Category Archives: Cooperative

End Tyranny, Spread Democracy: Let’s Build a Cooperative Economy

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Trent Chassy

The United States fancies itself the exemplar and guarantor of democracy around the world. Whether it’s toppling elected governments, withholding basic necessities, or simply bombing women and children, the US will not be stopped in its endeavor to spread democracy. … Continue reading →

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Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing to Reduce the Post-Pandemic Youth Housing Divide

Posted on 08/27/2023 by Marilena Prisco

Housing cooperatives have a long history in the US. In university towns like C-U, those laboratories of young people assume new importance in the post-pandemic city. Escaping the logic of a typical landlord-tenant agreement, members self-manage and maintain the houses … Continue reading →

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Cooperatives and Socialism

Posted on 02/11/2018 by Colin Dodson

Colin Dodson is IT coordinator at the Common Ground Food Co-op. The last two years have given us plenty of reason to grow weary of “politics” and lose faith in the political structures around us, but as a cooperative, Common … Continue reading →

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The Art Theater Coop

Posted on 05/19/2017 by Leigh Estabrook

  By Leigh Stewart Estabrook, President, Board of Directors, Art Theater Coop The Art Theater Co-op, serving Champaign, Urbana and the surrounding communities, was the inspiration of Sanford Hess, then sole owner of what was the Art Theater, and Ben … Continue reading →

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