A recently published article at the Italian Journal of Public Law, authored by Christian Iaione. Abstract “This study is an effort to contribute to the current urban studies debate on the way to conceptualize the city by advancing a rights-based approach and to suggest that to build such vision one needs to reconceive the city… Continue reading
Christina Oatfield: After the 2008 economic recession, banks were more conservative about lending and the general public was more aware of the flaws in our financial institutions and related regulations. Since then, small businesses, start-ups, nonprofits, investors, and ordinary folks with modest savings have shown growing interest in fundraising strategies such as crowdfunding, crowdinvesting, direct… Continue reading
Perspectives on Commoning: Autonomist Principles and Practices. Edited by Guido Ruivenkamp and Andy Hilton. Perspectives on Commoning explores the concept of ‘commoning’ as social practice, and the potential of the commons to provide a new left alternative. In the wake of socialism’s demise and liberalism’s loss of direction, new ideas are needed for the next… Continue reading
Shocking, and disappointing news. Reposted from Boing Boing. Cory Doctorow: In July, the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium overruled dozens of members’ objections to publishing a DRM standard without a compromise to protect accessibility, security research, archiving, and competition. EFF appealed the decision, the first-ever appeal in W3C history, which concluded last week… Continue reading
Guerrilla Translation’s transcript of the 2013 C-Realm Podcast Bauwens/Kleiner/Trialogue prefigures many of the directions the P2P Foundation has taken in later years. To honor its relevance we’re curating special excerpts from each of the three authors. In this second extract, Michel Bauwens talks about the disconnect between young idealistic developers and the business models many… Continue reading
Is it possible to peer produce spiritual experience and insight, just as knowledge, software and code for computers are peer produced by communities of self-organizing individuals? If so, does this matter? My answer is yes. Spirituality consists of socially-constructed worldviews that may no longer be appropriate to the time and space in which we live…. Continue reading
Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk: These are fast-changing times. Old certainties are collapsing around us and people are scrambling for new ways of being in the world. As we pointed out in a recent article, 51% of young people in the United States no longer support the system of capitalism. And a solid 55% of… Continue reading
The next European Commons Assembly will be in Madrid in October. You can still be a part of it: Click here to join. In cooperation with the Transeuropa Festival and MediaLab Prado, the assembly features 4 days of workshops, visits to local commons initiatives, debates, talks, art and parties in the heart of Madrid. An… Continue reading
Guerrilla Translation’s transcript of the 2013 C-Realm Podcast Bauwens/Kleiner/Trialogue prefigures many of the directions the P2P Foundation has taken in later years. To honor its relevance we’re curating special excerpts from each of the three authors. First up, John Restakis describes the transformation of the traditional cooperative model into today’s growing Social Coop movement. John… Continue reading
How evolving organisational culture in cooperatives is a powerful lever to create the new social paradigm the world needs. This article is based on a presentation given at Disrupting the Disruptors Platform Coop conference, 9 September 2017, Toronto. Chloe Waretini: You might have heard the saying ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ It’s the idea that… Continue reading
Cross-posted from Shareable. Nithin Coca: The first “Ruche,” or Food Assembly, took place in La Fauga, France, near the city of Toulouse, in September 2011 and took off from there. It was a space where consumers could meet food producers and pick up produce that they had previously ordered online. Since then, it has grown into… Continue reading
By Ashish Kothari; originally posted on Degrowth.de The podcast starts in German, but the interview starting after 42 seconds is in English. About the authors and their positions Ashish Kothari is a member of Kalpavriksh, which has been working on environment and development issues in India since 1979. He is also on the steering committee… Continue reading
For Peace, People and Planet: A civil Society Perspective on the next EU Research Framework Programme (FP9). Ensuring investments address pressing social & environmental challenges. The research that is prioritised and funded today will have a decisive impact on the future of our societies and our planet. Our societies face immense environmental, social and economic challenges… Continue reading
The context and structure of the report Executive summary by Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation, research) and Yurek Onzia (project coordination) This study [1] was commissioned and financed by the City of Ghent, a city in northern Flanders with nearly 300,000 inhabitants, with the support of its mayor Daniel Termont, the head of the mayor’s staff,… Continue reading
Incubator.coop is an incubator for new CoOp businesses. Incubator.coop is a CoOp itself. This means we exist to serve our Members. To be even more precise, we are type of CoOp known as ‘non-distributing’ – so any surplus at the end of the year goes into improving the incubator – not distributing funds to… Continue reading
Here we would like to express our alarm at the direction EU copyright legislation is taking. We are profoundly concerned that a number of proposals, including Article 11 and Article 13, will mean disproportionate restrictions on the fundamental right of freedom of information as well as the creation of new and costly barriers and administrative… Continue reading