1. Alternative Americas
   An informal history by the grandmother of the counter-culture
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1982
   A history of decentralist and co-operative alternatives in the United States, centering especially on the work of Ralph Borsodi.
2. Bain Co-op Meets Wages for Housework
   A political thriller
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 1977
   The story of the struggle that gave birth to a housing co-operative and destroyed the credibility of the 'Wages for Housework' sect.
3. Banking on the Grass Roots
   Cooperatives in global development
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1990
   
4. Beyond Solidarity
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2012
   The American sociologist Richard Sennett has explored themes of class and social exclusion for more than 40 years. Horatio Morpurgo speaks with him about his recent book Together: The Rituals, Pleasure and Politics of Co-operation.
5. A Big Victory for Labor in Mexico
   How Mexican Workers Won Ownership of a Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2013
   Collective ownership of a factory in Mexico.
6. Brotherhood Economics
   Women and Co-operatives in Nova Scotia
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1998
   Documents the goal of equality for women in the workplace, education, economic development, social work and co-operatives and the activism of five women.
7. Building Economic Alternatives
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 1992
   Moffatt outlines many currently practiced methods of creating an alternative economy.
8. Canada's Social Economy
   Co-Operatives, Non-Profits, and Other Community Enterprises
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1992
   
9. Canadian Information Sharing Service
   Volume 1, Number 2 - July 1976
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   First Published: 1976
   
10. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1977
    
11. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1977
    
12. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1977
    
13. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1977
    
14. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 1 - February 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    
15. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    
16. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    
17. Co-operative Co-ownership Corporations: Legislative Proposals
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    This bound set of notes embodies the discussion paper used in a Symposium held on November 16 - 17, 1978 in Edmonton.
18. The Coady - Tomkins Experience: The Relevance of the Antigonish Movement Today
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    
19. Collective Courage
    A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2014
    In Collective Courage, Jessica Gordon Nembhard chronicles African American cooperative business ownership and its place in the movements for Black civil rights and economic equality.
20. Connexions
    Volume 3, Number 5 - September 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    
21. Connexions
    Volume 3, Number 6 - December 1978 - Unemployment/Chomage
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1978
    
22. Connexions
    Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1979
    
23. Connexions
    Volume 5, Number 5 - January 1981 - Militarism/Militarisme
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1981
    
24. Connexions
    Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1982
    
25. Connexions
    Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1983
    
26. Connexions
    Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1986
    
27. Connexions
    Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1987
    
28. Connexions Digest
    Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1989
    
29. Connexions Digest
    Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1990
    
30. Connexions Digest
    Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1990
    
31. Connexions Digest
    Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1991
    
32. Connexions Digest
    Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1992
    
33. Continuous Excursions
    Politics and Personal Life
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    Colman looks at the idea that 'the personal is political'. He looks at personal life in pre-capitalist societies, the nature of politics and social relations, patriarchy and sexual relations, intimacy and personal life, indviduality and public life.
34. Cooperation at Work
    The Mondragon Experience
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1983
    A guide to work co-operatives, based on the experience of the Mondragon group of co-operatives in Spain.
35. The Co-operative Movement on the Prairies, 1900-1955
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1979
    
36. The Co-operative Revolution
    A Graphic Novel
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2012
    To celebrate the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives, The Co-operative Group has created a graphic novel, depicting the history, scale and diversity of co-operation.
37. The Co-operative Union of Canada
    Organization profile published 1976
    Resource Type: Organization
    First Published: 1976
    An educational and promotional organization for all cooperative projects.
38. Co-operatives Bite back! The return of the co-op
    New Internationalist June 2004
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2004
    A look at the issues regarding and the basic principles of a co-op. Discussion of the history of the international co-operative movement and information on how to set up a co-op.
39. Co-ops, Communes and Collectives: Experiments In Social Change in the 1960's and 1970's
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1979
    Contains case studies of alternative organizations and articles addressing issues relevant to how such organizations function. Particularly good is Jane J. Mansbridge's paper, "The Agony of Inequality." Also recommended: "Conditions for Democracy: Making Participatory Organizations Work" Joyce Rothschild-Whitt.
40. Directory of Co-operatives
    Periodical profile published 1982
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1982
    
41. Directory of Housing Co-operatives and Resource Groups
    Periodical profile published 1982
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1982
    
