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Co-ops and resistance in Rojava

Co-ops in the region offer a vision of an alternative society built on mutual aid, gender…

Book launch for a centenary history of the UK Co-op College

The event, at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, heard from authors Tom Woodin, Linda…

Coin Street: How co-op ownership can keep the bulldozer at bay

The neighbourhood has demonstrated its lasting power as a pioneering model for people-led development of urban…

Co-op solutions to the problems caused by short-term rentals

Airbnb and other platforms have been accused of inflating rents and hollowing out communities – but…

Co-operation beyond bars: How incarcerated people are finding purpose

Argentinian prison co-op Liberté began in 2014 as a small group of prisoners making and selling…

How are co-ops promoting travel as a force for good?

A look at efforts by HF Holidays and Your Co-op Travel to make tourism more planet-friendly

How Top Manta co-op helps Barcelona’s street vendors formalise

Set up in 2017, the co-op sells clothes, accessories and sportswear made by migrants

Sociocracy: A ‘light in our path towards a co-operative society’

'Sociocracy offers a different form of hierarchy. The format is often considered a hierarchy of work,…

How can we improve the accounting framework for UK co-ops?

Researchers share findings from interviews with co-operators, accountants and regulators on reporting standards for co-ops

With the world trailing behind its sustainability goals, can co-ops get things back on track?

CM50, a circle of co-op and mutual leaders, has been created to position the movement at…

How cross-party groups in Parliament are working to support co-ops

We catch up with MPs Patrick Hurley and Andrew Pakes, who lead the APPGs on the…

Co-op Group delivers space for women in logistics

'There are not a lot of female leaders and that the richness and the different thinking…