This article functions as an introduction to a much longer article about the development of a cooperative venture in the Catalan region of Spain. The venture seeks to build a network of cooperatives and one which has its own currency.
The Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC, pronounced “seek”) is surely one of the more audacious commons-based innovations to have emerged in the past five years. It is notable for providing a legal and financial superstructure that is helping to support a wide variety of smaller self-organized commons.