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Eviction of #acampadabcn
by Chris Pinchen 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Right now police are violenty evicting the camp in Plaça Catalunya using the excuse that they need to clean the square for a football celebration tomorrow. People arriving are occupying the surrounding streets and are being clubbed by riot police who do not have id badges visible. the campers are calling for more camps this evening Chris Pinchen http://cataspanglish.com http://twitter.com/cataspanglish

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Re: [P2P-F] OHANDA
by Christian Siefkes 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi Michel, Phoebe, all, Michel Bauwens wrote: > hi phoebe, > > I'm not aware of the latest status, so I'm forwarding to both p2p-f and > open-manufacturing, where some people may be more aware of the latest > developments concerning OHANDA, Ohanda is alive and kicking. It's not yet very big or publicised, but there are already more than 30 registered products: http://www.ohanda.org/index.php/Product_ID . Everybody who wants to register their own open hardware with Ohanda can do so: http://www.ohanda.org/index.php/Registration . Best regards Christian > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Phoebe Moore <pvm.doc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://www.ohanda.org/ >> http://www.ohanda.org/index.php/Main_Page >>> OHANDA is an initiative to foster sustainable sharing of open hardware and >> design. It was first drafted at the GOSH!-Grounding Open Source Hardware >> summit at the Banff Centre in July 2009 and one of the first goals of the >> project is to build a service for sharing open hardware designs which >> includes a certification model and a registration. OHANDA is in process. The >> process is open. >> >> Alison Powell of LSE has in particular written about this initiative. I was >> wondering what has happened to this initiative and wondered if anyone else >> on the P2P list knew. Should I email the list directly? -- |------- Dr. Christian Siefkes ------- christian(a)siefkes.net ------- | Homepage: http://www.siefkes.net/ | Blog: http://www.keimform.de/ | Peer Production Everywhere: http://peerconomy.org/wiki/ |---------------------------------- OpenPGP Key ID: 0x346452D8 -- It's just a human thing. Rather like why Figaro sings, why Mozart wrote the music for him to sing to, and why we all make up new words: Because we can. Homo ludens, meet Homo faber. The social condition of global interconnection that we call the Internet makes it possible for all of us to be creative in new and previously undreamed-of ways. Unless we allow "ownership" to interfere. -- Eben Moglen, Anarchism Triumphant

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Fwd: Anuncio de Publicación (Primero en español, a continuación en Inglés)
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Mat Callahan para CopySouth info(a)matcallahan.com http://copysouth.org/portal/es/manual_es 17 May 2011 If you want a straightforward, but also critical, explanation of the basics of copyright law across South America, Africa and Asia, CopySouth recommends that you read the Spanish edition of its alternative copyright primer which has just been posted online. The 75-page book, written by Alan Story of the CopySouth Research Group, is titled "An alternative primer on national and international copyright law in the global South: eighteen questions and answers." It can be downloaded for free at: http://copysouth.org/portal/es/manual_es The book is intended for librarians, musicians, downloaders and book readers, information activists, students, and others who want to know how the copyright system actually works in practice in the countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Though a wide number of legal issues are explained and analysed, this book is written in a clear and non-legalistic fashion and contains numerous examples. The English version of the Primer was published in September 2009. It is also available for a free download at: http://copysouth.org/portal/copyright-primer. Alan Story teaches intellectual property law at Kent Law School in the United Kingdom. The Portuguese edition of the Primer will be available within the next few months. One reminder: The Rio papers of CopySouth were recently published and are available at: http://copysouth.org/portal/theriopapers To contact CopySouth, write: contact(a)copysouth.org Best wishes, Mat Callahan for CopySouth info(a)matcallahan.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Story <acs3(a)kent.ac.uk> Date: 2011/5/17 Subject: Anuncio de Publicación (Primero en español, a continuación en Inglés) To: COPYSOUTH-READER-RESPONSE(a)jiscmail.ac.uk 17 de mayo 2011 Si desea una explicación sencilla, pero también crítica, de los fundamentos de derecho de autor en América del Sur, África y Asia, CopySouth le recomienda leer la edición española de su cartilla de derechos de autor alternativa que acaba de ser publicado en línea. El libro de 75 páginas, escrito por Alan Story del Grupo de Investigación CopySouth, se titula "Un manual alternativo acerca del derecho de autor en el Sur global: dieciocho preguntas y respuestas sobre las leyes nacionales y las normativas internacionales" Puede ser descargado de forma gratuita en: http://copysouth.org/portal/es/manual_es El libro está dirigido a bibliotecarios, a músicos, a quienes descargan y leen libros, a activistas informáticos, aestudiantes, y a otros que quieren saber cómo funciona