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Newschool.coop? Envisioning a Cooperative University

A cooperative model for The New School is a tangible alternative and a means to create a new, broad-based culture of ownership and democracy.

August 30, 2018 • by Michael McHugh

Like any student who believes that ideas have the power to transform our world, I came to The New School to investigate big, interconnected concepts: intersubjectivity and freedom, community and capitalism, violence and peace. When I accepted a full time job as an Executive Assistant at the University only a ...

Newschool.coop? Envisioning a Cooperative University

A portfolio of platform cooperativism, in progress

August 12, 2018 • by Trebor Scholz

“We are own bosses. The platform co-op model can help us to grow professionally and as people.” - Up&Go Member-Owner The Economy is Not Working for Most People Platform capitalism, the economic system currently dominating the Internet, is not working for most people. Despite its initial promise as a new commons, the Internet ...