The uncanny quality of the new Greek Syriza government, already evident with the finance minister Varoufakis, is also visible in the new Minister of Labor. The relationship with p2p is that Rania Antonopoulos is linked to the economics school of Modern Monetary Theory, which provides a rationale for progressive economic policies: (some extra background below… Continue reading
Date archives "February 2015"
Together we build a Commons Humanity – Crowdfunding a Global Networked Labour Union
Crowdfunding campaign – https://www.coopfunding.net/en/campaigns/global-networked-labour-union/ GNUnion aims at 1. Creating one big mesh network for the working people from the Global South and Global North by linking autonomous networks and communities of high-tech/knowledge, industrial and service workers; domestic, immigrant, rural, jobless and future workers; solidarity, activism and research networks; labour, environmental, social justice and information freedom activists, 2. Hyper- and self-empowerment… Continue reading
As Neoliberal Forces Lash Out, Solidarity with Syriza is Needed
Now that Syriza has prevailed in the Greek elections, a new field of battle has emerged: the political maneuvering before debt-relief negotiations. Syriza’s decisive victory is sending some richly deserved shock waves through the citadels of finance capital and their partners in government, especially in Europe. Not since the 2008 financial crisis have neoliberal policies… Continue reading
Critical Labour Studies 11th Symposium Oxford
The Critical Labour Studies symposium aims to bring together researchers and activists to discuss key features of work and employment from a radical and labour-focused perspective. It attempts to provide links between the activities of trade unionists, activists, universities, and researchers, allowing a broad and critical debate to emerge. Critical Labour Studies 11th Symposium 2015… Continue reading
Ten New Findings that Will Revolutionize Architecture
By Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy. Read the full article at Arch Daily. 1. Complex Adaptive Systems A key lesson for designers of all kinds is that product design can’t really be separated from environmental design. We are all, in some sense, environmental designers, working in the human environment. Since every system is only partially… Continue reading
Latest Issue of Spanda Journal on the theme of Collective Intelligence
“Included are some visions of friends on the Collective Intelligence theme, analysing and depicting its manifestations and its various angles from differing standpoints – some may appear off-topic, nonetheless here deemed instrumental in lightening the common framework in which the process itself is taking place. Worth of attention is also the Collective Intelligence Conference, to… Continue reading
#ReturnToFreedom: A call to unite and build support networks online and on-the-ground.
After 2 years living underground, the time has finally come for me to prepare my journey back to freedom. The journey won’t be easy, and will require a lot of work building widespread support. This is why I’m making this appeal, to create teams for the ongoing collaborative effort required to make this happen. A… Continue reading
Yarouvakis: “We are going to destroy the Greek oligarchy system”
Very interesting interview with the new Finance Minister in Greece:
Where Cellular Networks Don’t Exist, People Are Building Their Own
By Lizzie Wade for Wired Inside the cloud that is perpetually draped over the small town of San Juan Yaee, Oaxaca, Raúl Hernández Santiago crouches down on the roof of the town hall and starts drilling. Men wearing rain gear of various impermeabilities cluster above him, holding a 4-meter-tall tower in place. Braided wires trail from… Continue reading
From Integral Mindfulness to Collective Intelligence to Collective Sentience
From Integral Mindfulness to Collective Intelligence to Collective Sentience: signposts to the later stages of our evolutionary journey by George Por Abstract: This essay is a wide-ranging exploration into the conditions for realizing the next-level potential of human and social evolution. A starting point for looking at “evolution” is the unending journey resulting from the… Continue reading
Michel Bauwens on P2P Society at University of Wisconsin Madison February 2015
Capitalism, Post-Capitalism and Transition Strategies towards a Sustainable and Socially Just P2P Society Michel Bauwens will be at the University of Wisconsin Madison for 2 weeks this month to discuss P2P Society with students, faculty and the general public. This is part of the Havens Center Spring 2015 Visiting Scholars Program. Source:http://www.havenscenter.org/vsp/michel-bauwens “Premises for a… Continue reading
Gail Tverberg vs. John Michael Greer
I think a major difference between John Michael Greer and Gail Tverberg is that while Greer sees the economy as fractal, Tverberg sees it as a dome made up of Leonardo Sticks: Dome constructed using Leonardo Sticks. Is this a correct model of our economy? In a fractal structure consisting of lots of nodes many of… Continue reading
Review of “eGaia”
Following on from our earlier mention of Gary Alexander’s book eGaia, here is Keith Parkins’ review on his blog. I have not had time to read eGaia but I have read the review and it’s not exactly glowing; while it is acknowledged that there is some useful food for thought in the book, Parkins is… Continue reading
New Book on Techno-Ecologies
The 2nd volume in the Acoustic Space series features an essay by Michel Bauwens titled ‘Evolving Towards a Partner State in an Ethical Economy’. We feature here an extract from the book review by Régine Debatty of http://we-make-money-not-art.com Publishers RIXC Center for New Media Culture and MPLab, Art Research Lab of Liepaja University write: Techno-ecological perspectives… Continue reading
Project of the Day: Atadiat – Bringing Open Source Hardware to Syria
Extract from an original 2013 article by Simone Cicero http://www.open-electronics.org/the-story-behind-atadiat-bringing-open-source-hardware-to-syria/ Just few weeks ago, I’ve been informed for the first time about the existence of an Open Source Hardware Startup called Atadiat, operating in Syria. I stumbled upon the news since a friend shared a tweet mentioning the Shamduino board (an Arduino inspired board) and… Continue reading
Commoners in Transition: Enric Duran
Reposted from our new Commons Transition web platform “Commoners in Transition” features exclusive global-P2P oriented interviews with people working on similar subjects, worldwide. Here we present a Commons Transition interview with Enric Duran. Prior to co-founding the Catalan Integral Cooperative — a Commons Transition partner project creating a cooperative, self managed public system in Catalonia… Continue reading