OPEN 2018 is not just about showcasing platform co-ops. It’s about the ownership revolution and forging a path to a collaborative, sustainable economy. It's about creating new organisations which are member owned and democratically governed so that we, the people, have control over the institutions we rely … Continue reading
The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement?
Have you ever wondered why the world works like it does? Why things seem skewed in favour of the rich and the powerful and why our so called … Continue Reading
RChain – a blockchain 3.0 framework for ‘glocal’ cooperation
In the run up to OPEN 2018, Oliver Sylvester-Bradley from The Open Co-op interviews Claire Tolan, a developer at Resonate, the music streaming … Continue Reading
Holochain – The commons engine for cooperation at scale
This article is the second part of our interview with Matthew Schutte, Communications Director at Holochain, which covers their plans to build a "Commons engine" to help provide co-ops with the tools they need to … Continue Reading
The changing narrative – Q&A with Indra Adnan
"Politics does not have to be a grim thing - sitting in a chair listening to someone talk at you for hours. We want it to look and feel like a festival - have a good time and decide stuff." In the run up to the … Continue Reading
Holochain – the perfect framework for decentralised cooperation at scale
Holochain is a new technology project with huge potential for the cooperative economy. Members of The Open Co-op have been promoting the idea that new software could, potentially, revolutionise both our failing … Continue Reading