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Co-operatives and the global energy crisis

With climate change getting ever worse and the Iran war threatening energy supplies, Shaz Rahman looks…

Where does the working class fit into the modern UK co-op movement?

A Revolting Class (Arc) supports co-ops and other social change groups looking to better understand class…

Co-op Retail Conference to plot a course through challenging times

Rose Marley from Co-operatives UK talks to Co-op News ahead of next week's flagship event

Community power in the UK: Reviving the social club

Born from mutual traditions, the clubs were essential community hubs - and they can rise again,…

Life after USAID: Negotiating tactics and a funding coup for co-ops

Paul Hazen from the US Overseas Cooperative Development Council talks to Co-op News about what happens…

Can worker control guide the world past a neoliberal crisis?

Dario Azzellini talks to Co-op News about his new book, which goes back to 'the idea…

How Nepal’s co-ops are minimising caste-based discrimination

Sharmila Thakurii, founder and president of Nepal’s Female Economic Journalist Association (FEJA), reports on efforts to…

Co-operatives and the International Year of the Woman Farmer

Women make up nearly half of the world's agricultural workforce but face limited access to land,…

‘No home’ for housing co-ops in Scottish government, FOI reveals

Jasmine Owens investigates the policy environment for housing co-ops under the Scottish government - and finds…

You are a co-operative – and here’s the scientific reason why

Colin Talbot looks at a work by evolutionary biologist Martin Nowak, Supercooperators

Worker co-ops rising in the USA

Worker co-ops and democratic workplaces have grown 34% since 2020 while more than doubling their workforce

Bruno Roelants on co-operativism at work

The former director general of the ICA talks to Co-op News about his new collection of…