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Solidarity: We Don’t Need to be Perfect
Is there anything in the world of work that at this moment that is required more than unity? And is it possible to consider unity rather than trying identify ourselves with the values that are already universal?José María Arizmendiarrieta, Reflections
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Posted in Education, Human Relations, Pensimientos
Tagged mutual self-help, openness, pendulum, pensamientos, self-help
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The Unnamed Co-op Value: Gritty
Calvin Coolidge, the US President that symbolized the 1920s, has been credited with this statement: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; … Continue reading
Posted in American Dream, worker co-ops
Tagged covid-19, gritty, perseverance, self-help, self-responsibility, solidarity, values
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Self-Help and Grit City
One of the key concepts of cooperation is the value of Self-Help. At some level, this means that if you don’t like your options in the market, create a co-op to meet your needs. Co-ops exist to meet the needs … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month
Tagged consumer coops, food coops, Grit City, self-help, tacoma
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Own the Internet: Clatskanie Co-op
There was a lot of talk about net neutrality a few years ago with regard to FCC repealing rules on Net Neutrality in 2018. This change in regulation restored power to the internet service providers to control content and charges … Continue reading
PT Shipwrights: They Saw, They Conquered
Just a short write up today to acknowledge one of the oldest functioning worker co-ops in Washington: The Port Townsend Shipwrights Cooperative. They started out this journey (or voyage) in 1981 with 8 shipwrights and a ship’s saw. The Co-op … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, worker co-ops
Tagged history, Ownership, self-help, self-responsibility
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Co-ops in the Miracle Mile
One of the more interesting projects that I have had the pleasure of working on over the last couple years is in southern Idaho. The town of Buhl is about 50 miles from the Nevada border along the Snake River. … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, Education
Tagged development, farming, permaculture, self-help, self-responsibility, sociocracy
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A New Year with Feathers
The coming year brings, as always, hope. Given the rhetoric of the last year, that might seem a rather odd statement, but even if you feel that the abundance of hope has diminished, it still exists.
Indeed, in some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Year of the Co-op
Tagged Antigonish, Cooperatives, hope, innovation, mondragon, rochdale, self-help
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