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Coop, Actually – Part 1 (Kathy – Brussels – January 2026)
Version en français ci-dessous – Nederlandse tekst hieronder What India Makes Visible — and Europe Often Doesn’t Mandrem, Goa. A tiny town by the sea: a few streets, palm trees, small shops, the familiar buzz of scooters. And then, on the corner of a wall, a simple sign, almost ordinary: Candolim Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd.* This is the second photograph in my book How Do Cooperatives Create Prosperity for All? (if you would like to purchase it: https://tally.so/r/w20YRM). I chose it because it captures something essential, without speeches or slogans. It shows just how visible cooperative identity is in India. There, the word cooperative is not tucked away. It is displayed. It appears in names,…