This is our edit of Stacco Troncoso’s keynote presentation at the Prix Ars Festival, held in Linz, Austria. The P2P Foundation was awarded the Golden Nica 2016 for Digital Communities, which we dedicated to our lost friend, Jean Lievens. In his presentation, Stacco defines P2P, the Commons, and how they interrelate, while distinguishing generative, commons-based Peer… Continue reading
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Camille Kerr on Unionized Platform Cooperatives for the Caregiving Industry
The P2P Foundation is serializing video highlights from last year’s Platform Cooperativism conference. Click here to see all conference videos. Camille Kerr, ICA Group — Platform cooperativism has the potential to completely transform the caregiving industry – including childcare and homecare – into dignified jobs where people make a livable wage and have control over… Continue reading
Seeds of Freedom in Tanzania
Text sourced from the film’s website: Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) has launched a powerful documentary film, Uhuru wa Mbegu za Wakulima (Seeds of Freedom Tanzania). Uhuru wa Mbegu za Wakulima captures the testimonies of farmers whose customary rights to save, share and exchange seeds, are threatened by seed laws designed to replace traditional varieties with… Continue reading
David Bollier – The City as a Commons
We recently published David Bollier’s excellent overview of Barcelona’s struggles to advance the commons. That article was written after David’s visit to the city last November and here is the video of his presentation during that trip. Enjoy. From the Notes to the Original Video: A new type of citizen economy is emerging – the… Continue reading
Zizek: All world problems today are problems of commons
Slavoj , one of the most famous philosophers of the radical left, gives here an interpretation of why progressive movements that were formed in the 19th and 20th century, keep failing, but also intimates that the big issues of the day, the big threats to the survival of humanity, are today essentially problems of the… Continue reading
Do it Together: Discover the power of collaboration
We are people like YOU working together for the common good. Community gardens, social centers, maker spaces, activism and all sorts of collaborative projects. Enter http://teem.works and start collaborating! This video was put together by our good friends at Teem, with whom we collaborated as part of the P2PValue project. Read more about Teem in… Continue reading
Portpatrick: How community shares saved a village
In Portpatrick, a fishing village on the west coast of Scotland, locals sold shares in their historic harbour to save it from private ownership. Read the full story at the Guardian: theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/28/how-scottish-villagers-bought-portpatrick-harbour-saved-futurePhoto by WorldFish
Camille Kerr on Unionized Platform Cooperatives for the Caregiving Industry
This video from the amazing Platform Cooperativism conference that took place recently, brings the good news of the creation of transformative unionized labor platform coops for healthcare: “Platform cooperativism has the potential to completely transform the caregiving industry – including childcare and homecare – into dignified jobs where people make a livable wage and have… Continue reading
Ten New Practices of the Great Transition
In this very recent video lecture Michel Bauwens focuses on value practices by peer production communities and in particular on the notion of ‘value sovereignty’, as a post-capitalist practice, and how to envisage it. The lecture took place on November 14 at the Kaaiteater in Brussels, Belgium. From the original notes to the video Which… Continue reading
The Loomio Handbook: A Roadmap for Worker-Owned Cooperatives
Cross-posted from Shareable. Cat Johnson: Loomio is a worker-owned cooperative building open-source software to help organizations and communitieswith collaborative decision making. Based in New Zealand, the co-op is part of Enspiral, a collaborative network of social enterprises. Loomio’s vision is to create a world where it’s easy for anyone to participate in decisions that affect them…. Continue reading
Trump: connecting the dots
Dear fellow humans, The election of Donald Trump has left millions, maybe even billions of us in shock. Although we may be looking with bewilderment at the US today, we should remember that he is not an isolated phenomenon. He is a symptom of a sickness that is raging all around the world. People are… Continue reading
Help the UK National Body of Student Housing Co-operatives
A short video announcement by one our favourite You Tubers: the descriptively named Libertarian Socialist Rants. This campaign to secure funds for the National Body of Student Housing Co-operatives to provide affordable, democratic housing for students. The campaign ends this Friday, so please, watch the video, read the text below and, if you want to support the… Continue reading
Follow the European Commons Assembly Livestream!
Can’t make it to today’s European Commons Assembly at the European Parliament? Fear not, for there’s a livestream where you can follow the event. We are also including the program for today in the text below. Program – November the 16th afternoon Building a Platform for Facilitating and Regenerating the Commons November 16, 2016 The… Continue reading
The European Commons Assembly debuts in Brussels
European Commons Assembly debuts in Brussels Proposes new citizen-based institutions for revitalizing Europe and policy On November 16, 2016 commoners from across Europe will gather in the European Parliament in Brussels to advocate with MEPs for commons-based policy and institution-building. The event is hosted by the Intergroup on Common Goods and Public Services, and is… Continue reading
“A Gathering of Commoners” Full program for the European Commons Assembly
We’re once again very happy to share the final version of our three-day program for the first European Commons Assembly in Brussels. As always, please check out our website for more information, join our Loomio group, and sign up for the mailing list by sending an email to commonswatch@lists.p2pfoundation.net. European Commons Assembly: Final Program Last… Continue reading
Open Source Business Models for Circular Economy Video Series (9)
VIDEO 9 – Square 6: ‘Value Extraction (Money Income Sources)’ From a Video Series about ‘Open Source Business Models for Circular Economy’ – produced for the Open Source Circular Economy Days (OSCEdays). See our original post on Open Source Circular Economy Days for the complete set of resources: tool downloads, explanations, videos, script, links. (6)… Continue reading