Koppelting: the great gathering of the commons

July 5, 2017 No Comment Ann Marie Utratel read

Koppelting, the great gathering of the commons: 21 – 27 August 2017 Koppelting is an annual grassroots festival about peer production and free/libre alternatives for society. It is filled with projects, lectures, debates and workshops, and is co-created by the attendees. Anyone can contribute, whether by giving a lecture, a workshop or demonstration, or by… Continue reading →

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From Platform Cooperativism to Protocol Cooperativism?

July 5, 2017 11 Comments Matthew Slater read

Does cooperativism work? Since ‘political economy’ became a subject in the 18th century, the predominant political dichotomy has been framed as labour versus capital. Marx talked about ‘control of the means of production’ as the essential political power that the workers needed to wrest from the capitalists. A great deal of activism and political theory… Continue reading →

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Patterns of Commoning: On Openness, Commons & Unconditional Basic Work

July 5, 2017 No Comment Commons Strategies Group read

Silke Helfrich interviews architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel: Van Bo Le-Mentzel has invented all kinds of useful things, among others, do-it-yourself blueprints for furniture and tiny houses. He has become known for social DIY projects such as “Hartz IV1 Möbel,” the Unreal Estate House,2 and the One-Square-Meter House.3 He is now transferring the concept of these projects… Continue reading →

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Back To The Land 2.0  – A Design Agenda For Bioregions

July 5, 2017 No Comment John Thackara read

‘Post-truth’ politics are in fact pre-truth: Populists pick up on our anxiety about the world, but divert our attention from root causes. It’s easier to blame a Muslim, than entropy. Abstract words don’t make much difference. What’s needed is a new story in which care for the places where we live is a practical focus for… Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Glastonbury 2017

July 4, 2017 1 Comment Michel Bauwens read

The following lecture by Jeremy Corbyn is well worth watching, not just for the hopeful vision he expresses, but also for the connection it shows with the British youth attending the Glastonbury festival.

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There is a magic money tree…in fact there are two

July 4, 2017 No Comment Stacco Troncoso read

Mary Mellor, professor emeritus at the University of Northumbria and one of the featured thinkers in the CSG’s “Democratic Money and Capital for the Commons” report, clarifies the ongoing debate on the UK about where money comes from. Originally published in The London Economic. Mary Mellor: That’s right there are two magic money trees. Both the state… Continue reading →

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When does the Commons transition begin?

July 3, 2017 No Comment P2P Foundation read

Why is the Commons steadily gathering attention as a concept and practice? Commons include not only the gifts of nature,like water and land, but also shared assets or creative work, such as cultural and knowledge artifacts. Commons are a shared resource, co-governed by its user community, according to the norms of that community. Considering the… Continue reading →

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Forced market exclusion as an enclosure of the commons

July 3, 2017 No Comment Ann Marie Utratel read

This article by Lionel Maurel was originally published in French on scinfolex.com, and translated to English by Maïa Dereva. Last month, an interesting article on Jean-Luc Danneyrolles was published (in French) on the site Reporterre. Danneyrolles is the founder of “Potager d’un curieux” (The Curious One’s Garden), a place in the Vaucluse region of France… Continue reading →

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Building the Networked City From the Ground Up With Citizens

July 2, 2017 No Comment Ouishare read

Albert Cañigueral: How can technology lead to more participation in democratic processes? Who should own and control city data? Can cities embrace a model that socializes data and encourages new forms of cooperativism and democratic innovation? In the run-up to the OuiShare Fest Paris, Albert Cañigueral interviewed Francesca Bria, the chief innovation officer of Barcelona. Albert… Continue reading →

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July 12th: Internet-wide day of action to save net neutrality

July 1, 2017 No Comment Stacco Troncoso read

Extracted from Battle for the net. The P2P Foundation fully supports this protest. Click here for more resources to help save net neutrality. WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY? Net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our free speech on the Internet. “Title II” of the Communications Act is what provides the legal foundation for net… Continue reading →