Co-operation at the cutting edge – two perspectives

Co-operation at the cutting edge – two perspectives

Cooperation seems to be an idea whose time has come for grassroots movements in the UK. Drawing on the Fearless Cities summit session: ‘Building autonomy through a cooperative economy’, we share two interviews with people doing cooperation beyond the traditional worker/housing cooperative form. Cooperation Town and Co-operation Manchester. What does cooperation mean to people right now? What are the relationships between the theory and practice of cooperatives and other tools for organising, like citizens' assemblies and mutual aid groups?   First, we invite you to listen to an interview with Shiri Shalmy, who helped set up Cooperation Town, a movement... [continues]