May 2011 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Fwd: US vs China : get the job done on the cheap
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:01 PM Subject: US vs China : get the job done on the cheap To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12718 <http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12718>Meyerson concludes: "In the new global pecking order, the decline of American unions and the steady downward mobility of American workers are making us the destination of choice when European companies want to get the job done on the cheap." /// the Boston Consulting Group, which concludes that when you compare China's soaring wages and still-low levels of productivity with our stagnating wages and rising levels of productivity, the price advantage of manufacturing in China instead of the U.S. will shrink to insignificance by 2015. Investment in the U.S., says the group, "will accelerate as it becomes one of the cheapest locations for manufacturing in the developed world. -- 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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Re: [P2P-F] Post-Dawkins?
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

thanks Tony! On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Anthony Judge <anthony.judge(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Bonjour Michel > > My latest: > > The Consensus Delusion > Mysterious attractor undermining global civilization as currently imagined > http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs10s/consense.php > > Best > > Tony > > > -- > Anthony Judge > <anthony.judge(a)gmail.com> > www.laetusinpraesens.org > -- 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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DIY-urbanists interventions of delight in Helsinki
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

At the Low2No School of Activism anyone can learn: ...how to create dozens of temporary restaurants for a night http://blog.visithelsinki.fi/archives/1410?lang=en ...how to mainstream urban gardening with simple boxes http://bit.ly/mPa4bE ...how to build your own communal house http://www.hemistan.fi/?cat=8 ....how to make your own bike-lane where you think there should be one http://www.good.is/post/artists-make-diy-bike-lane-a long-helsinki-thoroughfare ... how to set up a block party http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=TlGps2sQMEM&feature=related ...and a dozen more DIY-urbanists interventions of delight. These laid-back drop-in session are hosted by Helsinki based activists and start at even hours at Open Helsinki of the MakerLab. For a detailed timetable visit the site http://low2no.fi/camp/ or just turn up at the Open Helsinki -site. -- 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: Management exChange MIX ?
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:08 PM Subject: Management exChange MIX ? To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>, econowmix(a)googlegroups.com Management exChange MIX <http://www.managementexchange.com/> ( via Tiberius, Via Steve ) -- 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: bauwens in sydney june 7-8
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Mansfield <timbomb(a)timbomb.net> Date: 2011/5/30 Subject: Re: bauwens in sydney june 7-8 To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Cc: Ross Dawson <rossd(a)ahtgroup.com>, Nicolás Mendoza < nicolasmendo(a)gmail.com> Folks, I wanted to let you know that we've got a venue and some marketing up for Michel's public talk on the evening of 9 June. We hoped to get it crowdfunded through Pozible.com.au but they've failed to get back to us and the other sites we tried imposed massive overheads. So we're crowdfunding the old-fashioned way - by selling tickets! http://evolver-bauwens-sydney.eventbrite.com/ There's several levels of support, attendees choose their own. The venue we've picked is only asking for $75 for the night, so once we cover that, I think the rest just gets put in a plain, brown, paper bag and handed to Michel :) Please pass the registration page onto your friends, colleagues and networks. We hope to give a lot of people the chance to encounter Michel's thought first-hand. Regards, Tim -- 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: Mass Arrests, Tear Gas, Sound Weapons used Against WIU Students - Police State America
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

this is a must see video: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Olga Scully <muffyandbrian(a)westnet.com.au> Date: Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM Subject: Mass Arrests, Tear Gas, Sound Weapons used Against WIU Students - Police State America To: *BREAKING ALERT: Mass Arrests, Tear Gas, Sound Weapons used Against** **WIU Students * Annual year-end block party at Western Illinois University ends with riot police. *Watch and share NOW:* Primary Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufKv-5t0t4E Secondary Link: http://realityreport.blip.tv/file/5095771 Members link: http://rtr.org/videos/2/17764<http://rtr.org/updates/ajax/referred/campaign/15/http_enc_3A_enc_2F_enc_2Fr…> Students attending the Wheeler Block Party were met by a Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force who used tear gas, LRAD sound weapons and crowd suppression tactics to force students into their homes. Gary Franchi is joined by eyewitness and victim of the raid, Julio Rausseo to review video footage and recount the abuses against the students. Establishment media and law enforcement have begun to spin the story ignoring the rights abuses. *Help get this story out. Please spread the word.* -- 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: Seven Pillars Of Open Companies ( ? )
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

