Worker cooperativism in the 21st century. Worker cooperatives that are non-profit, egalitarian and socially committed, that operate by consensus and renounce the use of intellectual property and other forms of artificial scarcity.

15/9/2024 | #14 | Zeitgeist The growth of social passivity since the late 1980s has been a consequence of the devaluation of work. The first Internet began to reverse passivity, but through social networks it ended up multiplying it until it became the air of the ultra-individualized world we now live in. But what if communicating not mediated by the pillars of passivity were not as difficult as we think?

A brief history of social passivity and some counter-current ideas on how to communicate to confront it

The growth of social passivity since the late 1980s has been a consequence of the devaluation of work. The first Internet began to reverse passivity, but through social networks it ended up multiplying it until it became the air of the ultra-individualized world we now live in. But what if communicating not mediated by the pillars of passivity were not as difficult as we think?

10/9/2024 | #13 | Contemporary Cooperativism The possibility of an economic, social and territorial crisis is open throughout Europe during the second half of this decade. A crisis that could exceed in its effects on the well-being and income of families that of 2008. What can we do from cooperatives?

Cooperatives and the emerging European crisis

The possibility of an economic, social and territorial crisis is open throughout Europe during the second half of this decade. A crisis that could exceed in its effects on the well-being and income of families that of 2008. What can we do from cooperatives?

5/9/2024 | #12 | Contemporary Cooperativism A primary evaluation of current trends in cooperativism

Where is cooperativism heading?

A primary evaluation of current trends in cooperativism

30/8/2024 | #11 | Contemporary Cooperativism The SCICs (Cooperative Societies of Collective Interest) in France, the «Steward Ownership» models in Germany and those based on «Assets in Common» in the USA are the spearhead of a new productive cooperativism in which workers share or cede ownership to other agents.

Collective Interest Cooperatives and Steward Ownership Models

The SCICs (Cooperative Societies of Collective Interest) in France, the «Steward Ownership» models in Germany and those based on «Assets in Common» in the USA are the spearhead of a new productive cooperativism in which workers share or cede ownership to other agents.

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