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Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In some places it's fairly common. Check out this network of 257 cooperatives in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too few places. There's a cluster in Italy as well.

[–] boramalper@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Which one(s) are you referring to?

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago