...the first thought was sound system in the corner, platform over there, what a great place for a rave.

But it's also got enough passing walking traffic for a cafe or restaurant or something. It's a really great location.

Anyone got any ideas about, or experience with, setting up a worker's co-op and somehow leasing or buying the property? Basically a project to try and create some kind of shelter from capitalism, in the most equal way possible, for a few committed people?

There are so many opportunities for outreach in this location: kids + parents walking to school in the mornings, sports teams, hikers, cyclists, runners, theater types occasionally...

  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    3 years ago

    someone posted some literature on setting up and maintaining a co-op that I saved but I guess they deleted their account :/

    SIKE! i put them in my reading list. I haven't read these yet so idk if they'll be useful but just in case they were:

    Building Co-Operative Power: Stories and Strategies from Worker Cooperatives in the Connecticut River Valley

    and

    Humanizing the Economy: Co-operaties in the Age of Capital (I have a note here that this is more theory on why they're good than actually organizational structures but its there.)

    • aramettigo [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      appreciate the recs :) they're not on libgen but I'll keep looking for the first one.