Is Co-operative Socialism Anarchism?
John Courtneidge 4 July 2019
It's different from anarchism in that it sees a rôle for each nation State as a Co-operative Commonwealth, not as the abolition of the national State.
The difference as to the present States is that a Co-operative Commonwealth should operate as part of a noncoercive International Co-operative Alliance and according to globally-agreed Co-operative Values and Principles.
As it presently is, The International Co-operative Alliance (www.ica.coop), convenes, about every thirty years, a Committee to review the 'ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity'.
That last review was in 1995 and the newest added Principle, the Seventh states:
Principle Seven (something like)
'Co-operative carry out activities, approved by their memberships, for the sustainable well-being of their communities.'
The ICA site has a link to this Statement and I've put it, also, on the papers' page at www.interestfreemoney.org
It occurs to me that XR could camp outside the ICA Headquarters and call for the ICA to get on board with this plan for Co-operative Socialism . . .
Sort of Occupy style.
Because if we don't, capitalism will.
T'obrigad!
Hope this helps
John Courtneidge 4 July 2019
It's different from anarchism in that it sees a rôle for each nation State as a Co-operative Commonwealth, not as the abolition of the national State.
The difference as to the present States is that a Co-operative Commonwealth should operate as part of a noncoercive International Co-operative Alliance and according to globally-agreed Co-operative Values and Principles.
As it presently is, The International Co-operative Alliance (www.ica.coop), convenes, about every thirty years, a Committee to review the 'ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity'.
That last review was in 1995 and the newest added Principle, the Seventh states:
Principle Seven (something like)
'Co-operative carry out activities, approved by their memberships, for the sustainable well-being of their communities.'
The ICA site has a link to this Statement and I've put it, also, on the papers' page at www.interestfreemoney.org
It occurs to me that XR could camp outside the ICA Headquarters and call for the ICA to get on board with this plan for Co-operative Socialism . . .
Sort of Occupy style.
Because if we don't, capitalism will.
T'obrigad!
Hope this helps
