This week, Corinna O'Brien joins the Punchcard podcast to tell the story of how the Unicorn Grocery worker co-op went from a tiny shop to a thriving grocery co-op with 50 members.Â
Then, Luis Razeto considers the historical theory and practice of cooperativism and argues the need for a scientific theory of the cooperative phenomenon in chapter 16 of Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy.
The Growth of Unicorn Grocery Worker Co-op
by Punchcard
Starting off as a small shop operating out of a loading bay to a thriving worker co-op that owns its own the entire building, has around 50 dedicated members, and is a shining example of what worker cooperatives can accomplish. In this episode of Punchcard, Corrina and I talk about how Unicorn has become such a success and how they plan to develop further.Â
Cooperative Enterprise and Market Economy: Chapter 16
by Luis Razeto Migliaro, translated by Matt Noyes
What, then, has been the function of doctrines in the origins of the cooperative movement? What is the predominant valence of the relation of theory and practice in the cooperative phenomenon, theory → practice, or practice → theory? Is cooperativism predominantly a response to economic-social needs or a project of economic-social transformation?
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