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Book review: European co-operative banks

A look at the distinct nature of co-operative banks, exploring some of the recent changes in…

What does the future hold for co-ops and the world of work?

A new book marking the ILO’s centenary argues co-ops can play a key role in helping…

The co-operative movement and its role in the ‘Irish Question’

Co-operatives facilitated the adoption of new technologies throughout Ireland's rural economy.

Are co-ops the new pirates?

Be More Pirate looks at some of clichés around the golden age of piracy, and asks…

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

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

Who rules Britain – and how did they get there?

Academic Mike Wayne calls for 'dominant forms of productive property are held, through a diversity of…

Book review: Generation Share – The Change makers building the Sharing Economy

The writers interviewed 200 people for the book, on a 10 year journey

Gangsters without borders: How do we save the commons from kleptocracy?

In a globalised world where wealth and capital can cross international borders unhindered and often unnoticed,…

Across the borders: The shifting sands of solidarity and the left in the Americas

Looking back over the tangle history of radicalism on two continents

Book review: A century of education, social change and the Co-operative College

Nick Matthews from Co-operatives UK reviews a timely discussion of the role of co-op education

An election that changed history: 1918, suffragettes and co-operators

Claire McCarthy, from the Co-op Party, reviews an account of the first women to stand for…

Book review: Lambeth GP Food Co-op Recipe Book

Co-operatively grown, creating health together