Excerpted from David Judd and Zakiya Khabir: “In the U.S., the stereotype of the “techie” is probably a young white or Asian man who earns a relatively high salary as a programmer in Silicon Valley or some large coastal city. But while this image has a basis in the exclusionary demographics of programming, it shouldn’t… Continue reading
Date archives "July 2015"
P2P Summer School – Concession rate for Low Income and Students Announced
ART OF COMMONING The P2P SUMMER SCHOOL August 25th – 27th, 2015 Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland Due to enough people booking at the higher rate we can now open up a concession rate for low income and students to this very timely and unique event. There are only 40 places… Continue reading
Digging Fiber in Your Own Neighborhood: the example of rural Lancashire
B4RN is a documentary by James Uren and Suzette Heald, starring the volunteers who have built their own gigabit fibre network in rural Lancashire. An example for all! Watch the video here:
A Introduction to the Basic P2P Ideas; Part 4: CopyFair Licenses
Over the last ten years, the P2P Foundation has produced a sizeable body of material, both original and curated, but none of it is specifically designed as an introduction for newcomers and people who are not so familiar with the P2P approach. Hence Irma Wilson‘s proposal, during a trip which FutureSharp helped organize in South… Continue reading
Here’s What a Commons-Based Economy Looks Like
David Bollier writes: So what might a commons-based economy actually look like in its broadest dimensions, and how might we achieve it? My colleague Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation offers a remarkably thoughtful and detailed explanation in a just-released YouTube talk, produced by FutureSharp. It’s not really a video – just Michel’s voiceover and… Continue reading
Using SourceMap to open up supply chains
Watch this short introductory film about SourceMap:
DiDIY. An interview with Marco Fioretti
By Stefano Serafini. Original post here. Our friend Marco Fioretti is a former electronic engineer with much more interest in the ethical implications of Free Software than in coding. He focuses on the impact that open digital standards and Free Software have and may have on both society and environmental issues since the 90’s, and his mantra is: “Your… Continue reading
Introduction to P2P Class Theory ( 1) : Is Networked IT Transforming the Working Class or Making It Obsolete ?
Excerpted from David Judd and Zakiya Khabir: “Are “knowledge workers” actually doing something very different from traditional work–and, in fact, making the traditional working class obsolete? Jeremy Rifkin argues in his 1995 book, The End of Work: The information and communications technologies and global market forces are fast polarizing the world’s population into two irreconcilable… Continue reading
In support of the “No” in the Greek Referendum: 3) Jeffrey Sachs
Support from reasonable neoliberal economists in favour of the Greek stance. Republished from Jeffrey Sachs: “After months of wrangling, the showdown between Greece and its European creditors has come down to a standoff over pensions and taxes. Greece is refusing to acquiesce to demands by its creditors that it cut payments to the elderly and… Continue reading
Paul Mason and Joseph Stiglitz on the Day a democratic Europe died
That concern for popular legitimacy is incompatible with the politics of the eurozone, which was never a very democratic project. Most of its members’ governments did not seek their people’s approval to turn over their monetary sovereignty to the ECB. When Sweden’s did, Swedes said no. They understood that unemployment would rise if the country’s… Continue reading
A small experiment in monetary commoning in the Los Angeles’ Union Station
Wonderful, watch it here: