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Fwd: how apple and android are supporting apptivism
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

full text, I created http://p2pfoundation.net/Real-Time_Mobile_Protest_Applications thanks for eventually suggesting similar Android applications ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Franco Iacomella <yaco(a)gnu.org> Date: Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 6:41 PM Subject: Re: how apple and android are supporting apptivism To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> El 25/06/11 04:13, Michel Bauwens escribió: hi franco, for some reason I can't quote from this here, see > http://www.redpepper.org.uk/**activism-3-0/<http://www.redpepper.org.uk/activism-3-0/> > Hi Michel, here is text content of that page (no secrets to copy it): Activism 3.0 Protests are increasingly appearing on the internet in real time in a myriad of ways. Adam Waldron takes a look at the smartphone applications that every activist needs Karl Marx famously said that capitalism would produce its own gravedigger - and of course he meant the working class would overthrow the world order. But the arch-capitalists at Apple are rapidly arming students and trade unionists with the technology to agitate online, secretly organise direct actions and then publicise them worldwide in seconds. Apptivism has the potential to transform the spontaneous outburst of demonstrations and renewed interest in the radical left into a coherent, highly organised and efficient movement. When protesters go 'tooled up' to demonstrations these days, they are grasping iPhones and Blackberrys bristling with the latest applications. Micah White argued in The Guardian that 'digital activists' promoting 'clicktivism' are endangering the very 'possibility of an emancipatory revolution in our lifetimes'. But as Red Pepper launches its clicktastic new website, here is a practical guide to Apptivism - because iPhone apps will be used to equip the uprising out in the streets, in real time, and make sure it is televised. Apple's own iBooks (free) gives you a free of Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto. Yes, every iPhone comes with a free copy of the Communist Manifesto ready to install. And classics like Trotsky's An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed and Exhausted Peoples of Europe and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery are available for sale from the Apple Store Ustream Live Broadcaster (free). Your humble iPhone 4 becomes a HD television camera with live broadcaster. Film protests as they happen and stream them live to the world. Who needs Sky News with its multi-million cameras and satellite uplink vans – this is citizen broadcast journalism. iMovie (£2.99) from Apple allows you to edit footage from town hall riots on your handset. You can add the Clash’s White Riot to the background, run subtitles to help those who are hard of hearing and include Channel 4 News style graphics - before uploading to YouTube. We now own the means of television production. Those who still like to write and publish must have BlogPress (£1.79) or equivalent so they can post immediately to their blog or website live from the meeting. Double up with Apple’s new AirPrint and you can have a printed leaflet before the demo has even reached the rally. Essential organisational tools include CalenGoo (£3.99) which allows you to sync and manage calendars off the web and shows you where you should be and when. Coalition of Resistance and the Right to Work Campaign could share a calendar so their public meetings do not clash. Members can sync so they are booked to attend in their private calendar automatically (this is known as revolutionary discipline). Things (£5.99) is an expensive but extraordinarily useful to-do list which allows activists to manage their various tasks for the hundred and one protest groups they are taking part in. You can add an item direct on the phone during an organising meeting. Coders promise the ability to assign tasks to cadre members (other people) very soon. ProCamera (£1.79) is the best Apps for stills photography, with sharp 5 megapixel images of student graffiti on police vans and riot officers overreacting immediately afterwards. These are good enough for national newspapers and leftwing websites. For those of an artistic temperament, the Album and Studio suite allows you to touch up the images before using Flickr (free) to upload to the web. For photographers who like to use a digital SLR but want to upload before everyone else can buy a £39 lump of plastic, an app called ZoomIt (free) takes files from your memory card and transfers them to the iPhone, before posting online. The Eye-Fi App (free) will also upload - and if you invest in a SD card with Wifi you can get images live to the web from the riot zone. Your world changing photographs will already be online when you get arrested. TweetDeck (free) is universally acknowledged as the best app for tweeting 160 word microblogs - and can handle multiple accounts so you can post for your party and your party front at the same time. Twitter (free) is losing its edge as a propaganda tool but should be used to cascade information secretly through organisations. Climate Camp could tell thousands of activists to meet at Bishopsgate using a single tweet quicker than front line police could get a decision from Gold Command. Private mass communications are now possible with Groups 2 (£2.39), which can send up to 100 texts at a time and mass emails. It allows the user to create multiple subscriber lists for each of the campaigns you are helping publicise. You can have separate