All Things Co-op: Accumulation - The Ruthless Pursuit of Profit
[S5 E07] New
In this episode, the ATC guys answer a question from a listener: "In the Soviet Union commodity production was retained and thus the money-commodity-money cycle that creates capital was able to continue, with the main change being that the capital accumulation...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: Lessons from Venezuela’s Social Economy
[S5 E06] New
In this episode of All Things Co-op, Larry, Kevin, and Cinar talk to Michael Lebowitz about his perspective on the social economic models in Venezuela and Yugoslavia. They speak about the creation of the social economy, the experience of...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: Platform Cooperatives with Minsun Ji
[S5 E05] New
In this episode of All Things Co-op, Cinar, Larry, and Kevin talk to Minsun Ji, a labor organizer and Co-op expert. They discuss what a platform cooperative is, how it differs from a corporate or capitalist platform, and its connection with...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: An Interview with Patrick Conlon of WORCS
[S5 E04] New
In this episode of All Things Co-op, Larry and Kevin talk to Patrick Conlon of Worker Ownership Resources and Cooperative Services, otherwise known as WORCS...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: The Great Resignation
[S04 E12] New
In this episode of the All Things Co-op Podcast, Larry, Cinar and Kevin talk about the so-called "Great Resignation." After discussing what may be behind this change, the trio discusses what cooperatives might have done differently, and how...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: The Money Question With Ed Whitfield
[S4 E11] New
In this episode of the All Things Co-op Podcast, Larry leads an interview with Ed Whitfield of Seed Commons to talk about cooperative and democratic investment in worker cooperatives...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: The Hostile Takeover
[S04 E10] New
In this episode, the ATC guys talk about the idea of the hostile takeover - workers organizing for the purposes of taking over a factory, usually when the owners are abandoning it. Reviewing and highlighting experiences in Argentina and in Chicago...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: Co-op Cycle
[S04 E09] New
Co-op Cycle is a platform cooperative based primarily in France, but with member cooperatives around Europe. In this episode, the ATC guys chat with Adrien Claude, the coordinator for Co-op Cycle, about how it works...
Read moreAll Things Co-op: Critiques of Co-ops
[S4 E08] New
In this episode of ATC, Kevin, Larry and Cinar talk about some of the most common criticisms of co-ops that they've heard over the years and respond to it...
Read moreAll Thing Co-op: The Eva Cooperative
[S4 E07] New
In this episode of All Things Co-op, Cinar and Kevin talk with Dardan Isufi, the Chief Operating Officer of the Eva Cooperative, a rideshare...
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