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P2P and the Cooperative Movement

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Michel Bauwens
11th March 2006


Julen Iturbe-Ormaetxe has commented on an earlier blog entry on the cooperative movement, see here. It’s a very useful commentary from a man in the field to which I have not much to add. Only thing thing perhaps: the cooperative movement at present has no debate about P2P, and they should, as it would have al the very least the same benefits for them, as it has for capitalist firms integrating open models and open source. There’s a natural affinity between the historical and contempary movement that should be explored and could benefit both sides.

Julen has also suggested some Spanish-language sites which we have added here.

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