lists for the steering group and the membership, the local anti-cuts campaign and the local Palestine solidarity group. Reeder (£1.79) is the best way to access RSS feeds from your favourite left magazine, blogs and campaign sites so you can keep up to date with dozens of anti-cuts groups around the country (even if you are offline) while Google's Reader is a free (online only) alternative. Geolocation apps like HeyWAY Pro (59p) and Friends Around Me (free) should already be used by organisations to help leaflet distributors, stewards and activists best work together on marches and big events. You can make sure you have paper sellers everywhere. AroundMe (free) will help hungry activists find food (and banks, petrol stations, cash points) during long demonstrations. For the cultural, Alarm Clock Pro (59p) will wake you with a rousing version of the Internationale while Grindr (free) and its women orientated and heterosexual equivalents allow a social life away from comrades for those with too little time for friends. Cool extras include Mobile Mouse (free) for those PowerPoint displays to liven up local meetings; JotNot Scanner Pro (59p) allows you to scan documents and email them so you can take a picture of a leaflet and then hand it straight back; RedLaser (free) used to scan barcodes of goods so you can check if the latest edition of Das Capital is in fact cheaper over the internet and Tube Map (free) so you can get around London to picket-lines even when the roads are blocked by riots. Apple has not yet produced an app that shows the working conditions at its Foxconn cityfactory in China, allows you to send messages of support to those on the shop floor contemplating suicide or to donate money to any state-banned union. They could call it iPicketApple (free the workers). But in the meantime, we're going to have to find a way to do this ourselves. -- Franco Iacomella -- 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: [opennetcoalition] Protecting Freedoms Online: La Quadrature's Proposals
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi Chris, it's on Ning, can you also put it on the regular blog, post-dated early July? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:32 PM Subject: [opennetcoalition] Protecting Freedoms Online: La Quadrature's Proposals To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/protecting-freedoms-online-la-quadratures-pr… Protecting Freedoms Online: La Quadrature's Proposals *** Paris, June 23 2011 — La Quadrature du Net releases a set of proposals to guarantee freedom of communication on the Internet and allow the network to remain a tool for democracy, culture and socio-economic innovation. The citizen organisation encourages all citizens to share these proposals and discuss them with decision-makers. *** We are at a turning point in the history of the Internet. The HADOPI law in France, the G8's decision to control the Net, ACTA, the US and French governments' reaction to WikiLeaks, the rapid expansion of censorship policies, including in democratic countries, are only a few examples of the threats that put its future in jeopardy. Against these threats, citizens must urgently act to ensure that the Internet remains a tool for democracy, human development and innovation. With these objectives in mind, La Quadrature du Net presents its proposals [1]. The citizen organization invites all citizens to make these proposals their own in order to discuss them, in particular with policy makers. These proposals follow three key directions: ** Protecting Human Rights in the digital society. ** Guarantee the right to a fair trial Guarantee the assumption of legality for every online publication Reconsider the limits of freedom of expression in an renewed public sphere ** Ensuring that the Internet will remain technically free and open ** Protect Net Neutrality by law Promote the development of shared wireless networks Support the development of user-controlled servers and terminals ** Promoting the free sharing of culture and knowledge ** Recognize sharing in law and in practice Explore new funding models for creation, information and the media Reinforce the public domain and make the digital heritage available to everybody “These proposals are intended to enable citizens to adapt our society and our legislation to the Internet and its democratic potential. As we are reaching a climax in the tension between those who want to seize control of the Internet and those who want to enjoy their freedom and new capabilities, it is vital to act so as to protect fundamental rights online.” says Jérémie Zimmermann, spokesperson of the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. * Références * 1. They are presented in detail at this address: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/proposals ** About la Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations : http://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-squaring-net-la-quadrature-du-n… ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ Opennetcoalition mailing list Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net http://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition -- 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] IMF (an excellent article)
