Challenges of Cooperatives’ Consensus Process
/
Capitalist News Interpreted /
23 Oct 2019
This is a very well-thought-out article on the problems cooperatives face in terms of the relationship between a general assembly (plenary) and delegated committees. Under what conditions should a general assembly be the ultimate decision-maker and under what conditions should delegated committees make decisions? The article raises hard questions, but as socialists we should be thinking about this now, not after the revolution.
Read in Grassroots Economic OrganizingImage from Wikipedia
About The Author
Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.