Book:The P2P Mode of Production: An Indiano Manifesto. Translated by Steve Herrick.

Steve Herrick:

“This document is a call to action, based on Las Indias’ analysis that the reduction of the optimal scale of production is the root of the current crisis — in Spain particularly, but also worldwide. This is a grave threat for huge corporations (and to a lesser extent, national governments), but very promising for small enterprises. That’s because the core of the P2P mode of production is a “knowledge commons” available to all.

Abundant information on every topic imaginable, but especially on small-scale production, means that local producers can freely choose the most effective, efficient and accessible processes, without the shackles of intellectual property. This will lead to a blossoming of local enterprise. And that’s where you can take action.”

Table of contents

1. General information about this book
   • Acknowledgments
   • What you can do with this book
   • What you can’t do with this book
2. Introduction
3. The emergence of distributed communication networks
4. The drama of the scales and the global crisis
5. The new model of free software and the hacker work ethic
6. The New Industrial Revolution
7. The P2P learning system and the production of theoretical knowledge
8. The political reflection: communal, asymmetrical confederalism and subsidiarity
9. Conclusions
10. Notes