TEXT VERSION: https://thelibre.news/the-most-communist-foss-company/

After one-too-many "Buy <different hierarchical business/corporation suggestion>" posts and struggling to look up resources for my own needs, I figured there might be use (and an audience) for a hub for people to go to and collect resources at.

I considered just posing questions here but, while definitely a sub-topic, this sublemmy seems more expansive than my more limited scope (which, obviously, is also a good thing); just wanted to share here as, like I mentioned, there's obviously overlap.

Also, the original thing that kicked me to finally make this is I wanted to make and order stickers for a design I had; I could, of course, use something like Zazzle but that felt like a less good decision. Feel free to let me know if there's anything cooperatively owned out there, possibly.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15985043

They've got a few different things going on, including discussion groups, a journal, and a publishing house.

They're also running a fundraiser with the main aim of getting people paid, which seems laudable!

I work in the software industry and would love to move to a worked owned company/co-op.

Does anyone know good resources for finding co-ops in Germany and/or Europe?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/20011741

Hi!

As I wrote in the title I'm looking for people interested in such an endeavor. I already tried creating such a project but due to internal disagreements it didn't pan out, still I am very interested in trying this out. Game dev is very susceptible to exploitation from capitalists which is very unfortunate given that means of production are essentially socialized already - we have FOSS software like Godot that is enough to create very elaborate projects and we can collaborate remotely so no land is needed either. This makes it I think a very fruitful direction to go, because costs of game dev are not very big and returns can be big if the game is successful. I know that there is a huge competition in game dev, but given that in worker cooperative nothing is siphoned by capitalists at the top I think it's not impossible to get to the level of subsistence on game dev, while being able to affect the culture and promote

I'm considering starting a co-operatively owned website for writers to share their work without any gatekeepers, and with any profits generated going to the writers.

Does anyone know of any good resources or examples of similar co-ops (or other types of businesses) that might make useful case studies?

Thanks!

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/opencourselectures@slrpnk.net/t/688578

Institution: Knauss School of Business University of San Diego
Lecturer: Fred Freundlich (professor at Mondragon University)
Subject: #modragon #coops
Year: 2014
Description: Mondragon is one of the leading international examples of cooperative ownership of enterprise and inter-firm collaboration. Mondragon has not only made these characteristics its foundational values, but it also uses them strategically, to complete around the world in advanced manufacturing, retail, finance and knowledge. This presentation introduces Mondragon, its special features and its particular international challenges.

Finally, there's a no-tech-knowledge-needed alternative to Etsy. I'm really excited about where this will go!

"The Case Against the Employment System," and for Workplace Democracy

https://ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/case-based-on-ordinary-norms.pdf

@cooperatives

Seems like a lot of potential for scale and impact. Anyone know of similar organizations?