el sistema de derecho de autor en la práctica en los países de América Latina, África y Asia. Aunque se explican y analizan un gran número de cuestiones jurídicas, este libro está escrito de manera clara y no legal, con numerosos ejemplos que ilustran los puntos. La versión en inglés de la cartilla se publicó en septiembre de 2009. También está disponible para su descarga gratuita en: http://copysouth.org/portal/copyright-primer. Alan Story enseña propiedad intelectual en la Kent Law School en el Reino Unido. La edición portuguesa de la cartilla estará disponible en los próximos meses. Un recordatorio: Los documentos de Río de CopySouth fueron publicados recientemente y están disponibles en: http://copysouth.org/portal/theriopapers Para ponerse en contacto con CopySouth, escriba a: contact(a)copysouth.org Cordialmente, Mat Callahan para CopySouth info(a)matcallahan.com http://copysouth.org/portal/es/manual_es 17 May 2011 If you want a straightforward, but also critical, explanation of the basics of copyright law across South America, Africa and Asia, CopySouth recommends that you read the Spanish edition of its alternative copyright primer which has just been posted online. The 75-page book, written by Alan Story of the CopySouth Research Group, is titled "An alternative primer on national and international copyright law in the global South: eighteen questions and answers." It can be downloaded for free at: http://copysouth.org/portal/es/manual_es The book is intended for librarians, musicians, downloaders and book readers, information activists, students, and others who want to know how the copyright system actually works in practice in the countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Though a wide number of legal issues are explained and analysed, this book is written in a clear and non-legalistic fashion and contains numerous examples. The English version of the Primer was published in September 2009. It is also available for a free download at: http://copysouth.org/portal/copyright-primer. Alan Story teaches intellectual property law at Kent Law School in the United Kingdom. The Portuguese edition of the Primer will be available within the next few months. One reminder: The Rio papers of CopySouth were recently published and are available at: http://copysouth.org/portal/theriopapers To contact CopySouth, write: contact(a)copysouth.org Best wishes, Mat Callahan for CopySouth info(a)matcallahan.com -- 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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Looking for OSH blogger (late forward)
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Bryan Bishop <kanzure(a)gmail.com> May 16 10:23AM -0500 ^<?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#12ffe138f8abc72e_digest_top> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rupert Goodwins <rupertg(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:54 AM Subject: [oshug] Looking for OSH blogger To: oshug(a)oshug.org Hi, all I'm looking for someone who can blog regularly (2-ish times a week) on ZDNet UK on the subject of open source hardware. The idea is to report on developments, projects, what you're up to... anything that may be of interest to our general (geeky, IT-focussed, hack-minded) readership. I hope to spread the word about OSH, really, and to be a starting point for those who are so minded. Also, it's just cool. There's a bit of money involved, after a trial period, which should keep you in solder and 555 timers. Drop me a note if you fancy it, or if you could suggest someone I should talk to. Thanks! Rupert, ed, ZDNet UK -- 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: Wiktive market: instead of stocks, participants trade ideas
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:43 PM Subject: Fwd: Wiktive market: instead of stocks, participants trade ideas To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com http://wiktive.com/wiktive_home.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S Date: Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:11 PM Subject: Wiktive market: instead of stocks, participants trade ideas To: http://wiktive.com/wiktive_home.html http://blog.blisspr.com/2011/04/20/what-do-game-theory-and-business-intelli… "Essentially, a Wiktive market functions like a simplified stock market except, instead of stocks, participants trade ideas. The “owner” of the market (a business, an academic institution, what have you) poses a question to the members of the market—a group of thought leaders hand-selected to participate. Then the idea generation (the wiki aspect) and the subsequent trading of these ideas (the predictive market aspect) begin. Any member of the market can generate a solution to the question posed; these ideas are then traded, like stock, within the market. Each participant is given a set amount of virtual money that can be used to buy ideas and all participants have the power to both contribute ideas and to trade other people’s ideas. You “win” by having the “best” portfolio of ideas (conceptualized as those trading at the highest price)." -- 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: Documentary : Adam Curtis - All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

