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The Mifflin Street Community Coop

The Mifflin Street Community Coop. Providing “Food for the Revolution” for 38 years. History Revolution in Miffland. Founded on ideals of deep participatory democracy and local control Alternative to capitalism Importance of space in the community On-going struggles to stay open.

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The Mifflin Street Community Coop

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  1. The Mifflin Street Community Coop Providing “Food for the Revolution” for 38 years

  2. HistoryRevolution in Miffland • Founded on ideals of deep participatory democracy and local control • Alternative to capitalism • Importance of space in the community • On-going struggles to stay open

  3. History Why did it close? • Operating in the red • Changing community • Competition • Unpaid taxes

  4. Organizational Structure

  5. Lessons and Questions about the Mifflin Street Model • Organizational • Multi-stakeholder approach to local control • Benefits and challenges of deep participatory democracy • Geographic • Importance of space • Community support and homogeneity • Institutional • Democracy vs. growth • Vision of an inherently social economy • Role of cooperatives in social movements

  6. Coops in the Wisconsin Uprising

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