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19 May '13

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Global News The Co-operative Revolution: A Graphic Novel
The Co-operative Movement’s history has been retold in the form of a graphic novel.
Global News Historical book tells the tale of the co-operative movement's inspiration
There are hundreds of historical documents surrounding the revolutionary work done by Robert Owen...
United Kingdom Pioneers Museum calls for song suggestions for 'Sing Rochdale'
The winners of the Museums at Night competition, Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Touchstones Rochdale...
The cover of the 'New Lanark: Spinning Lives' depicts orphan Fiona

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Global NewsHistorical book tells the tale of the co-operative movement's inspiration

There are hundreds of historical documents surrounding the revolutionary work done by Robert Owen and his father-in-law David Dale at the New Lanark Mills in Scotland. However for ...

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The Co-operative Revolution tells the story of a co-operative future.

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Global NewsThe Co-operative Revolution: A Graphic Novel

The Co-operative Movement’s history has been retold in the form of a graphic novel.

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Broadfield Park Brand Stand, which will be one of the 'singing stops' for #SingRochdale Zusammen Procession

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United KingdomPioneers Museum calls for song suggestions for 'Sing Rochdale'

The winners of the Museums at Night competition, Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Touchstones Rochdale are preparing to welcome Susan Forsyth's Zusammen Choir to Rochdale on May ...

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Global NewsRead the Rochdale Pioneers' graphic novel online

A graphic novel retelling the story of the Rochdale Pioneers is now available to read online.

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United KingdomVote for Pioneers Museum in Museums at Night competition!

Co-operators can now vote for Rochdale Pioneers Museum in the Museums at Night Connect10 competition.

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United StatesConference explores link between Mormon religion and co-operation

A conference on the Mormon co-operative model highlighted the relationship between religion and co-operation in Utah. More than 100 co-operators, academics and students attended ...

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Betty Cooper from the new Rochdale Pioneers Film.

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United KingdomWhere are all the women? Looking back on the Rochdale Pioneers

On the 168th anniversary of the opening of the first Rochdale Pioneers’ shop, Co-operative News talked to Gillian Lonergan from Co-operative College about the role women ...

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Dr Rita Rhodes, author of at book, at the book's launch at Co-operatives United

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Global NewsCo-operation and the British Empire

A new book launched at the International Summit in Quebec reveals the key role-played by co-ops in the British Empire.

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United KingdomNew-look Rochdale Pioneers Museum re-opens

Leaders from the Co-operative Movement followed in the footsteps of the original Pioneers, as they attended the grand re-opening of the refurbished Rochdale Pioneers ...

United KingdomEd Miliband sees co-ops at the heart of his one-nation business model

Ed Miliband said in his speech at the Labour Party Conference that co-operatives and mutuals "are at the heart of the kind of country we want to be" on October ...