all links .. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:24 PM Subject: Documentary : Adam Curtis - All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com, sustainable_solidarity(a)yahoogroups.com, hc_ecology(a)yahoogroups.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5jImWRREc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSthwB6oMo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhsTYjXhgcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfYR-x_tUYs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZqOVzbCpWU -- 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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How the 'ecosystem' myth has been used for sinister means
by Kevin Flanagan 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

How the 'ecosystem' myth has been used for sinister means - Adam Curtis - Guardian When, in the 1920s, a botanist and a field marshal dreamed up rival theories of nature and society, no one could have guessed their ideas would influence the worldview of 70s hippies and 21st-century protest movements. But their faith in self-regulating systems has a sinister history http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/29/adam-curtis-ecosystems-ta… Episode 1 of his current documentary is up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5jImWRREc

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"Viscous democracy": a voting system for social networks based on liquid democracy
by ChaTo (Carlos Alberto Alejandro CASTILLO Ocaranza) 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi, (I don't know if you'll find this useful or just blatant self-advertising -- it is probably a bit of both :-) It is a very recent paper arguing for a variant of /liquid democracy/, a kind of delegative democracy introducing a dampening factor that reduces the weight of votes that travel through long delegation chains. We argue that it might be a good decision-making system for online social networks. *Viscous Democracy for Social Networks - CACM Virtual Extension - June 2011* http://chato.cl/blog/en/2011/05/viscous_democracy_for_social_networks.html The link above includes a summary as well as links to the (paywall'd) article in CACM, and the authors' copy (free as in beer). Cheers, -- *ChaTo (Carlos Castillo) <http://www.chato.cl/>* /Let's connect! · LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/chato> · Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/chato/> · Twitter <http://twitter.com/chatox>/

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Fwd: [gang8] Good article by Stiglitz
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:35 PM Subject: Fwd: [gang8] Good article by Stiglitz To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com Joseph E. Stiglitz, “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%,” *Vanity Fair*, May 2011 http://m.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105 Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. THE FAT AND THE FURIOUS The top 1 percent may have the best houses, educations, and lifestyles, says the author, but “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live.” It’s no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. *The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation’s income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent*. Their lot in life has improved considerably. *Twenty-five years ago, the corresponding figures were 12 percent and 33 percent*. One response might be to celebrate the ingenuity and drive that brought good fortune to these people, and to contend that a rising tide lifts all boats. That response would be misguided. *While the top 1 percent have seen their incomes rise 18 percent over the past decade, those in the middle have actually seen their incomes fall*. For men with only high-school degrees, the decline has been precipitous—12 percent in the last quarter-century alone. All the growth in recent decades—and more—has gone to those at the top. In terms of income equality, America lags behind any country in the old, ossified Europe that President George W. Bush used to deride. *Among our closest counterparts are Russia with its oligarchs and Iran*. *While many of the old centers of inequality in Latin America, such as Brazil, have been striving in recent years, rather successfully, to improve the plight of the poor and reduce gaps in income, America has allowed inequality to grow*. Economists long ago tried to justify the vast inequalities that seemed so troubling in the mid-19th century—inequalities that are but a pale shadow of what we are seeing in America today. The justification they came up with was called *“marginal-productivity theory.” In a nutshell, this theory associated higher incomes with higher productivity and a greater contribution to society*. It is a theory that has always been cherished by the rich. Evidence for its validity, however, remains thin. *The corporate executives who helped bring on the recession of the past three years—whose contribution to our society, and to their own companies, has been massively negative—went on to receive large bonuses. In some cases, companies were so embarrassed about calling such rewards “performance bonuses” that they felt compelled to change the name to “retention bonuses” (even if the only thing being retained was bad performance).