Exemplary social-media enhanced activism in Russia:
The paradox: why p2p marketplaces cannot really be called “peer to peer”
I explained it here to my Basque friends:
Stefan Meretz on Demonetization
Stefan Meretz‘s contribution to the Money Stream of the Commons and Economics conference, arguing against complementary currencies and for demonetization strategies: “The question of how we deal with and act within the given monetary environment is crucial for the commons movement, since the monetary logic and the commons logic are opposites. Contrary to the claims… Continue reading
Zizek’s critique of pure horizontalism
Let Zizek make you think: Local self-organisation cannot replace the need for a strong state-civic infrastructure and “large regulatory mechanisms”.
Resisting the ERT public TV closure in Greece: support the “Free the ERT archive” initiative
Find out more here! “The initiative “Free ?R?’s archive” was taken by citizens who suggest an alternative to manage the Commons, public information included. It aims at the modification of the proprietary character of the Greek audiovisual archive owned by the public radio-television (?R?), which hinders the free and coequal access to a cultural treasure… Continue reading
How to rein in the internet lords: the dangers of feudal security
It’s the Internet lords’ popularity and ubiquity that enable them to profit; laws and government relationships make it easier for them to hold onto power. These lords are vying with each other for profits and power. By spending time on their sites and giving them our personal information — whether through search queries, e-mails, status… Continue reading
Dispatch from Euzkadi: Distributed p2p economies and regional innovation
El P2P (peer to peer) es un cambio de paradigma en la manera de organizarnos, compartir, producir e interactuar. Hablamos de un nuevo modelo socioeconómico en red, distribuido, basado en las relaciones entre pares, desde lo común, libre y abierto. I was invited to speak at an event for Basque innovators, organized by Innobasque …… Continue reading
The Caravan of the Commons: documenting young commoners at work
Though produced in May 2012, this documentary following a caravan of commoners travelling through Europe, is still very much watching to see grassroots commoning at work. Watch the video here: “”Common Struggles” is a documentary that tells the story of the search for the meaning of Common Goods (Commons) in Central and Eastern Europe. European… Continue reading
The Third Industrial Revolution Won’t Be As Easily Coopted as the Second
The new technologies of abundance, by their very nature, thwart the enforcement of state-imposed artificial scarcity. The present corporate-state order, exhausted and bankrupted from the sheer cost of subsidizing inefficiency and protecting it against competition against the superiority of free cooperative labor, has reached the breaking point. It is a dying system. Republished from Kevin… Continue reading
James Cascio on retro-virus strategies for social change
Excerpted from James Cascio: “What makes climate and poverty wicked problems is that they’re complex — complicated + interconnected with other systems — *and* that they’re attached at the root to fundamental political-economic power structures. That is, altering the status quo of climate & poverty will upset power balances; those with the power who stand… Continue reading