"Wir entscheiden im Konsens". 45 Jahre Selbstverwaltung in Venezuela

Founded in 1967, the cooperative federation Cecosesola is an exceptional example for self-administration and basis-democracy. In the city of Barquisimet the cooperativists operate vegetable-street markets and health-projects and they also manufacture groceries. They work without bosses, execute their functions with a rotatory system, hold assemblies and put everything in question permanently. With these principles they avoide the usual bureaucratisation within the long-lived large-scale projects. The cooperativists from Cecosesola Lizeth Vargas Cambero and Georg "Jorge" Rath are going to put their experiences up to discussion. Workshop with the film "Vom Beerdigungsinstitut zum neuen Krankenhaus: Ein Prozess kooperativer Integration" (26 min., spanish with german subtitles) A book related to the cooperative was published in german the last year (Cecosesola. Auf dem Weg – Gelebte Utopie einer Kooperative in Venezuela. Berlin, Februar 2012, 168 Seiten, 9 Euro)

Speakers: Lizeth Vargas Cambero and Georg „Jorge“ Rath (members of Cecosesola)