* Those who have contributed great positive innovations to our society, from the pioneers of genetic understanding to the pioneers of the Information Age, have received a pittance compared with those responsible for the financial innovations that brought our global economy to the brink of ruin. Some people look at income inequality and shrug their shoulders. So what if this person gains and that person loses? What matters, they argue, is not how the pie is divided but the size of the pie. That argument is fundamentally wrong. An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year—an economy like America’s—is not likely to do well over the long haul. There are several reasons for this. *First, growing inequality is the flip side of something else: shrinking opportunity. Whenever we diminish equality of opportunity, it means that we are not using some of our most valuable assets—our people—in the most productive way possible*. *Second, many of the distortions that lead to inequality—such as those associated with monopoly power and preferential tax treatment for special interests—undermine the efficiency of the economy*. This new inequality goes on to create new distortions, undermining efficiency even further. To give just one example, far too many of our most talented young people, seeing the astronomical rewards, have gone into finance rather than into fields that would lead to a more productive and healthy economy. Third, and perhaps most important, a modern economy requires “collective action”—it needs government to invest in infrastructure, education, and technology. The United States and the world have benefited greatly from government-sponsored research that led to the Internet, to advances in public health, and so on. But America has long suffered from an under-investment in infrastructure (look at the condition of our highways and bridges, our railroads and airports), in basic research, and in education at all levels. Further cutbacks in these areas lie ahead. None of this should come as a surprise—it is simply what happens when a society’s wealth distribution becomes lopsided. *The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy become to spend money on common needs*. The rich don’t need to rely on government for parks or education or medical care or personal security—they can buy all these things for themselves. In the process, they become more distant from ordinary people, losing whatever empathy they may once have had. *They also worry about strong government—one that could use its powers to adjust the balance, take some of their wealth, and invest it for the common good.* *The top 1 percent may complain about the kind of government we have in America, but in truth they like it just fine: too gridlocked to re-distribute, too divided to do anything but lower taxes*. Economists are not sure how to fully explain the growing inequality in America. The ordinary dynamics of supply and demand have certainly played a role: labor saving technologies have reduced the demand for many “good” middle-class, blue-collar jobs. Globalization has created a worldwide marketplace, pitting expensive unskilled workers in America against cheap unskilled workers overseas. Social changes have also played a role—for instance, the decline of unions, which once represented a third of American workers and now represent about 12 percent. But one big part of *the reason we have so much inequality is that the top 1 percent want it that way. The most obvious example involves tax policy. Lowering tax rates on capital gains, which is how the rich receive a large portion of their income, has given the wealthiest Americans close to a free ride. Monopolies and near monopolies* have always been a source of economic power—from John D. Rockefeller at the beginning of the last century to Bill Gates at the end. *Lax enforcement of anti-trust laws, especially during Republican administrations, has been a godsend to the top 1 percent*. Much of today’s inequality is due to manipulation of the financial system, enabled by changes in the rules that have been bought and paid for by the financial industry itself—one of its best investments ever. The government lent money to financial institutions at close to 0 percent interest and provided generous bailouts on favorable terms when all else failed. Regulators turned a blind eye to a lack of transparency and to conflicts of interest. When you look at the sheer volume of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent in this country, it’s tempting to see our growing inequality as a quintessentially American achievement—we started way behind the pack, but now we’re doing inequality on a world-class level. And it looks as if we’ll be building on this achievement for years to come, because what made it possible is self-reinforcing. Wealth begets power, which begets more wealth. *During the savings-and-loan scandal of the 1980s—a scandal whose dimensions, by today’s standards, seem almost quaint—the banker Charles Keating was asked by a congressional committee whether the $1.5 million he had spread among a few key elected officials could actually buy influence. “I certainly hope so,” he replied*. *The Supreme Court, in its recent Citizens United case, has enshrined the right of corporations to buy government, by removing limitations on campaign spending*. The personal and the political are today in perfect alignment. *Virtually all U.S. senators, and most of the representatives in the House, are members of the top 1 percent when they arrive, are kept in office by money from the top 1 percent, and know that if they serve the top 1 percent well they will be rewarded by the top 1 percent when they leave office*. By and large, the key executive-branch policymakers on trade and economic policy also come from the top 1 percent. When pharmaceutical companies receive a trillion-dollar gift—through legislation prohibiting the government, the largest buyer of drugs, from bargaining over price—it should not come as cause for wonder. It should