Ted Howard, architect of the Cleveland Model, on the journey to a new economy

The social justice advocate tells how the lessons he learned from Mondragon to work in a…

Thinktanks call for community wealth models and plural ownership in post-Covid settlement

CLES and the Democracy Collaborative argue for 'a new politics of community control from the ground…

What has the Preston model achieved so far

With community wealth building on the agenda at the Co-op Party and CCIN conferences, here is…

Co-operative councils meet to discuss a new model for democracy

'There’s a huge challenge that co-operative councils can lead on since national government won’t'

Co-op model as a vehicle of transformation in local government

The Co-op Party has set out six steps to building community wealth, based on the Cleveland…

Evergreen Cooperative Laundry to manage second plant

The co-op, which is part of the Cleveland model for local collaborative economies, will triple its…

Keeping track of Trump: Democracy Collaborative launches a news aggregator

'If people are going to be overwhelmed, then they can just be overwhelmed for one 20-minute…

Democracy Collaborative issues action guide to community wealth-building in the USA

'The principles and new institutional arrangements at the heart of community wealth-building represent foundational steps for…

Co-op councils meet to discuss ways to embed their values into communities

'We need politics that is more open, more accountable and directly responsive to the people that…

$24m in grants given to ‘democratic employee ownership’ in US

Schemes backed by Kendeda include business succession programmes and efforts to help people of colour build…

Book review: How do we give economic power to the people?

'There’s a role for everyone in nourishing this potential next system'

Co-op engagement: Reaching out to baby boomers to leave a co-op legacy

As business owners from the baby-boom generation near retirement, co-operators in Cleveland and working to transition…