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23 May '12

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SpainFrom Adversity Comes Opportunity: Shareable in 2011

Create post In Shareable's second year, we investigated the challenges facing us all—the worldwide recession, increased control of the Internet, urban design problems, the changing economic and technological landscape for creators of all stripes, the decline of public spaces—and featured the people and organizations that are building a more cooperative and shareable world, from collaborative consumption entrepreneurs to innovative designers to the ...

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Morning Star Editor Bill Benfield

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United KingdomHow members kept the presses running at Morning Star newspaper

The story of left-wing media in the UK is one of past glories like Reynolds News and the Daily Herald and more recent disasters such as the infamous News On Sunday in 1987.

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MexicoThe ICA General Assembly Concludes

The International Co-operative Alliance General Assembly was held in Cancun, Mexico, between 14 - 18 November 2011 with over 2000 co-operators from 78 countries. During the Assembly there was the official global co-operative launch of the International Year of Co-operatives on 16 November 2011. For more detailed coverage of the General Assembly read the Co-operative News coverage of Cancun. There is also a blog by the Canadian Co-operative's Association News Briefs editor Donna Balkan. Mutuals ...

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Global NewsBenenden Healthcare Member Magazine in UK Top 30

Benenden Healthcare Society is a ‘not for profit’ friendly society and a UK member of ICMIF. The society is a mutual organisation and aims to provide members with first class medical assistance whenever they need it. The Society produces and distributes a magazine for their members four times a year. This magazine is benhealth and is now ranked within the Top 30 of the most widely distributed magazines in the UK. Benhealth sits at number 28 in the list, as certified by the UK Audit ...

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Global News“Raise the Bar, Hershey” Campaign Increases Pressure on Company

“Raise the Bar, Hershey” campaign has a slew of exciting updates and numerous ways you can take action! • New “real” CSR Report for Hershey • Email Action to Hershey Executives • Letter to the Editor Action

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Global NewsThe Co-operative celebrates I Love MCR Day

The Manchester-based Co-operative Group was quick to lend its support to the ‘I Love MCR’ Day today in the wake of the recent riots in the city.

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Global NewsCreating ePubs: A Model for Multi-District Collaboration | Edutopia

(Editor's Note: This isn't a co-op but an excellent example of collaboration and cooperation.)A report from the Massachusetts to produce an ePub, but left with a new model for ...

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Global NewsSpot yourself at Co-operative Congress 2011

Did you attend this year's Co-operative Congress in Birmingham? If so, spot yourself in our slideshow.

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Global NewsGlobal news feed for co-operatives launches

A unique global news feed for co-operatives has been launched by Co-operative Press — publishers of Co-operative News and thenews.coop.

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Global NewsHelping to lead a Fairtrade revolution

Fairtrade Fortnight — this year running from February 28th to March 13th — is now an important date in the calendar of the Co-operative Movement.

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