History of Mondragon
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History of MCC
Roots of the Mondragon Cooperative Experiment
MCC began in a 1940's Basque town that had lost most of its community leaders during Franco's Spanish Civil War. The lack of responsible leaders combined with the industrial knowledge of the people was a perfect enviroment for change that led to the creation of MCC by a priest José Marìa Arizmendiarrieta. José Marìa Arizmendiarrieta was born on Aprill 22, 1915 to a farming family about thirty miles away from Mondragon. He joined the Catholic seminary at the age of thirteen.
