Via: “The new face of philanthropy: local, direct, and community-oriented: “Boston-based groups like Feast Mass, the Awesome Foundation, and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education’s CSArt program aim to make community-sourced funding more democratic and accessible. In a cash-strapped economy where arts funding has been deprioritized, such solutions have been particularly valuable.” How microfunding is… Continue reading
Date archives "November 2011"
John Bonifaz on Revoking Corporate Personhood (#OccupyWallStreet Video Update)
Via Democracy Now: “After an Election Day that saw a number of wins for progressive causes nationwide, activists opposed to “corporate personhood” — the notion that corporations have equal rights to individuals — are pushing ahead with a campaign to add a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would reject the idea that corporations… Continue reading
The Spanish Revolution & the Internet: From free culture to meta-politics
Berkman Luncheon Series The Spanish Revolution & the Internet: From free culture to meta-politics Mayo Fuster Morell, Berkman Center Fellow Tuesday, November 22, 12:30 pm (Boston Time Zone – 18:30 Spanish State time zone) Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2011/11/morell In the context of multiple crises – ecological, political, financial and geopolitical restructuring… Continue reading
Michel Bauwens gives a ‘p2p’ palestra in Rio
Michel Bauwens will be giving a lecture in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 29th:
Should #OccupyWallStreet Protesters Lay Claim to the New Top-Level Domains for Cities?
Excerpted from David Bollier: As the Occupy Wall Street protesters contemplate “what next?” – and as they ponder how to combine a visionary agenda with achiveable, short-term political goals – I have suggestion. The Occupy forces in hundreds of cities should petition their local governments to acquire a new “top-level Internet domain” for their city,… Continue reading
#OccupyWallStreet as the start of a new Progressive era, or is it a Revolution?
(also read the inspiring editorial by Chris Hedges below: This Is What Revolution Looks Like) 1. Excerpted from JEFFREY D. SACHS: “OCCUPY WALL STREET and its allied movements around the country are more than a walk in the park. They are most likely the start of a new era in America. Historians have noted that… Continue reading
Richard Douthwaite on ‘spending’ instead of ‘lending’, money into circulation
Richard Douthwaite,recently deceased, looks at the flaws in the current economic model and how it requires constantly tranfered debt. He goes on to imagine what what happen if we changed the system in order to make it more sustainable.
Book of the Week – Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design
Our book of the week is the newly published “Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design” edited by media artist and educator Xtine Burroughs. The book is a collection of introductory essays by well known media theorists and artists on a range of topics including Art, Online Communities, Hacking, Remixing, Surveillance, Tactical Media… Continue reading
To feel Like Paying
by NicholásMendoza “Discussions about P2P production are usually limited to non-rival products like software or music, but eventually dismantling the capitalist system will require all production to be P2P-able.To Feel Like Paying is an analysis of Lentil as Anything, a restaurant in Melbourne where patrons choose how much they would like to pay. The restaurant… Continue reading
Climate change (2): changing the empathy-exterminating mindset to #OccupyWallStreet’s Climate Justice
1. Researchers with Yale’s Cultural Cognition Project have found that political/cultural worldview explains “individuals’ beliefs about global warming more powerfully than any other individual characteristic.” Those with strong “egalitarian” and “communitarian” worldviews (marked by an inclination toward collective action and social justice, concern about inequality and suspicion of corporate power) overwhelmingly accept the scientific consensus… Continue reading
Kristen Christian on Bank Transfer Day (#OccupyWallStreet Video Update)
Via Democracy Now: “Protests were held across the country Saturday to mark Bank Transfer Day, a campaign to move accounts from big banks into community banks or credit unions. Credit unions attracted more than 40,000 new account holders, reporting about $80 million in new savings, or an average of about $2,000 per new account holder…. Continue reading
Bernard Lietaer on the need for Monetary Democracy and Diversity
Very clear explanatory video:
Provisioning and direct democracy infrastructures at #OccupyWallStreet
The best documentary so far on how #ows works, decides and feeds itself! INfocus writes: “Occupy Wall Street has just celebrated its 30th day in the park. On Saturday, it inspired solidarity actions in 1000 cities and that is considered as an incredible achievement. We have heard a lot about what they stand for but… Continue reading
Global action networks: a 21st-century global governance model
“Global Action Networks (GANs) are a specific type of network. These are a new, innovative network that are addressing critical global issues like climate change, poverty, health, education, and human security. They do this by integrating seven characteristics.” Patrick McNamara reviews Steve Waddell‘s book on Global Action Networks: “The old ways of doing things are… Continue reading
An account of total policing in the UK
Excerpted from Chris Marsden: “The scale of the police operation mounted Wednesday against a relatively small and entirely peaceful protest against UK education cuts shows that the ruling elite is no longer prepared to tolerate any form of political and social opposition. If one accepts the police estimate of the size of the protest, the… Continue reading
Debating violence in Oakland’s #OccupyWallStreet Assembly
An excerpt from Rabbi Michael Lerner, followed by an account of the general assembly discussing violence. 1. Michael Lerner ” I have been participating both in Occupy Oakland and Occupy San Francisco, and I feel that the Occupy movement nationally has made a tremendous contribution to our society. By formulating things in terms of “the… Continue reading