thanks Dante! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:11 PM Subject: Seven Pillars Of Open Companies ( ? ) To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> http://www.pietrust.com/openCompany.html Seven Pillars Of Open Companies Different people have different ideas about what the term "Open Company" should mean, so here's what it means to us. This page is a work in progress. - almost anyone can contribute, without getting prior permission ("almost" leaves room for disallowing illegal situations, disallowing people you really don't want for whatever reason, and expulsion for bad behavior) - contributors can work on what they choose, for as much or as little time as they choose - contributors, as a whole, get a significant cut of the profits - contributors, as a whole, get a significant proportion of the votes in project governance - corporate transparency: information about financial matters and other material issues is shared with contributors - intellectual property, including "source code", is visible to contributors and customers, and is made freely available for use, modification, and redistribution for non-profit uses, at the initial full-scale "launch" of any product in which it is incorporated - intellectual property is open sourced, according to the Open Source Institute's definition of the term, within 3 years of its creation PieTrust goes further than the above in many ways; in PieTrust, the plan is for contributors to get a majority share of the profits and a majority of the votes, and for software to be open sourced within 2 years of its creation. -- 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: Currency Design Workshop at Findhorn, Scotland, 3-7 September 2011
by Michel Bauwens 30 May '11

30 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Rogers <john.rogers(a)valueforpeople.co.uk> Date: Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:06 AM Subject: Currency Design Workshop at Findhorn, Scotland, 3-7 September 2011 To: John Rogers <atholl2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> Hello! Do you imagine a future with *buzzing* local communities and economies? Do you see yourself as a designer and co-creator of this future, including *local currencies*? Have you ever wondered why so many local currencies are launched with such high hopes and then fail? *If you answer YES* to all three questions, then you may like to join us at Findhorn, 3-7 September, to learn together how to create better currency systems that will stand the test of time. The first 'On The Money' workshop at Findhorn College in 2010 attracted 12 participants from Europe, USA and South Africa. This year's workshop *features* live guest speakers (in order of appearance): *Peter North,* lecturer at Liverpool University and author of 'Local Money'; *Richard Logie*, founder of the Business Exchange in Aberdeen; and *Susan Witt,* founder of the Berkshares local currency in the US by teleconference. *Watch a short video *about the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepzD9Xfp1Q On The Money 2011 is *now taking bookings*: http://www.findhorncollege.org/programmes/onthemoney.php See you at Findhorn! John Rogers & Leander Bindewald, workshop facilitators -- 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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Re: [P2P-F] don't miss this 5 min. film about GOP health care
by Michel Bauwens 29 May '11

29 May '11

thanks Gregory, sharing with our list, Michel On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:50 PM, gregory sholette <gsholette(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I was sent this by a noted art historian from Chicago and he is right, it > is worth a look see: > > I don't usually send links to misc. videos, but this Swiftian video was > made by a couple of great artists/scholars who prefer to remain anonymous. > Please share the link with friends, students and colleagues, and feel free > to paste it into a blog or other social media site. > > stephen > > http://youtu.be/08ZqbGy7cD4 > > > > > > > -- 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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Spanish movements & banned demonstrations
by Chris Pinchen 28 May '11

28 May '11

Hola, The Election committee of the Spanish state has just voted to ban demonstrations on Saturday & Sunday in Spain. Sunday is election day for municipal & "autonomous" elections. The movements occupying public spaces around the country have responded saying protests will go ahead as planned - follow hashtags #15M #acamapadasol #acampadabcn #spanish revolution #catalanrevolution for more info Chris Pinchen http://cataspanglish.com http://twitter.com/cataspanglish

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