Social Solidarity Economy

In this episode we speak with Christos Manoukas from the cooperative bookstore, cafe and publishing house Akyvernites Polities and Telemachos Doufexis-Antonopoulos from Sinadelfon Publications on how the activities of cooperative bookstores and publishing houses were affected during the time of restrictive measures and how they managed though this unprecedented situation.

The Worker Cooperative Sociality specializes in digital applications and digital communications in Athens. How was this cooperative, already active in digital world, affected by the pandemic?

The Social Cooperative Enterprise Dot2Dot specializes in alternative thematic tours in Thessaloniki. The pandemic has drastically affected this cooperative because of the social distancing. However, against the odds and with optimism, the members of Dot2Dot intend to continue their work with or without state support.

The Social Cooperative Enterprise Eklektik promotes products of cooperative enterprises and fair trade in Thessaloniki. We explore the impact of the pandemic on this enterprise (both positive and negative developments) as well as the future aspirations of its members.

The Social Cooperative Integration Enterprise ARGO produces organic vegetables and delivers them to interested customers in Thessaloniki through the harvest-basket. We observe how this cooperative enterprise copes with the pandemic and we listen to their expectations for the future.