Venezuela
Venezuela
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DemocracyOccupy Sandy builds worker power in Far Rockaway
From Peter Rugh at WagingNonviolence.org: Community members in Far Rockaway gather for one of the early meetings about cooperatives. (WNV/Peter Rugh) Three and a half months ago, the walls upstairs at the Church of the...
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Democracy
The 2013 Western Workers Co-op Conference
Following the success of this summer's Eastern conference, the bi-annual 2013 Western Workers Co-op Conference is hot on its heels. The September 2nd through 4th event will be held at the worker-owned Breitenbush Hotsprings in...
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CommunityHugo Chávez’s Bolivarian Revolution helped to create over 200,000 co-operatives
Following the death of Venezeula President Hugo Chávez, Co-operative News looks at how the growth of co-operatives has helped the fight against poverty . . .
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Business
Q&A: Microcredit Bank “Incorporates Women in the Benefits of Development”
“Our raison d’etre is incorporating women in development, and especially in the benefits of development,” says Nora Castañeda, an economist who has headed the Banmujer bank in Venezuela since it was founded in 2001. Castañeda,...
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Democracy
Can we really create a co-operative economy?
All the talk at the moment is about public service co-ops and mutuals. How the co-operative model would be great for driving up performance, lowering costs, but at the same time keeping these new businesses...
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Democracy
Is A Non-Exploitive Economy Based on Worker-Own Cooperatives Possible?
Two parts of a three-part article on worker cooperatives have been posted to DailyKos by Geminijen: Part one, Is A Non-Exploitive Economy Based on Worker-Own Cooperatives Possible? "Anarcho-syndicalists put forward the concept of...
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Democracy
Can we really create a co-operative economy?
All the talk at the moment is about public service co-ops and mutuals. How the co-operative model would be great for driving up performance, lowering costs, but at the same time keeping these new businesses...
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PoliticsHow oil supports Venezuela’s co-op movement
As Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez celebrates his tenth year in office, opinion both internationally and within the Latin American country remains divided as to the success of his revolutionary socialist project.