Such as businesses ( and banks ) related to the Anthroposophic movement ?<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy</a><br><div><br></div><div>Or schools supported by a network of cooperatives under the umbrella of the Mondragon Corporation ? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Or the Marinaleda commune and cooperative ? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinaleda,_Spain">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinaleda,_Spain</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">an important aspect of a phyle would be its global identity, so a coop can be a phyle but not necessarily, and a phyle can be a coop but not necessarity<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com" target="_blank">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community</a><div>
<br></div><div>"<span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">They typically also share responsibilities and resources. "</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Phyles" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/Phyles</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><b style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">business-empowered communities: they are not companies linked to a community, but transnational communities that have acquired enterprises in order to gain continuity in time and robustness</b></div>
<div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Example of a Phyle which does not call itself a Phyle ?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop%C3%A9ratives_Longo_Ma%C3%AF" target="_blank">http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop%C3%A9ratives_Longo_Ma%C3%AF</a></div>
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