Cooperation for Liberation Strategic Reading Series (67 books)

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A selection of texts chosen for study within Cooperation for Liberation which offer insight into the development of worker owned cooperative enterprises, provide a framework for cultivating a solidarity economy and reinforce how economic infrastructures which center cooperative enterprises create more resilient communities engaged through a Black liberatory lens and situated within a Black radical tradition.

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1	Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Jessica Gordon Nembhard 4.32 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi by Kali Akuno (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change by Anthony Flaccavento 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by Zoé Samudzi 4.45 avg rating — 608 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups that Can Solve Problems and Change the World by Michael Jacoby Brown 3.88 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism by Richard D. Wolff 3.95 avg rating — 1,752 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Cooperating Out of Poverty: The Renaissance of the African Cooperative Movement by Patrick Ignace Pollet and Fredrick Wanyama (eds) Develter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Building Co-operative Power: Stories and Strategies from Worker Co-operatives in the Connecticut River Valley by Janelle Cornwell 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America by John Curl (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism by Jim Stanford 3.93 avg rating — 422 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets (Perspectives from Social Economics) by Caroline Shenaz Hossein (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Solidarity Economy: Building Alternatives for People and Planet by Jenna Allard (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives for People and Planet by Emily Kawano (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	New Paths to Socialism by Carl Davidson 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs 4.35 avg rating — 1,208 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era: Creating Co-operative Economics by Sonja Novkovic (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Cooperatives Confront Capitalism: Challenging the Neoliberal Economy by Peter Ranis 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Capital and the Debt Trap: Learning from cooperatives in the global crisis by Claudia Sanchez Bajo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals: Cooperative Alternatives Beyond Markets and States by Derek Wall 3.70 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve by Tom Tresser (Editor) 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place by John Abrams (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place by John Abrams (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital by John Restakis 4.02 avg rating — 172 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Cooperative Solution: How the United States can tame recessions, reduce inequality, and protect the environment by E.G. Nadeau 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Wired Differently by Vern Dosch 3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Cooperative Solution: Toward a Just Economy by Richard C. Williams 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Co-Operativism and Local Development in Cuba: An Agenda for Democratic Social Change by Sonja Novkovic (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974 by Gordon K. Mantler 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) by Adrienne Maree Brown 4.24 avg rating — 10,119 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies by Janelle Orsi 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States by Chris Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The World Social Forum: Strategies of Resistance by José Correa Leite 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	A Movement of Movements: Is Another World Really Possible? by Tom Mertes (Editor) 3.51 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement by Rose M. Brewer (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism by Nishani Frazier 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman 4.66 avg rating — 530 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Nuts & Bolts: The ACORN Fundamentals of Organizing by Wade Rathke it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Mission-Driven Venture: Business Solutions and Earned Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits by Marc J. Lane 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry by Delfina Vannucci 3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin Wright 3.89 avg rating — 2,191 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Mbongi: An African Traditional Political Institution by K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting by K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal 4.24 avg rating — 1,582 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire 4.30 avg rating — 39,894 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State by Cheikh Anta Diop 4.49 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity by Cheikh Anta Diop 4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop 4.27 avg rating — 473 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Once Upon a Kingdom: Myth, Hegemony, and Identity by Isidore Okpewho 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Kmt: In The House Of Life by Ayi Kwei Armah 4.11 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Sanhat by Ayi Kwei Armah 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Resolutionaries by Ayi Kwei Armah 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder 4.62 avg rating — 375 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	On Conflict and Consensus: a handbook on Formal Consensus decisionmaking by C.T. Lawrence Butler (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	A Consensus Handbook, Co-operative decision-making for activists, co-ops and communities by Seeds for Change Lancaster Co-operative Ltd 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Consensus for Cities by C.T. Lawrence Butler (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Black Women in White America: A Documentary History by Gerda Lerner (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 187 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle, With a New Preface by Charles M. Payne 4.32 avg rating — 1,433 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby 4.33 avg rating — 1,687 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 2,941 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina by Marina Sitrin (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Devil Has Slippery Shoes: A Biased Biography of the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), A Story of Maximum Feasible Poor Parent Participation by Polly Greenberg 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane 3.94 avg rating — 1,255 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Whistling In The Wind by Albert McKnight 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark by Katherine Mellen Charron 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White 4.35 avg rating — 408 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies of Rotating Savings, Credit Associations, and Economic Cooperation by Caroline Shenaz Hossein (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Banker Ladies: Vanguards of Solidarity Economics and Community-Based Banks by Caroline Shenaz Hossein 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars