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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Health co-ops: not dead yet!
Last summer I got sucked into a raging blog debate on whether healthcare cooperatives are a suitable solution to our national health care crisis. It was a pretty stressful period and I must admit that I was relieved when the … Continue reading
Something important is happening in Cleveland
Guest blogger! I recently received an e-mail from Ted Howard, Executive Director of the Democracy Collaborative. This bulletin from Community Wealth is a good overview of what’s going on in Cleveland, so I’ll just reproduce it whole cloth. During my … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland, Community Wealth, Cooperatives, Evergreen Cooperatives, Ted Howard
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More on Mondragon
One of my big personal shortcomings is ambition. Last month, I went to visit the legendary Mondragon cooperatives in the Basque Country (Spain). I planned write eloquent posts on a different important topic every day, so all my readers would … Continue reading
Capitalism: a movie review
As Capitalism: A Love Story approaches its conclusion, filmmaker Michael Moore makes a pretty bold pronouncement: “Capitalism is evil, and you can’t regulate evil. You have to eradicate it.” Ooh! Fighting words! Unfortunately, they’re the sort of fighting words that … Continue reading
Make your own jobs
Two Federal Reserve regional presidents have separately offered a grim prognosis in the wake of last week’s rise in national unemployment to 10.2 percent (over 12 percent in Sacramento). More than six people are chasing every available job. It seems that … Continue reading
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Tagged AFL-CIO, Arizmendi Association, Cooperatives, Evergreen Cooperatives, Mondragon, Steelworkers, UFCW, unions
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Building New Detroit
I’ve finally reached the last stop on my monthlong journey. This afternoon I head to the airport for one last trip back home to Sacramento. On the one hand, I can’t wait to be home. On the other, Something very … Continue reading
Cooperative Islam
I was going to write about the amazing stuff I’ve seen happening in northeastern Ohio over the last few days. However, the unfortunate events at Ft. Hood have me distracted. The perpetrator was apparently an Arab-American who was at least … Continue reading
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Tagged A Common Word Between Us and You, Cooperatives, Islam, Islamic Finance, Riba, Takaful
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The latest from United Steelworkers
On Friday, my friend/colleague Lisa Stolarski and I sat down with Rob Witherell, who is coordinating the United Steelworkers’ freshly-announced plan to create worker cooperatives in North America. This will be modeled after, and in partnership with, the Mondragon cooperatives … Continue reading
Cooperate and No One Gets Hurt 