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Book review: Why benevolent oligarchs are no substitute for democracy

A critical look at the modern trend for philanthropic capitalism, which says co-operation is a more…

Australia’s top 100 co-ops and mutuals have a joint turnover of $31.9bn

Australia is home to 2,032 co-operatives and mutuals with a combined turnover of AU$104bn

More room for taxi co-ops as Uber loses its London licence?

'The more regulators take action against abusive monopolies, the more opportunities there will be for platform…

More electric co-ops in US are sourcing renewable energy

'Any time we can produce renewable energy at the local level, and our members consume that…

200 Calgary staff to lose jobs at Federated Co-operatives

The procurement co-op lost one of its main client co-ops earlier in the year, which means…

Sweden’s largest solar park to be built by a housing co-op

Sweden has set the target for electricity production to be 100% renewable by 2040

Labour, Lib Dem and Green manifestos: What’s in it for co-ops?

Policies that could affect co-ops and mutuals directly and indirectly have been announced by the Labour,…

‘Fire the bosses’: Platform co-ops set out their radical stall

From data sharing as a new co-op principle to ways to organise street workers, the Who…

Co-operative Bank of Kenya gets behind free cancer-screening campaign

The Banks allocated sh10 million (£75,920) to the programme over the next five years

Belgian co-operative aims to establish an ethical bank

The co-operative needs to raise €30m through a share offer to secure the approval for a…

Central England Co-op launches campaign against violence towards store staff

Since January the retailer has recorded 275 incidents of threats/intimidation, 171 cases of verbal abuse and…

ICMIF conference explores the future of mutuality

Discussion included new tech, the mutual model and disaster resilience, and community support