42. The Enemy of Nature 
    The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2002   Published: 2007
    We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy you. Capitalism and its by-products -- imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty, and the destruction of community -- are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem.
43. Equal Shares
    Oodi Weavers and the cooperative experience
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    The story of a community-based co-operative in Botswana.
44. Equality
    New Internationalist January/February 2004
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2004
    A look at theories on the thought of equality and its progress in society.
45. Explore Co-opertives and Credit Unions
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    
46. For Our Common Future
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989
    Most Canadians seem brainwashed by two myths: (1) Work is scarce; not enough work for everyone; and (2) Money is scarce; Canada cannot afford full employment.
47. From Corporate Greed to Common Good
    Canadian Churches and Community Economic Development
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998
    Provides suggestions for individuals or groups who wish to sponsor and participate in community economic initiatives such as self-employment training and co-operatively-owned business.
48. Get Up, Stand Up 
    Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2011
    Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, energy, and unity in order to wrest power away from the corporatocracy.
49. Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada
    Third Edition
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984   Published: 1988
    See also CX2933.
    
50. Greece's solidarity movement: 'it's a whole new model - and it's working'
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2015
    Citizen-run health clinics, food centres, kitchens and legal aid hubs have sprung up to fill the gaps left by austerity – and now look set to play a bigger role under a Syriza government.
51. A Green City Program
    For San Francisco Bay Area Cities & Towns
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
    Ideas for green, sustainable cities.
52. A Guide to Co-op Alternatives
    Diverting Profits from the Banks, Food Middlemen, the Landlords
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1978
    This extensive guide to cooperative alternatives in the city of Toronto provides information about cooperative and collective ventures in areas such as education, housing, food, work and finance.
53. Guide to Co-operative Alternatives
    Resource Type: Book
    Hundreds of co-operative ventures throughout North America.
54. A Guide To Cooperative Alternatives
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1979
    Edited by "Communities, Journal of Cooperative Living," this book is a resource guide of ideas, resources, references and contacts for people interested in living and working cooperatively. Includes well-annotated section on politics, decision making, education, community organizing and much more.
55. How to Start a Co-operative
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1982
    An introduction to co-operatives and act as a guide to groups interested in organizing a co-operative.
    
56. Independent Co-operative Enterprizes
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1975
    Report on an economic strategy to help marginalised men and women.
57. Intentional Communities
    Resource Type: Website
    Resource for intentional Communities including ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives and other related projects.
58. The Main Street Group for Cooperative Development
    Organization profile published 1978
    Resource Type: Organization
    First Published: 1978
    
59. Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2013
    In contrast to the traditional view that Marx's work is restricted to a critique of capitalism – and that he consciously avoided any detailed conception of its alternative – this work shows that Marx was committed to a specific concept of a post-capitalist society which informed the whole of his approach to political economy.
60. The Meaning of Mondragon
    Fantasties and (Possible) Realities
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    We can apply lessons learned from the extensive experience of worker self-management to encourage their unrealized radicality.
61. Mondragón Cooperative Corporation
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    A group of manufacturing, financial and retail enterprises based in the Basque Country and extended over the rest of Spain and abroad which is one of the world's largest worker cooperatives and one important example of workers' self-management.
62. Mondragon Worker-Cooperatives Decide How to Ride Out a Downturn
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2009
    The Mondragón Cooperative Corporation (MCC), the largest consortium of worker-owned companies, has developed a different way of doing business - a way that puts workers, not shareholders, first.
63. The Need for Alternative Employment
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989
    An alternative economy would enable movement people to integrate their bread labour with their social change work.
64. New Age Business
    Community Corporations That Work
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1986
    
65. The New Dawn Story
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1981
    In the area of industrial Cape Breton Island, there exists a form of Community Development Corporation (CDC) known as New Dawn Enterprises Limited.
66. The New Dawn Story
    An Experiment In Economically-Based Community Development
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1983
    
67. 1978 Directory of International Communities, Cooperatives, Collectives and Communes
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1978
    
