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    Russia has been kicked out of SWIFT. But did you know SWIFT is a co-op?

    SWIFT is a second level co-operative set up in Belgium under Belgium’s co-operative law

    David Thompson 1 March 2022
  • History

    Mussolini could not kill the co-ops

    David Thompson looks at how the co-op movement was able to survive the fascist regime...

    David Thompson 3 August 2019
  • History

    Co-op Paths to Peace and the Peace Sign

    CND celebrated its 60th anniversary last month – and here is a look at the...

    David Thompson 18 May 2018
  • Community

    Albany, Piccadilly: The oldest continuing co-owned housing complex in the world?

    Albany in London is the longest continuously co-owned apartment building in the world. David Thompson...

    David Thompson 2 October 2017
  • Mutuals

    With a little help from my friends: The Beatles, the Liver Building and the co-op spirit

    Fifty years on from the release of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we look...

    David Thompson 1 June 2017
  • Housing

    Mobile park residents have a home to call their own after co-op buyout

    Residents of a mobile home park in New Hampshire are celebrating after forming a co-operative and taking...

    David Thompson 3 February 2017
  • Community

    Co-op housing honoured in UNESCO award for Le Corbusier buildings

    As Unesco adds 17 buildings by Le Corbusier to its list of World Heritage sites,...

    David Thompson 25 August 2016
  • Social activist and co-operator Harry Belafonte at the 2013 Pride Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York City (Image: Lev Radin / Shutterstock.com)
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    Co-operative innovator receives Oscar for social action

    With over 40 million people watching this year’s Oscars ceremony, few will know that a...

    David Thompson 23 February 2015
  • Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op is using member capital to move premises

    Borrowing member capital ideas from US food co-ops

    The 1854 Almanac of the Rochdale Pioneers asks: “How many stores have languished for years,...

    David Thompson 9 October 2014
  • Inner courtyard of Amalgamated Dwellings housing co-operative in Cooperative Village on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Image: Joel Raskin (CC)

    Housing case study 4: US unions help build housing co-operatives

    In the Bronx borough of New York City stands a proud pioneering housing co-operative affectionately...

    David Thompson 22 May 2014
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