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@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Outside Drupal, there's a lot more examples, and a lot more economically thrivin
* Ghost * Ghost
* Tendenci * Tendenci
* Wallabag, a pocket-like service * Wallabag, a pocket-like service
* [Goteo](https://en.goteo.org/ )
* [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/ )
* Standard Notes * Standard Notes
* Write.as (formerly Overleaf) * Write.as (formerly Overleaf)
* [Loomio](https://loomio.org ) * [Loomio](https://loomio.org )
@ -96,8 +98,11 @@ A cooperative is a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise formed
Localeyz, the closed-source Drupal-as-a-service mentioned earlier, is also cooperative platform. Localeyz, the closed-source Drupal-as-a-service mentioned earlier, is also cooperative platform.
See many more at https://ioo.coop/directory/
Wisdom from the labor movement:
"If we're not focused on things that build scale, we're not building institutions that change society. And if we're not building institutions that change society, we're not doing what we need to do." "If we're not focused on things that build scale, we're not building institutions that change society. And if we're not building institutions that change society, we're not doing what we need to do."
— David Hammer (ICA) — David Hammer (ICA)
@ -113,24 +118,32 @@ and of course, Mastodon is a pretty big success (find me on social.coop), but de
Cooperative platforms can provide the business model which Cooperative platforms can provide the business model which
It has a business model that works for Free Software (people don't *care* whether it is or not, but at least libre software isn't at a disadvantage.
It has qualities that are enterprise and movement friendly (the easy to get started, can take full ownership/control as needed angle)
# Cooperative Platforms powered by LibreSaaS # Cooperative Platforms powered by LibreSaaS
* [Social.coop](https://wiki.social.coop/home.html ) and [Sunbeam.City](https://sunbeam.city/about/more ) * [Social.coop](https://wiki.social.coop/home.html ) and [Sunbeam.City](https://sunbeam.city/about/more ), running on Mastodon (and also using Loomio and Open Collective).
* * [CoopCycle](https://coopcycle.org/en/ ), the European federation of bike delivery coops. Governed democratically by coops, it enables them to stand united and to reduce their costs— including by producing Libre Software.
* [Fairmondo](https://www.fairmondo.de/ ), an online marketplace (Germany).
* [May First Movement Technology](https://mayfirst.coop/en/ )
* [Webarchitects Co-operative](https://www.webarchitects.coop/ ), a multi-stakeholder co-operative providing ethical (including Free/Libre Open Source Software) and green, web hosting, virtual servers, and GNU/Linux sysadmin support services
* [RChain Cooperative](https://rchain.coop/ ), a blockchain platform of social coordination technologies.
# Community # Community
At the end of the decade, it's community that matters. At the end of the decade, it's community that matters.
Benjamin Mako Hill: A decade ago, the kind of mass collaboration that made Wikipedia, GNU/Linux, or Couchsurfing possible was the exclusive domain of people producing freely and openly in commons. Not only is this no longer true, new proprietary, firm-controlled, and money-based models are increasingly replacing, displacing, outcompeting, and potentially reducing what's available in the commons.
Benjamin Mako Hill: A decade ago, the kind of mass collaboration that made Wikipedia, GNU/Linux, or Couchsurfing possible was the exclusive domain of people producing freely and openly in commons. Not only is this no longer true, new proprietary, firm-controlled, and money-based models are increasingly replacing, displacing, outcompeting, and potentially reducing what’s available in the commons.
For example, Salesforce has built a hugely impressive community— there will be a few more people than we have here going to their meetup in Minneapolis tomorrow, and every Saturday. For example, Salesforce has built a hugely impressive community— there will be a few more people than we have here going to their meetup in Minneapolis tomorrow, and every Saturday.
It's not all bad. If you search for "Squarespace" or "Wix" on Meetup.com, the only meetup that comes up is this one! It's not all bad. If you search for "Squarespace" or "Wix" on Meetup.com, the only meetup that comes up is this one!
Of course, Meetup.com itself sold out to the biggest real estate scam of .. well, the past two years .. [WeWork]( ). Of course, Meetup.com itself sold out to the biggest real estate scam of .. well, the past two years .. [WeWork](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/wework-is-a-scam ).
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# Democratic, cooperative communication
It's no secret, as Frank Chapman of the [National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression](https://naarpr.org/ ) reminded people just a few blocks from here, that you build political power by going door to door and finding supporters.
What would our political movements be able to do if we didn't have to redo all the grunt work every time?
Or if people weren't canvassed only by campaigns, but asked about their needs?
In this area, we'd probably have gotten all the lead out of the drinking and cooking water by now.
We might have a solution to the problems of people being unable to afford to live here.
Drutopia? Drutopia?