I was thinking about the term co-op (co-operative) today after someone reflected recently that it makes them think of taxis and laundromats. It makes me think of Addington Coffee Co-op, New Internationalist Magazine, coffee plantations, Cuba, Venezuela, communal gardens, small enterprises, democracy, co-operation, devolvement of power downward and outward, removal of hierarchy. For me it’s a very positive term. What does it make you think of?