Street Medics = those who volunteer to provide care at political events like marches, demonstrations, sit-ins, and occupations. Description Rosehip Medic Collective: “Street Medics – also known as “action” or “activist medics” – are first aid responders, healthcare workers, and other wellness enthusiasts who volunteer to provide care at political events like marches, demonstrations, sittings,… Continue reading
Date archives "January 2014"
Jorge Ferrer on participatory spirituality and the comparing mind
A quote from Jorge Ferrer: “Integrative and embodied spirituality would effectively undermine the current model of human relations based on comparison, which easily leads to competition, rivalry, envy, jealousy, conflict, and hatred. When individuals develop in harmony with their most genuine vital potentials, human relationships characterized by mutual exchange and enrichment would naturally emerge because… Continue reading
For the Regeneration of a social-labour movement from the base for emancipation
This was written by the collective of the labour newspaper Drasi (Action) in relation to discussions around unions and labour collectives in Greece trying to deal with the following question: “How do we organise and connect our struggles against employers and state terrorism today?” The “state of illegality”, into which labour struggles and social spaces… Continue reading
Jacob Applebaum on protecting yourself against surveillance
Watch the fascinating video here:
Trend of the Day: Permablitz
Permablitz = “The basic idea is that by converting their lawns into organic food-producing gardens, people will be able to back away from a dependence on industrial agriculture”. [1] Description ” Permablitz: An informal gathering involving a day on which a group of at least two people come together to achieve the following: create or… Continue reading
Podcast of the day/C-Realm: On Digital Disconnect, Epochalism and Critical Junctures
We’ve already featured some written excerpts from this extraordinary presentation and today we’re sharing it as part of our Podcast of the Day Feature. You can also read the full transcription in Reality Sandwhich. As host of the weekly C-Realm podcast, KMO holds a singular position, acting as facilitator for a wide range of perspectives on… Continue reading
Open Tech Forever is now Open Tech Collaborative
Great news from our Friends at Open Tech Forever, who are now going by the name of Open Tech Collaborative. The following is excerpted from their 2014 update. “We’ve got some big announcements to kick off 2014! First off, after much consideration and input from our supporters, we’ve officially revamped our name – we are… Continue reading
Public Presentation Of The #P2Pvalue Project
The public presentation of the P2Pvalue project will take place on Wednesday, January 22nd at the CCCB in Barcelona in an event which aims to encourage debate and community participation, extending an invitation to participate in the project and meet up with local P2P communities. How does value work in emerging organisational forms? What conditions… Continue reading
The Fiscal Myth of Tax and Spend
Excerpted from Chris Cook: “The fiscal myth of tax and spend shared by virtually all schools of economics is that tax is first collected and then spent. This has never been the case: the reality, as we have just seen, has always been that government spending has come first and taxation later. The reality is… Continue reading
Essay of the Day: Land as a Commons in the Cooperative Tradition
Land as a Commons in the Cooperative Tradition Pat Conaty: “Land is part of the global commons like water, air, language, knowledge and culture. The loss of commons land continues to increase with the demise of county farms and the growing sales of public sector land to raise money to close the fiscal deficit. Today… Continue reading
Podcast of the day/XE: Supply Shock
From our friends at The Extraenviromentalist Podcast. From the episode notes: When the profession of economics began to think that land and capital were equivalent and interchangeable, the roots of real estate speculation and environmental crisis were established. Because the origins of neoclassical economics became deeply influenced by the interests of early 20th century land… Continue reading
Job Creation Strategies for Shareable Cities
HOW CAN A CITY HARNESS THE SHARING ECONOMY IN ORDER TO CREATE JOBS AND DEVELOP ENTERPRISE? Excerpted from the Policies for Shareable Cities report, by SELC: 1. EXPAND ALLOWABLE HOME OCCUPATIONS TO INCLUDE SHARING ECONOMY ENTERPRISE We recommend that cities expand allowable home occupations to include “nano-enterprises” characteristic of the sharing economy, or define such… Continue reading
Bren Smith on Open Source Restorative Ocean Farming against Marine Extinction
Great project and talk: “Bren Smith’s vertical ocean farm in Long Island Sound grows seaweed and shellfish and is designed to restore ecosystems, mitigate climate change, and create blue-green jobs for fishermen.” Watch the video here:
The role of private debt has not been solved
Interesting interview with economist Steve Keen:
On not reproducing oppression in alternative projects
We cannot work for structural change through any organisation that within itself reproduces or replicates the relationships of power that are dominant in capitalism. Excerpted from Lillian Geddes, of the Mutualism Queensland blog: “We cannot work for structural change through any organisation that within itself reproduces or replicates the relationships of power that are dominant… Continue reading
Toward Resilient Architectures 2: Why Green Often Isn’t
by Michael Mehaffy, Nikos A. Salingaros, originally published by MetropolisMag.com Something surprising has happened with many vaunted new “sustainable” buildings: when actually measured in post-occupancy assessments, they’ve proven far less sustainable than their proponents claimed. In some cases they’ve actually performed worse than much older buildings. A 2009 New York Times feature article, titled “Some buildings… Continue reading