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2007 - Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Note : I would like to add : beyond organizations, to the level of individuals communicating as peers, in a stigmergic approach. 2007 ( ? ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1fiubmOqH4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Unrest *Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming* is a 2007 *New York Times*bestseller[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Unrest#cite_note-ecos-0> by Paul Hawken <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hawken>.

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Occupy Education
by robert searle 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

The following maybe of interest. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/occupy-wall-street-department-of-e…

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TFE, and MMT....
by robert searle 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

TFE, or Transfinancial Economics has similiarities to Modern Monetary Theory. Both believe that if enough new non-repayable debt-free money can be created to deal with social, economic, and political problems it would not lead to serious inflation, or worse. In other words, it is a non-redistributive model of a future economy like Social Credit. Redistributive models notably include Land Value Taxation, Binary Economics, and the Tobin Tax, or Financial Transaction Tax. Points To Make. MMT. It believes that the government should issue non-repayable debt-free money rather than rely on taxation which is essentially used to reduce excess money (if absolutely necessary ) rather than fund anything . TFE. It recognizes that it is unlikely that governments would be allowed to create their own money quoting instances of hyperinflation, but conveniently overlooking the "mini", and major booms, and busts of banks. Morever, it would be argued that it would give them too much power. In TFE this problem is addressed by the creation of special Facilitation Banks which can be privately owned BUT would a legally transparent, and credible (unlike their mainstream "counterparts" which would still exist for the time being) to the highest possible degree. Such an arrangement would be more acceptable at the present time. However, FBs could also be part owned by the public interest. MMT. A very big problem with this economic model is ofcourse the bond market which would obviously resist any govenment to create its own money in full overtime. TFE. It takes a very pragmatic stance to the financial world in order that reform can be undertaken as quickly as possible. Thus, the bond market can remain in place for a longwhile. If governments were allowed to gradually introduce a phasing in of new money to replace taxation investors could receive compensation, or indeed, other investment vehicles which would be more lucrative than bonds. MMT. Probably, the greatest weakness of MMT, and indeed, Social Credit is that if you are going to create a tax free world you need in the end to have a NEAR PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL ECONOMY. This would fully ensure, and give FULL CONFIDENCE that a tax free world could be successfully implemented in the real economy, otherwise there would always be doubts in many minds. Taxation as understood by MMT is an INDIRECT method of trying to achieve this, but it would still be regarded as a HUGE risk. TFE. It believes that there are two basic stages. Primary Stage TFE is simply the introduction of Facilitation Banks which are concerned with the speeding up of vital environmental, and socio-economic projects of a mainly commercial nature. They would be allowed to create a "limited" amounts of new non-repayable money electronically to fund such ventures in full, or in part. Advanced Stage TFE is the introduction of Electronic Transaction Monitoring, or ETM. This would give us a NEAR PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL ECONOMY AND MAKE THE IDEA OF A TAX-FREE ECONOMY A HIGHLY CREDIBLE PROPOSITION UNLIKE THE CLAIMS OF MMT, AND SOCIAL CREDIT. http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Transfinancial_Economics

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Re: [P2P-F] Update on Electoral Reform Act of 2012
by Michel Bauwens 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Dear Robert, I'm sharing info w my list but best way 4 me is to promote links and such .. I'll do that systematically ... but keep sending Michel On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Robert Steele < robert.david.steele.vivas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Michel, > > Your pointers have proven to be most influential. This is an update > intended to keep you interested in our progress. > > 1. Eva Waskell, the Joan of Arc of Election Integrity Principles, has > contributed her groups International Election Integrity Principles, and > they are on Phi Beta Iota in Full Text to encourage international > exploitation. Because of connecting with her, the Act has been changed to > make 01 about the process. > > International Election Integrity Principles (Full Text Online for Google > Translate)<http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/11/international-election-integrity-princip…> > > 2. The Hand-Counted Paper Ballots (HCPB) crowd is now on board, as well > as the 18 year old vote crowd. > > 3. A good story was written in Boston, you can see it below, the editor > has emailed me and we will talk about a follow up that might include me > coming to speak in Boston in next week, to generate TV coverage. > > Can campaign finance reform unite OWS?<http://www.salon.com/2011/11/08/can_campaign_finance_reform_unite_ows/singl…> > > 4. I am now working with multiple collaborators, our goal is to create a > list of 600 direct electoral reform facilitators, one for each occupy and > one for each congressional district, and organize flash mobs during the > holiday season when congress returns home to raise funds. > > NOW SEEKING Electoral Reform Points of Contact, One for Each Occupy, Each > Congressional District<http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/11/now-seeking-electoral-reform-points-of-c…> > > 5. I have issued an open letter and an open video to Occupy/*, it quickly > became controversial over my use of the word mob (I was thinking of flash > mobs) so I changed it to Occupy/* and it is not rising in the rankings. I > tell them to FOCUS over the winter on electoral reform, and to get their > financial act together by concentrating at IndieGoGo to earn additional > functionality support and stop embezzlement such as has occurred in > Portland Oregon. > > Robert Steele: An Open Letter to Occupy/*<http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/11/robert-steele-an-open-letter-to-the-occu…> > > We are now up to 3.4 on the Statement (biggest change was substituting > plutocracy for fascism) and 3.7 on the Act. The persistent URL or home > base remains http://tinyurl.com/OWS-ER-HO > > I would be grateful for anything you can do to encourage internationals to > use the Google translate feature and make the core documents their own (am > also interested in international inputs to what should become the core > international standards for any country to do the same). Tom Atlee, need > all the help I can get recruiting pioneeers to carry the electoral message > into every occupy and every congressional district. > > Warm regards to you both, > Robert > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Transparent Traders ?
by Michel Bauwens 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:04 AM Subject: Transparent Traders ? To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com http://www.t3live.com/ "After the financial crisis and market collapse of 2008, five traders founded T3Live.com to bring transparency and accountability back to Wall St. " "T3 LIVE, LLC is NOT a Broker Dealer. T3 LIVE, LLC engages in trader education and training." Chinese documentary on t3live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L22eMPJSVzY Youtube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/t3live -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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The Transition To A Post-Friction Economy,
by Michel Bauwens 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

