http://www.social-ecology.org/1997/09/anarchism-and-the-cooperative-ideal/ Popular Education for a Free Society Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.social-ecology.org/1997/09/anarchism-and-the-cooperative-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-5048 ijustino comments on 60 days house of corrections for your crime of telling the truth in a court of law Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:52:22 +0000 http://www.social-ecology.org/?p=1262#comment-5048 [...] is the second part of Roderick T. Long's "Dismantling Leviathan from Within." Peter Staudenmaier's "Anarchism and the Cooperative Ideal" is also insightful. permalinkparentsite [...] [...] is the second part of Roderick T. Long's "Dismantling Leviathan from Within." Peter Staudenmaier's "Anarchism and the Cooperative Ideal" is also insightful. permalinkparentsite [...]

]]> http://www.social-ecology.org/1997/09/anarchism-and-the-cooperative-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 MJ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:32:34 +0000 http://www.social-ecology.org/?p=1262#comment-2335 Jay, please let me know when your book is complete. I am also a mutualist, but I am also seeking solidarity with open-minded Capitalists and syndicalists. Excellent article! REALLY motivating! Jay, please let me know when your book is complete. I am also a mutualist, but I am also seeking solidarity with open-minded Capitalists and syndicalists. Excellent article! REALLY motivating!

]]> http://www.social-ecology.org/1997/09/anarchism-and-the-cooperative-ideal/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Jay Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:46:18 +0000 http://www.social-ecology.org/?p=1262#comment-187 I just recently start a blog about the cooperative movement. I'm also working on a book about transforming society through cooperatives whether they be economic, social, healthcare, educational, or political. I credit philosophical anarchist in developing the values behind cooperativism. I am trying to write within a positive, inclusive, and flexible book that is not just "anti" but proposing alternatives. I was just emailing someone about this and mentioned a voluntary political community which would essentially be a free association municipality which sounds similar to the libertarian municipality. I tend lean more in a free market mutualist direction and actually don't necessarily oppose some non statist capitalistic businesses. Like I was telling this "anarcho capitalist", if we had a large segment of the workforce in worker cooperatives and a large segment in traditional businesses (capitalistic), it could end up making both systems better as they compete within the market. The capitalist business will have to compete for workers with the cooperative which means offering higher wages and benefits and possibly some say in the running of the business. The worker cooperative will have to hire good managers and CEOs to improve efficiency to compete with the capitalist business. In the end both are better off. Since all libertarians and anarchist are volunteerists and communities and individuals can choose how they want to order themselves it really all comes down to preference. I just recently start a blog about the cooperative movement. I’m also working on a book about transforming society through cooperatives whether they be economic, social, healthcare, educational, or political. I credit philosophical anarchist in developing the values behind cooperativism. I am trying to write within a positive, inclusive, and flexible book that is not just “anti” but proposing alternatives. I was just emailing someone about this and mentioned a voluntary political community which would essentially be a free association municipality which sounds similar to the libertarian municipality. I tend lean more in a free market mutualist direction and actually don’t necessarily oppose some non statist capitalistic businesses. Like I was telling this “anarcho capitalist”, if we had a large segment of the workforce in worker cooperatives and a large segment in traditional businesses (capitalistic), it could end up making both systems better as they compete within the market. The capitalist business will have to compete for workers with the cooperative which means offering higher wages and benefits and possibly some say in the running of the business. The worker cooperative will have to hire good managers and CEOs to improve efficiency to compete with the capitalist business. In the end both are better off. Since all libertarians and anarchist are volunteerists and communities and individuals can choose how they want to order themselves it really all comes down to preference.

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