Hot #coophistory take:

The #AntiMill movement, rather than the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers, should be seen as the "start" of the Anglophone consumer cooperative movement.

https://books.google.com/books?id=tSe8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=anti-mill+movement&source=bl&ots=ntzKbQbLQs&sig=ACfU3U2GjRNVsTbwrSNM3x1E5FlfkJ-zMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT3qT49NvwAhXUFlkFHfG4CGQQ6AEwDHoECB8QAg#v=onepage&q=anti-mill%20movement&f=false