Co-operative Commonwealth (other)
Co-operative Commonwealth may refer to: * Co-operative Commonwealth (society), a society based on cooperative and socialist principles * Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a defunct political party * ''The Co-operative Commonwealth in its Outlines, An Exposition of Modern Socialism'', an 1884 treatise by Laurence Gronlund See also * * * Commonwealth (other) * Cooperative (other) A cooperative is an association of persons who cooperate for their mutual benefit. Cooperative or co-operative or ''variation'', may also refer to: * Cooperative, having cooperativeness A type of cooperative * Housing cooperative, e.g., a co-op ...

Co-operative Commonwealth (society)
Cooperative (or co-operative) economics is a field of economics that incorporates cooperative studies and political economy toward the study and management of cooperatives. History Cooperative economics developed as both a theory and a concrete alternative to industrial capitalism in the late 1700s and early 1800s. As such, it was a form of stateless socialism. The term "socialism," in fact, was coined in ''The Cooperative Magazine'' in 1827''.'' Such socialisms arose in response to the negative effects of industrialism, where various clergyman, workers, and industrialists in England, such as Robert Owen, experimented with various models of collective farming and community housing with varying degrees of success. This movement was often integrated with other progressive movements of the era such as women's suffrage and abolitionism. "British industrialist Robert Owen (1771–1858) founded a model factory town around his cotton mill and later established a model socialist communi ...
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialistThe following sources describe the CCF as a democratic socialist political party: * * * * * * and social-democraticThese sources describe the CCF as a social-democratic political party: * * * * * political party in Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, agrarian, co-operative, and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed the first social-democratic government in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan. The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).Calgary Herald, August 1, 1932 In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP). H ...
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Laurence Gronlund
Laurence Gronlund (, Available 1844–1899) was a Danish-born American lawyer, writer, lecturer, and political activist. Gronlund is best remembered for his pioneering work in adapting the International Socialism of Karl Marx and Ferdinand Lassalle to the American idiom in his popular 1884 book, ''The Cooperative Commonwealth,'' and for his influence upon the thinking of utopian novelist Edward Bellamy, newspaper publisher Julius Wayland, and the American socialist movement of the 1880s and 1890s. Biography Early years Laurence Gronlund was born in Thisted, Denmark, on July 13, 1844, the son of Ane Lucie Gronlund and saddler maker's man L. Christensen. He was a participant in the Danish–German War of 1864.William D. P. Bliss and Rudolf M. Binder (eds.), ''The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform.'' Third Edition. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1910; pg. 564. Gronlund graduated from the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Law in 1865, and emigrated to the United States ...
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Commonwealth (other)
Commonwealth is an English term meaning a political community, usually used in reference to the Commonwealth of Nations. Commonwealth or Common Wealth may also refer to: Political entities ''See also Places, below'' * Commonwealth Government, used to refer to the Australian Government * Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 member states comprising mostly former British colonies; formerly called British Commonwealth of Nations * Commonwealth of Independent States, an intergovernmental organisation of Post-Soviet republics * Lusophone Commonwealth, officially the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, an intergovernmental organisation consisting of former Portuguese colonies * Commonwealth of England, the republican government ruling England, and later Ireland and Scotland, 1649–1660 * Commonwealth realm, a sovereign state which has Charles III as its monarch and head of state * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a constitutional monarchy that ...
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