68. No Bosses Here!
    A Manual on Working Collectively and Cooperatively
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981
    A perceptive and practical guide to working in a collective.
69. Organizing in a Small Town
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1976
    Experiences in organizing in a small town in Ontario in the early 1970s.
70. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 21, 2018
    Their Interent or Ours?
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2018
    The Internet, which was at one time a free and open space for sharing information and ideas, has been privatized and twisted to serve the profit-making agenda of huge corporations, working hand-in-glove with governments which want to suppress opposition and alternatives. What can we do about it? Is it our Internet or theirs?
71. Ottawa Co-op Resource Group (Newsletter)
    Sept 8, 1975 Vol II #1 - Periodical profile published 1976
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1976
    A voluntary coalition interested in communal and co-operative forms.
72. Ours to Hack and To Own
    The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, A New Vision For the Future Of Work and A Fairer Internet
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2016
    The activists who have put together Ours to Hack and to Own argue for a new kind of online economy: platform cooperativism, which combines the rich heritage of cooperatives with the promise of 21st-century technologies, free from monopoly, exploitation, and surveillance.
73. Portugal: The Impossible Revolution?
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1977
    The story of what happened in Portugal between April 25, 1974 and November 25, 1975, as seen and felt by a deeply committed participant.
74. Reclaim the power! Democratic energy must replace corporate capture
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Democratising energy would save thousands of lives a year in Britain alone -- releasing us from the clutches of corporate utilities, and building an energy commons in which we are all owners and participants, no longer captive, exploited consumers. More than that, it would be a big step forward in saving the planet.
75. Rochdale
    The Runaway Collage
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1987
    Toronto's Rochdale College began as an experiment in living and learning, and ended as a symbpl of the flower-child Sixties, a financial and social controversy. Sharpe tells the story of the college's seven-year rise and fall.
76. Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers
    Wikipedia article
    Resource Type: Article
    The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was an early consumer co-operative, and one of the first to pay a patronage dividend, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement. Although other co-operatives preceded them,[2] the Rochdale Pioneers' co-operative became the prototype for societies in Great Britain. The Rochdale Pioneers are most famous for designing the Rochdale Principles, a set of principles of co-operation that provide the foundation for the principles on which co-ops around the world operate to this day.
77. The Role Co-operatives in Childcare
    Role des cooperatives dans le secteur de la garde d'enfants
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
    
78. Social Reform or Revolution 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1900   Published: 1908
    Rosa Luxemburg's attack on reformism.
79. Social Teaching Incarnate at ICI
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1992
    From economic grassroots organizations, Latin Americans of every creed, race and colour gather under the one ICI roof for three month periods of intensive sharing and learning. Community and society problems are examined and their causes analyzed from a Latin American perspective.
80. Socialist Register 1991
    Volume 27: Communist Regimes the Aftermath
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1991
    
81. Starting a Worker Co-operative
    An Introduction
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1985
    
82. A study of urban communes and co-ops inToronto
    MA Thesis, University of Toronto, 1973
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1973
    
83. A Targeted Approach to Worker Co-op Development
    Lessons from Mondragon and Northern Italy
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1988   Published: 1989
    Targeted strategies offer advantages: First, expertise which permits the rapid assessment of prospective deals. Second, by concentrating on businesses which have some similarities, it is possible to build links, formal and informal, and in so doing, create the potential for common problem-solving and economies of scale in the purchase of goods and services.
84. Towards a Decentralist Commonwealth
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1979
    Could the basic structural concept of common ownership of society's resources for the benefit of all ever be achieved, institutionally, in ways which fostered and sustained, rather than eroded and destroyed, a cooperative democratic society?
85. Valencia-Mondragon Study Tour
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989
    
86. Why Cooperative Businesses Are Not the Answer
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    The problem with the worker-owned cooperative business economic model is that this model retains one of the most important defining characteristics of the capitalist model with which we are so familiar today: production of commodities to be sold for a profit in the market place.
87. Worker Co-operatives
    An Introduction
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1985
    
88. Worker Cooperatives in America
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984
    A historical background of worker cooperatives as well as a contemporary discussion of small and large co-ops.
89. Worker Co-operatives: An Introduction
    Resource Type: Organization
    First Published: 1986
    Inactive/Defunct Organization
    Schnack and Jackson introduce worker co-operatives to a broad constituency of the unemployed, underemployed, precarious workers, community organizations, women's groups, and church members. This is a practical guide that avoids the larger policy and philosophical debates about worker co-operatives.
90. Worker Cooperatives and Revolution
    History and Possibilities in the United States
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2014
    Wright believes that the 'solidarity economy', fits within a Marxist understanding of what is needed to bring about a grassroots transformation of the economy.
91. Workers' Self-Management in the United States
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984
    
92. You can't win without a fight: Why worker cooperatives are a bad strategy
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2021
    

Experts on Coop‚ratives in the Sources Directory

1. Zatoun