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Where are all the women? Looking back on the Rochdale Pioneers

On the 168th anniversary of the opening of the first Rochdale Pioneers’ shop, Co-operative News talked…

South Sudan turns to co-operatives to help grow economy

South Sudan is troubled. Despite it gaining independence from Sudan last July, the two nations are…

Unique Challenges and Benefits of Cooperative Governance

Unique Challenges and Benefits of Cooperative Governance

Global corruption: a problem for cooperatives?

The 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives is proud to welcome several prominent international organizations actively involved…

Two European countries that have a strong cooperative presence: France and Italy

In this third article in a series about the global cooperative movement, we take a look…

Governance and Management structures in worker co-operatives

The other day a consumer co-operative Board member asked if I could send them some info…

Best Western hotel cooperative: an international powerhouse

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, the Best Western cooperative was founded in 1946 when M.K. Guertin,…

FC Barcelona: More than a club!

FC Barcelona is one of the most popular soccer teams on the planet. Its Catalan motto,…

Cocoa and Co-operatives

Latest post from guest blogger, teacher and author (and cocoa industry specialist) Michael Niemann: Members of…

How co-operatives work for women in Africa

In Africa, as elsewhere, inequalities persist between women and men in terms of access to and…

Leading economist Noreena Hertz predicts era of co-operative capitalism

Economist, Professor Noreena Hertz, who for more than two decades has made accurate predictions about economic…

What we could learn from French co-ops

Shame to see plans for SeaFrance to become a worker co-op have run aground.  This is…