not make jaws drop that a tax bill cannot emerge from Congress unless big tax cuts are put in place for the wealthy. Given the power of the top 1 percent, this is the way you would expect the system to work. America’s inequality distorts our society in every conceivable way. There is, for one thing, a well-documented lifestyle effect—*people outside the top 1 percent increasingly live beyond their means. Trickle-down economics may be a chimera, but trickle-down behaviorism is very real*. Inequality massively distorts our foreign policy. The top 1 percent rarely serve in the military—the reality is that the “all-volunteer” army does not pay enough to attract their sons and daughters, and patriotism goes only so far. Plus, the wealthiest class feels no pinch from higher taxes when the nation goes to war: borrowed money will pay for all that. Foreign policy, by definition, is about the balancing of national interests and national resources. With the top 1 percent in charge, and paying no price, the notion of balance and restraint goes out the window. There is no limit to the adventures we can undertake; corporations and contractors stand only to gain. The rules of economic globalization are likewise designed to benefit the rich: they encourage competition among countries for business, which drives down taxes on corporations, weakens health and environmental protections, and undermines what used to be viewed as the “core” labor rights, which include the right to collective bargaining. Imagine what the world might look like if the rules were designed instead to encourage competition among countries for workers. Governments would compete in providing economic security, low taxes on ordinary wage earners, good education, and a clean environment—things workers care about. But the top 1 percent don’t need to care. Or, more accurately, they think they don’t. Of all the costs imposed on our society by the top 1 percent, perhaps the greatest is this: the erosion of our sense of identity, in which fair play, equality of opportunity, and a sense of community are so important. America has long prided itself on being a fair society, where everyone has an equal chance of getting ahead, but the statistics suggest otherwise: the chances of a poor citizen, or even a middle-class citizen, making it to the top in America are smaller than in many countries of Europe. The cards are stacked against them. It is this sense of an unjust system without opportunity that has given rise to the conflagrations in the Middle East: rising food prices and growing and persistent youth unemployment simply served as kindling. With youth unemployment in America at around 20 percent (and in some locations, and among some socio-demographic groups, at twice that); with one out of six Americans desiring a full-time job not able to get one; with one out of seven Americans on food stamps (and about the same number suffering from “food insecurity”)—given all this, there is ample evidence that something has blocked the vaunted “trickling down” from the top 1 percent to everyone else. 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Fwd: "Nonkilling Geography" book released
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joám Evans Pim <jevans(a)nonkilling.org> Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:38 PM Subject: "Nonkilling Geography" book released Dear Research Committee Member, The Center for Global Nonkilling is proud to announce the release of its latest book "Nonkilling Geography", featuring chapters by James Tyner, Joshua Inwood, Colin Flint, Nik Heynen, Graham Pickren, Alcindo José de Sá, Stephen Graham, Jenna M. Loyd, Barney Warf and Kathryn Gillespie, from our Nonkilling Geography Research Committee. Geography, in particular, can (and has) contributed significantly to our understanding of the various "spaces" of killing. However, to date, there has been no overarching, singular focus promoted by Geographers toward nonkilling. This volume constitutes the first, direct engagement by a panel of Geographers to think through the idea of a nonkilling society. Contributors were asked to think broadly, to expand our intellectual—and moral—horizon to question killing and nonkilling, violence and nonviolence. And in the pages that follow, readers will experience a vast array of ideas, an unfolding of a larger intellectual quest that has the singular goal of contributing toward a nonkilling and nonviolent world. The book can be download for free in PDF at the usual link: http://nonkilling.org/node/18 Paperback copies can also be ordered at US$ 10 following the link from the previous site or directly from: http://www.lulu.com/product/15903198 All CGNK materials are released under a Create Commons licence and we welcome wide distribution, so please share this new with colleagues and students. We also encourage you to feature this and other relevant CGNK publications in your course syllabi and to consider the possibility of preparing reviews for journals and websites. Thank you for your interest and kindness. Best wishes, Joám Evans Pim Research, Global Team Leader Center for Global Nonkilling (CGNK) P.O. Box 12232, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96828 http://www.nonkilling.org Board member, Brazilian Institute for Nonkilling Rua Uruguai, 472, Apt. 1002, Itajaí/SC, Brazil http://www.naomatar.org "Die if you must, but never kill." Marechal (General) Cândido Rondon (1865-1958) -- 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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