Worker cooperative | |
Founded | 1996 |
Defunct | January 2014 |
Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Website | mondragon.ca |
The Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse was a political bookstore and vegan cafe located in The Old Market Autonomous Zone at 91 Albert Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The name comes from the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation and other organisations in the Basque town of Mondragón Spain that is known for its extensive network of worker's cooperatives.
Mondragon was organized as a workers' collective: there is no hierarchy and all workers receive the same wage rate. This is based on the economic structure, Parecon developed by Robin Hahnel and Michael Albert.
The firm closed on January 26, 2014, citing financial difficulties.
Mondragon Bookstore carries books related to anarchism, ecology, indigenous issues and resistance, Marxism, feminism, human and animal liberation, queer issues, sexuality, health, vegetarianism, economics, labour, media, activism and social change. Mondragon also carries zines, alternative children's books, political posters and t-shirts.