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An examination of the worker cooperative as an example of a labour commons. The authors suggest that the radical potential of co-ops can be extended by connecting with other commons struggles.

Resisting redundancy and recession: appraising the tactic of occupation

Gregor Gall

In regard to workplace occupations, the decision relates to workers’ assessments of their situation and their expectations about whether this will bring useful leverage.

Occupation, worker co-operatives and the struggle for power: Britain in the 1970s

Alan Tuckman

Britain in the 1970s was a period of crisis and polarisation. Workplace closure led to resistance by workers, which defined the relations between capital and labour for subsequent decades.

What if the workers were in control?

Hilary Wainwright

Hilary Wainwright reflects on an attempt by British workers to produce a democratically determined alternative plan for their industry.

Take back the factory: worker control in the current crisis

Dario Azzellini

The economic crisis that began in 2008 has put workers’ control and workplace democracy back on the agenda in the countries of the northern hemisphere.