OscailtDo workers’ co-operatives help or hinder the building of a libertarian communist society?Workers’ co-operatives have always been championed by sections of the left and wider labour movement - from their advocacy by 19th century Welsh social reformer and utopian socialist Robert Owens to Proudhon through to their existence in various state capitalist countries today such as Cuba. While workers’ co-operatives can provide a small example of anarchist ideas based on self-management, direct democracy and mutual aid in action, we should not be blinded by their contradictions and should query their effectiveness as a strategy for real revolutionary transformation. [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/23117]2012-06-20T01:57:11+08:00Anarkismoanarkismoeditors@lists.riseup.nethttp://www.anarkismo.net/atomfullposts?story_id=23103http://www.anarkismo.net/graphics/feedlogo.gifLiving Soulhttp://www.anarkismo.net/article/23103#comment142982012-06-20T01:57:11+08:00ScottWorker's Cooperatives are Good! Any and every step in the direction of Individua...Worker's Cooperatives are Good! Any and every step in the direction of Individual Liberty, Personal Responsibility and Financial Equality are Good steps! Please remember that Brother.