Just got this message from Steve Garrett of Cultural Concerns in Cardiff:- Dear all I’m back in Cardiff from Calais (Ben from Parsnipship that I went out with is back tomorrow) after some pretty knackering days working with many volunteers … Continue reading
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Who knew, the National Assembly for Wales building, Ty Hywel, is now owned by a company in the British Virgin Isles (BVI). … Continue reading
22 April 2015, was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of José María Arizmendiarrieta Madariaga, the founder of the Mondragon co-operatives. An important event to commemorate the birth of the man who inspired the Cooperative Experience which started in Arrasate-Mondragón. … Continue reading
Interesting new film from Sweden about how worker co-operatives can change the entire capitalist economy to economic democracy. Why do we put up with authoritarianism at work on a scale that in the rest of society would be regarded as … Continue reading
Two groups whose activities during the ’84 miners’ strike inspired the hit film Pride were reunited for the first time in three decades. Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners’ Group (LGSM) members and the Neath, Dulais and Swansea Valley Miners’ … Continue reading
This article has now been published by Co-op News. Read the article on Co-operative News Website:- http://www.thenews.coop/94300/news/general/time-to-extend-the-seven-co-operative-principles/ or read on…… The Seven Co-operative Principles were last updated and formally adopted by the International Co‑operative Alliance at Congress in Manchester in 1995 … Continue reading
In 1986 I was editor of a Cardiff based trades union newspaper, Union Eyes. I put together a piece about events at Hinkley Point A Power Station two years earlier, which although over the water in Somerset, has Cardiff in … Continue reading
I know it goes against the commonly held mantra of how we build the commonweal but do we need to reconsider when and where common ownership of the capital is appropriate, particularly for worker co-operatives? Common ownership allows for the … Continue reading
The Seven Co-operative Principles were last updated and formally adopted by the International Co‑operative Alliance at Congress in Manchester in 1995 http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html They are based on the eight original Rochdale Principles, and have been updated amended periodically. Why change is … Continue reading
PreFab, the clothes recycling operation of the Cardiff YMCA Housing Association (of which I’m acting Chair) came second in the Third Sector Environmental Awards on 29th January 2015 Had a great evening at the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff at the … Continue reading