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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries V: Innovation and Transformation

Image from Mondragon website.Mondragon Diaries, Day FiveInnovation and transformationtowards a third wave futureBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 “The world has not been given to us simply to contemplate it, but to transform it. And … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries IV: Banking on the Future

Arrasate-Mondragon in the Basque Country of Spain. Image from SolidarityEconomy.net.Mondragon Diaries, Day FourWorker coops, worker banks, worker skills:Weathering today’s crisesBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / October 1, 2010 [This is the fourth of a five-part series by Carl … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries III: Visions of the Future

Otalora: This old blockhouse fortress now houses a worker-owned credit union. Image from Udalatx / Flickr.Mondragon Diaries, Day ThreeVisions of the future, ties to the past:Tools for shaping organization for tomorrowBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 27, … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries II: It Starts With a School

Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Basque Country. Image from PermcultureCooperative.Mondragon Diaries, Day TwoIt starts with a school:Knowledge and the path to workers power By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 23, 2010 [This is the second of a five-part … Continue reading

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Carl Davidson : Mondragon Diaries I: Bridges to Socialism

Not paradise, but close: Mondragon Cooperatives in Spain’s Basque Country. Photo from Model-Economy.Mondragon Diaries, Day OneBridges to 21st century socialism:Why humanity comes first at workBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2010 “This is not paradise and … Continue reading

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Bill Meacham : Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity

The Mondragon Corporation. “The present, however splendid it may be, bears the seeds of its own ruin if it becomes separated from the future.” — José María Arizmendiarrieta.Mondragon: Reinventing humanity It is a striking vision, and a welcome alternative to … Continue reading

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Bill Meacham : Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity

The Mondragon Corporation. “The present, however splendid it may be, bears the seeds of its own ruin if it becomes separated from the future.” — José María Arizmendiarrieta.Mondragon: Reinventing humanity It is a striking vision, and a welcome alternative to … Continue reading

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Bill Meacham : Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity

The Mondragon Corporation. “The present, however splendid it may be, bears the seeds of its own ruin if it becomes separated from the future.” — José María Arizmendiarrieta.Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / October 6, … Continue reading

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Rag Radio : Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives

Rag Radio’s Tracey Schulz (left) and Thorne Dreyer, with guest Carl Davidson at the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 9. Photo by Jim Cleveland / KOOP Radio / The Rag Blog. Noted writer and political activist Carl Davidson onRag … Continue reading

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The Rag Blog Presents : Carl Davidson on Mondragon and Workers’ Cooperatives

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE The Rag Blog, Rag Radio, and the New Journalism ProjectPresent Noted Writer and Political Activist Carl Davidson:‘Mondragon and the Workers’ Cooperative Movement’A Multi-Media Presentation Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, 7-10 p.m.At 5604 Manor Community Center,5604 Manor … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Carl Davidson : The Mondragon Cooperatives and 21st Century Socialism

Five books with radical critiques:The Mondragon Cooperatives and twenty-first century socialism By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2011 From Mondragon to America: Experiments in Community Economic Development by Greg MacLeod (UCCB Press, 1997) The Myth of … Continue reading

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Robert Jensen : The Cooperative Alternative

Art by Joseph Bau / Fearless Fathers.The cooperative movement:Doing business as if people mattered By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of … Continue reading

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