Co-ops or workers' revolution? An article by Tom Wetzel (under a pseudonym) which lays out the limitations of cooperatives as an alternative to capitalism.
'Social streets' and the mutual aid economy The crisis is grinding on, day after day. People are struggling and then they struggle some more. Health suffers. Food can be a difficult subject…
Radical printshop collectives of the 1970s and 80s (video) - Jess Baines This half-hour lecture by former radical printshop worker and LSE lecturer Jess Baines investigates…
The Telekommunist Manifesto - Dmytri Kleiner A controversial pamphlet which criticises Creative Commons as a form of privatisation, proposing 'copyfarleft' in its place, and puts forward …
Self-management of misery or the miseries of self-management - Terra Cremada A critical look at co-ops, worker-owned and collective businesses, ethical banking, the…
The myth of Mondragon: Cooperatives, politics, and working class life in a Basque town - Sharryn Kasmir Sharryn Kasmir's critical account of the internationally renowned Mondragon…
Worker Occupations in Argentina A paper by Maurizio Atzeni looking at the degeneration of four co-operatives that arose during the upheavels in Argentina 2001.
Mr. Benn's wage slavery A Freedom artice dated 7th December 1974 criticising Tony Benn's support for workers' co-operatives. Taken from The State Is Your Enemy:…
Workers' control A pamphlet by the Syndicalist Workers' Federation on the meaning of workers' control, its incompatability with the state and its history (1959).
Why Valve? - Yanis Varoufakis Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world? Yanis Varoufakis discusses the…
Homeowners: the gravediggers of capital Tom Fox casts a critical eye over housing co-operatives. Originally published in January 2012.
