Part of why Cooperation Jackson was able to get going was Mississippi was bypassed by traditional capitalism. Preston is economically depressed. Rojavan revolution grew in the vacuum of conflict. Puerto Rico is reorganising as a community after natural disaster.
There is ‘the shock doctrine’ and ‘disaster capitalism’. We should have ‘the cooperation doctrine’, ‘disaster anarchism’. Or, more poetically, as per Rebecca Solnit, paradises made in hell.
There’s a ton of ride sharing groups for activists on Facebook.
We got any in the fediverse?
(Say I wanted to hitch a ride from the UK to Calais, I’d post in the group or find someone who already posted that they’re going that way.)
“Tightshift Laboring Cooperative’s mission is to model a just, equitable economy, where workers profit from their labor through cooperative ownership.”
Thoughts on Matomo (formerly Piwik)? Any site owners using it?
It’s a free/libre, open-source analytics alternative to Google Analytics. It’s not Google, so that’s a plus, but it’s still analytics, so will people just block it regardless?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19704-mondragon-and-the-system-problem
it is bullshit and illegal under federal law for electronics manufacturers to put “Warranty Void if Removed” stickers on their gadgets, and it’s also illegal for companies to void your warranty if you fix your device yourself or via a third party
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne9qdq/warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-illegal-ftc
My #socialcoop story
Joined social.coop about 7 months ago (214 days ago to be precise).
I’d heard about Mastodon before & had a profile on mastodon.social that I wasn’t really using.
Think I most probably heard about social.coop from the CoTech (a forum of UK tech coops.)
Since joining I’ve learned a lot more about co-ops, got more political, got involved in our reading group, and got a little involved in how our instance works through our Loomio.
It’s been great!
It’s the 1 year anniversary of social.coop! ? ?
A cooperatively-run corner of the fediverse.
Who can imagine what the next year will bring? Can’t wait to find out!