http://www.oftwominds.com/blognov11/global-friction11-11.html Dear Kevin could you look into this, see also part 2 ... Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Video : biggest taxpayer rip-off of human history
by Michel Bauwens 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:19 AM Subject: Video : biggest taxpayer rip-off of human history To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com ps: and it only mentions parts of the story related to the US. Similar, or perhaps bigger figures, may result in recent European bank recapitalization and shock therapy covered by Tax Payers money. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o9BBNUBs1w "a short film starring the FED, BIG BANKS, SEC and CONGRESS. Watch how the biggest taxpayer rip-off of human history happened right under our noses" -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Video : Annie Leonard | "The Story of Broke"
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G49q6uPcwY8 http://www.truth-out.org/story-broke/1320767282 http://bit.ly/storyofbroke — The United States isn't broke; we're the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken, producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses and garbage than any other country. In these and so many other ways, it just isn't working. But rather than invest in something better, we continue to keep this 'dinosaur economy' on life support with hundreds of billions of dollars of our tax money. The Story of Broke calls for a shift in government spending toward investments in clean, green solutions—renewable energy, safer chemicals and materials, zero waste and more—that can deliver jobs AND a healthier environment. It's time to rebuild the American Dream; but this time, let's build it better. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: t r u t h o u t <messenger(a)truthout.org> Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:28 PM Subject: Annie Leonard | "The Story of Broke" To: dante(a)ecobytes.net <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XHA1TDiUjDPq3bpRK7T8i…> Tuesday 8 November 2011 *Annie Leonard | "The Story of Broke"* Annie Leonard, The Story of Stuff Project: "You know that future we all want and nearly every candidate promises us - great schools, a healthy environment, clean energy, good jobs. But a funny thing happens to our money on its way to that better future. It seems to disappear. And by the time we get around to investing in it, all we hear is, 'sorry, not this year, we're broke.' In fact, we're so broke, they say, that we have no choice but to slide backwards, cutting things that made this country great - like schools and the EPA , maybe even Social Security and Medicare. Wait a minute. Broke? I'm sending in my share of hard-earned cash every month and so are you!" Watch the Video and Read the Transcript<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5UkOyAe4few%2Fsq8xdqB…> * Click here to Subscribe<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4tr%2BiNt5KJHXC5xHZtt…> Our Privacy Policy<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vUFiz5gFIbKTvjooQ%2FL…> **<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aEl53Ukk043WnUoYvIuQa…> * [image: The Newspaper Guild - Communications Workers of America] Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 * ------------------------------ * **

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Re: [P2P-F] some essays you may have already read but if not:
by Michel Bauwens 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Dear Eimhin sharing with list and people who follow new computing .. also presenting metropolis s ries 2 our readers .. http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/an-introductory-series-on-peer-to-peer-urbani… Michel On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:28 AM, FlipFlop Productions < flipflop.productions(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20111024/the-%E2%80%9Cwholeness-generating… > > All of the essays on this page are amazing, this is really important stuff > to take on at this moment in time. He really nails the root of our > society's problem on the head, the fragmented self being written into our > institutions and built environment...perhaps you can get this out there a > bit more. > > All the very best, > > Eimhin > > I would love to talk to anyone into this form of computing, if you know of > someone... <g> > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Uniting Humans...
by robert searle 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

The following maybe of interest. http://www.unitinghumans.com/

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