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18 May '13

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United States US co-operators descend on DC for White House meeting
US co-operators are meeting in Washington this week for a variety of events, which culminates in...
United States Co-operative Leaders share success stories with White House officials
One hundred and fifty co-operative leaders from across America will be meeting with top policy...
United States The week in review: US co-operatives at the White House
It has been a big week for US co-operatives. Co-operators from across the US descended on the...
United States 8,000 students fight for co-operatives as a movement beyond capitalism
Across North America, a large group of students are carrying on four decades of tradition in...
SingaporeSingaporean co-operators honoured in co-op awards

Over 30 co-operators were honoured in the Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF) Honours Awards 2013 on 19 January.

Ramsey Margolis, Executive Director of New Zealand Cooperatives Association.

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New ZealandI ♥ Co-ops: Cooperative Business New Zealand

I ♥ co-ops shows the amazing power of co-operatives in the different trades and sectors throughout the world. This week we have featured a video of Ramsey Margolis, ...

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Global NewsSocial media round-up: World Food Day celebrates co-ops

On 16 October World Food Day celebrated Agricultural Co-operatives and described them as 'the key to feeding the world'.

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CanadaMcKinsey report finds strength in co-operative business model

Co-operatives grow at an identical rate to companies, and those mutuals in the food and agricultural have surpassed their corporate counter-parts.

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Global NewsThe first International Summit of Cooperatives gets underway in Quebec

The first International Summit of Cooperatives opened on Monday in Quebec, which is set to host almost 2,800 participants from 91 countries to discuss key business issues of cooperative model.

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The Co-operative Revolution tells the story of a co-operative future.

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Global NewsThe Co-operative Revolution: A Graphic Novel

The Co-operative Movement’s history has been retold in the form of a graphic novel.

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ArgentinaBrutal eviction of the workers of an Argentinian Graphic Cooperative

On 14 May, employees of the Graphic Cooperative MOM, former Lanci Printing, in Buenos Aires (Argentina), were “brutally evicted by the Metropolitan Police that arrested 15 of them”, according the Federation of Worker Cooperatives in Argentina, FECOOTRA. - News / América, Portada

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Global NewsCelulosas y Papel, S. Coop. And.

A successful example of a failed enterprise transformed into a cooperative is the cooperative “Celulosas y Pepel”, located Mollina, a rural town of Andalusia with 5000 inhabitants, in the South of Spain. The cooperative was created in February 2010 after the bankruptcy of CEDEMOLL, active in the production of cellulose and paper for more than 25 years. In particular, four former workers of CEDEMOLL created the “Celulosas y Papel”, which now has doubled the number of workers since its ...

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Global NewsSanford Co-operative: housing alternative in the struggle for renting ...

A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable ...

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Global NewsVideo: Chicago workers open new cooperative factory five years ...

Workers at the New Era Windows Cooperative are celebrating the grand opening of their new unionized, worker-owned and operated business. Almost a year to the day after their ...

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