms Long-Bailey highlighted some of the party’s … Continue reading
Writer and journalist Andrew Bibby comments on Ways Forward 6 Originally published in Bibby on co-operatives – https://bibbyoncooperatives.org/2018/02/21/who-are-the-wealth-creators/ Last Friday’s Ways Forward conference in Manchester, organised by Co-operative Business Consultants (or to be accurate, organised more or less singlehandedly by CBC’s … Continue reading
Jo Bird’s plenary speech at Ways Forward 6 Conference Co-operative Solidarity Manchester, 16 February 2018 Hello and welcome. sé do bheatha, salaam 3laykum. My name is Jo Bird, I’ve been working with co-operative enterprise for 25 years. I’m a director … Continue reading
Cooperatives and Worker Buyouts in France – The Benevolent Gaze of the Law? Eleonore Perrin Over the last decade, worker buyout successes such as Fralib have received great media attention in France. The possibility for workers to take over their … Continue reading
Solidarity Funding: Co-operative Community Funds The Cooperative Community Fund (CCF) program is a program of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF) in the USA. The first CCF was created by TPCF in 1998. In 2018 there will be 50 food … Continue reading
Transforming business We welcome the Labour Party’s commitment to doubling the size of the co-operative economy. We wholeheartedly support the ambition to grow this vitally important part of the economy. However, we want to do it in a way that … Continue reading