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Cooperation Town is a movement of community food co-ops, self-organising on streets and estates across the country. Support our Winter Fundraiser! https://opencollective.com/cooperation-town/contribute
Taking action to strengthen your community is always a political action, and one we can all be involved in. Whether it’s putting together a food co-op, defending your neighbours from ICE (yes, we’ve got them in the UK too), or organising child care on your street, we can all do our bit!
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We ❤️Cooperation and we ❤️Cooperatives.
Listen up to our first podcast, following up on Sheffield's #FearlessCities summit with tips and inspiration of how we can build an economy based on solidarity
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📢 Check out our podcast, where Gloria speaks to Shiri Shalmy from the inspirational Cooperation Town, who aim to create a food cooperative on every working class street across the country.
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text reads: Not a Workshop, Sat 31st Jan, 2 - 5 Cooperation Town Hub, Gospel Oak, NW5 4RA
Do you work in a sector that supports people? Need a space to let those creative juices flow? Come join The Art Therapy Cooperative at our Gospel Oak hub on Jan 31st - there will be materials and art therapists on hand to get you creating and sharing!
Happy Fat Cat Tuesday! What an indictment of the system that a tiny group of CEOs can make everything most of us make in a year by Jan 6 - seems like a good time to start building bottom up, community led alternatives doesn’t it?
Keep your eyes peeled for this 👀
We've had a massive 2025 & we want to keep the movement growing in 2026! Want to lend a hand? Head over to Open Collective (link in the bio) and become a supporter!
Whether it's a one-time donation or a monthly contribution, your gift will help us to keep organising, growing and cooperating!
Happy birthday to anarchist Santa, Mr Mutual Aid himself, Peter Kropotkin!
Another new co-op hits the scene! Welcome Cooperation Big Penny, the latest addition to our network of over 60 autonomous food co-ops! Want to join them saving money on food bills & organising in your community? Ask us how!
P.s shout out to Big Penny Social for hosting!
Over in Plymouth, a bunch of Cooperation Town Food Co-ops took part in the @feedingbritain.org Spring Survey - and look at those numbers! Want to feel more connected to your community, improve your wellbeing and eat more balanced meals? Get in touch with us about starting your very own food co-op...
Do you think that 'hard work' is enough to beat the rich at their own game? You can try if you like, but we say that organising in your community and building power from the bottom up is *always* a better choice.
This year, our Gospel Oak Community Hub will once again be hosting events as part of the Antiuniversity Festival! We'll be kicking things off with a session on Why & How to Set up a Housing Co-op on October 13 - all Antiuni events are free, so come along!
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Organiser, inspiration and revolutionary- many happy returns to Red Emma!
“Ask for work. If they will not give you work, ask for bread. If they will give you neither work nor bread, take the bread! It is your right!”
There are viable alternatives to capitalism. Cooperative and participatory economics emphasize democratic decision-making, self-management, and social ownership for the common good. The profit motive is left behind in favor of a society where wealth is shared and no one is left behind.
We’re excited to be hosting Cooperation Day 2025! Ever thought about starting a coop? Or perhaps you’re interested in having more control over your daily life?
Come meet workers, housing, food and financial cooperatives and learn more about the movement from the people doing the good work!
We'll kick off with a session on group dynamics, looking at some of the potential issues that can come up when we work in community with our neighbours, how to tackle conflict and how to make sure everyone has a chance to be heard. Sign up for free here: lu.ma/92p9x9aw
We have *new dates* for a series of in-person workshops for folks who want to improve their cooperation skills and get their food co-ops running at max capacity! They're all free to join and will be held at the Cooperation Town Hub in Gospel Oak - we can provide childcare and snacks too!
🌳 Have you read 'Share The Land' yet?
Our report models several scenarios for an agroecological #LandSharing approach to land use.
Our conclusion? W/ the right trade policy, dietary changes & approach to land use, we can source the majority of our food via domestic agroecological local food webs.
Since the Guardian article last weekend, we've had loads of messages from people wanting to start new food co-ops! To help as many people as possible get up to speed as quickly as possible, we're hosting an online Introduction to Cooperation Town on June 25th! Register for free here: lu.ma/t37xhfbb
Thanks for sharing! We’ve been getting messages from people all over the uk interested in setting up new food co-ops!
Hey look, we’re in the paper! Tom Duggins wrote up his experience with Cooperation West Green, organising with neighbours and saving money on food bills - you can do it too! www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
Kneecap's Mo Chara is the latest example of how terrorism arrests no longer bear any relationship whatsoever to any actual threat to the British public (and certainly not the audience at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town). Instead they've become the end product of contrived rightwing outrage
Well done Coop Group members for voting to cease trading with Israel. Want to do one better? Start your own neighbourhood food co-op! Cooperation Town has never traded with Israel and has used its solidarity fund to support a Palestinian women’s co-op. See www.cooperation.town to find out more!
Housing co-ops can offer an alternative to the exploitative housing market, making housing for people not profit! Join our friends from MAJ and The Drive housing co-ops on the 15th at Pulse & Pickle in Walthamstow to find out how (and why) to set one up!
Thursday 29 May, 6pm (or meet at 5pm to travel together from Cooperation Town Hub in Gospel Oak)
Book your free ticket on lu.ma/odj9ruhf (2/2)
This month the Gospel Oak Menopause Cafe goes to the @vaginamuseum.bsky.social in Bethnal Green!
If you live in Gospel Oak or are a member of a Cooperation Town food co-op, the Menopause Cafe or the GO Living Room, join us for a free visit to the world's first and only Vagina Museum. (1/2)
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are non-binary. This is not up for debate.
#TransRights (5/5)
We can argue that a biological definition of sex is lazy and unscientific, that the idea itself is rooted in racist, sexist, eugenicist ideas, that it’s harmful to any woman who isn’t sufficiently ‘feminine’ enough - but the fact remains that we support trans people. (4/5)
Cooperation Town was established as a feminist organisation, and we reject the idea that any person should be defined by or reduced to their body parts or reproductive organs. All of us deserve better than that. (3/5)
The ruling, made by a majority male panel with no consultation with the affected group, is an attack on a marginalised minority, and the idea that it has anything to do with defending women's rights is false. When two groups harmed by patriarchy are set against each other, only patriarchy wins (2/5)