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COOPERATIVE-COLLECTIV-AGRIOGATA

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everywhere in the world the political idea of selforganization and autonomy rises up and with this grass root mouvement more and more concepts of alternativ economy are created and getting pratice. this project would like to give a contibution in this political attempt. the idea is to learn from each other, join networks and to create step by step an practical application which becomes more and more the idea how we would like to organize together our daily life.
on a longer term the plan is to create real stable structures which allows the people to participate in a surrounding of solidarity and generate an incoming which is enough to live.
this project is the ground for experiments to bring theory and practice togehter.
the following text is an open concept. every feedback, every opposition and every advice is very welcome. if you like this idea and would like to find out more don't hesitate to write or to come to the workshop for a talk.

against capitalism? so let's do it in another way

the idea of choosing an alternative is easy to say but the questions are mostly:
a. are there some and are those really usefull?
b. are the products receivable for people who doesnt have so much money?
c. are they allways availible? everywhere and all the time?

to talk about previous questions:

1. of course, if there are no, they can not be use, but the idea of this project is to focus how to create them and with this to prepare a documentation of the experience which are made with this try.


2. one the central aspects why people decide for a product or not is the price. the prices of goods and services are traditionally high because of the taxes we have to give to the goverment. but on the other side the market put a lot of pressure on the producer to keep in the logic of the concurrence the price low. the consequences means mostly exploitation of the labor and the nature, cheating with the qualitiy of the goods


3. it is very comfortable to have 24 hours a day and 7 days a week everything allways there. this is bases on the fact that shops for capitalistic organized goods are everywhere.

2. what should be the caracteristics of an other economy what could be the first step to reach:

a. priority in the satisfaction of the needs of the people:

this aspect is first of all connected to the questions - who are these people? - and what do they need to be satisfied?

in the first steps there is a general need of an evaluation of what people need. so there could a basic offer of goods and products where we are shure that this is need and which are produced in our productionstandard are available but from the beginning the people should have the possibility to propose products he would like to have in case that these person is not able to organize it by his own. in this moment new producer can be chosen but there is also the possibility that people from the cooperative come together to start the production. projects could be supported at the beginning from everbody by a certain fund.
most products which could appear by evaluation will be probably basic agricultural goods where the focus should be on the local organization. this could also somehow respond to the question which people would be involved in this. of course everybody is welcome and there should be also a way that people with less or no money can partipate just because he or she needs. but it is important to try at the beginning to organize locally. this allows to have smaller more stable consumer points which can if it is wished cooperate with other local groups and regions to handle bigger economic issues.

b. a system based on solidarity and cooperation, in coordination for higher production level

the competition of producers is where the placement of products is bad organized and the existing of producer is depending of the sale. the idea is that the production is coordinated and that producer work together. when the comsumer decided that products are not needed anymore the producer recognize it directly without being to much under pressure. when on the other side there is suddenty a big need of something, producers can come together and manage it in cooperation.
the only competion which is existing is between the economies but this is not just an economic but a political struggle.

c. respectfull use of rescources, production with an ethical standard

d. benefit of the surpluses(added value) for the community and for the further construction of the economy

e. no connection between work and money. indipendent incoming.

3. what could be the procedure to reach this aim
a. central reflexion about the satifaction of the needs of the people:
-what does everybody(individually needs)
-how much money we (individually) spend for this

b. using of the needlist of the community to go in contact with producers. to work together with them than against
c. choosing as good a possible producers with an ethical standard or produce in case by our own
d. generated surpluses can be used for an incoming or as an investment to develop new productions and infrastructure
e. incoming given out to everybody, because we see any activity as a contribution to the community

4. how are we still affected to the capitalistic system
to find a way out of the system needs first of all the aceptance of the fact that we are all somehow inside to continue after with the analysing how doea the affection does look like. there are three central aspects to let us be involved in this this system:
- investing money with the purpose to get a rendite and to accumulate the capital
- following an employerment realtion and sell your work to the capitalistic exploitation
- spend money as consumer on follwing aspects:
consuming goods and services which are organized by capitalistic aspects
paying taxes