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi Mike, one of our motto's here is, "there is never to much info", especially on so important matters, so please keep them coming, Michel On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 3:02 PM, mike stagman <artemesium(a)yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Sure! > > I have three more good articles on the Spanish democracy movement. Should > I send them on? Or is it too much info on the subject? > > Cheers, > > Mike > > --- On *Sat, 25/6/11, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: IMF (an excellent article) > To: "mike stagman" <artemesium(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: "Markus Petz" <ravenwyn(a)gmail.com>, "p2p-foundation" < > p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> > Date: Saturday, 25 June, 2011, 8:29 > > > thank you Mike! > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM, mike stagman <artemesium(a)yahoo.co.uk<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Published on Friday, June 3, 2011 by the Independent/UK<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-i…> > It's Not Just Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The IMF Itself Should Be On Trial > Imagine a prominent figure was charged, not with raping a hotel maid, but > with starving her, and her family, to death > by Johann Hari <http://www.commondreams.org/johann-hari> > > Sometimes, the most revealing aspect of the shrieking babble of the 24/7 > news agenda is the silence. Often the most important facts are hiding > beneath the noise, unmentioned and undiscussed. > > So the fact that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the > International Monetary Fund (IMF), is facing trial for allegedly raping a > maid in a New York hotel room is – rightly – big news. But imagine a > prominent figure was charged not with raping a maid, but starving her to > death, along with her children, her parents, and thousands of other people. > That is what the IMF has done to innocent people in the recent past. That is > what it will do again, unless we transform it beyond all recognition. But > that is left in the silence. > > > To understand this story, you have to reel back to the birth of the IMF. In > 1944, the countries that were poised to win the Second World War gathered > in a hotel in rural New Hampshire to divvy up the spoils. With a few > honorable exceptions, like the great British economist John Maynard Keynes, > the negotiators were determined to do one thing. They wanted to build a > global financial system that ensured the money and resources of the planet > were forever hoovered towards them. They set up a series of institutions > designed for that purpose – and so the IMF was delivered into the world. > > > The IMF’s official job sounds simple and attractive. It is supposedly there > to ensure poor countries don’t fall into debt, and if they do, to lift them > out with loans and economic expertise. It is presented as the poor world’s > best friend and guardian. But beyond the rhetoric, the IMF was designed to > be dominated by a handful of rich countries – and, more specifically, by > their bankers and financial speculators. The IMF works in their interests, > every step of the way. > > > Let’s look at how this plays out on the ground. In the 1990s, the small > country of Malawi in Southeastern Africa was facing severe economic problems > after enduring one of the worst HIV-AIDS epidemics in the world and > surviving a horrific dictatorship. They had to ask the IMF for help. If the > IMF has acted in its official role, it would have given loans and guided the > country to develop in the same way that Britain and the US and every other > successful country had developed – by protecting its infant industries, > subsidizing its farmers, and investing in the education and health of its > people. > > > That’s what an institution that was concerned with ordinary people – and > accountable to them – would look like. But the IMF did something very > different. They said they would only give assistance if Malawi agreed to the > ‘structural adjustments’ the IMF demanded. They ordered Malawi to sell off > almost everything the state owned to private companies and speculators, and > to slash spending on the population. They demanded they stop subsidizing > fertilizer, even though it was the only thing that made it possible for > farmers – most of the population – to grow anything in the country’s feeble > and depleted soil. They told them to prioritize giving money to > international bankers over giving money to the Malawian people. > > > So when in 2001 the IMF found out the Malawian government had built up > large stockpiles of grain in case there was a crop failure, they ordered > them to sell it off to private companies at once. They told Malawi to get > their priorities straight by using the proceeds to pay off a loan from a > large bank the IMF had told them to take out in the first place, at a 56 per > cent annual rate of interest. The Malawian president protested and said > this was dangerous. But he had little choice. The grain was sold. The banks > were paid. > > > The next year, the crops failed. The Malawian government had almost nothing > to hand out. The starving population was reduced to eating the bark off the > trees, and any rats they could capture. The BBC described it as Malawi’s > “worst ever famine.” There had been a much worse crop failure in 1991-2, but > there was no famine because then the government had grain stocks to > distribute. So at least a thousand innocent people starved to death. > > > At the height of the starvation, the IMF suspended $47m in aid, because the > government had ‘slowed’ in implementing the marketeeing ‘reforms’ that had > led to the disaster. ActionAid, the leading provider of help on the ground, > conducted an autopsy into the famine. They concluded that the IMF “bears > responsibility for the disaster.” > > {By the way, ActionAid has written that 2/3 of PATENTS are never > marketed. Patents are a nice part of the whole problem of Slavery by > corporations and their bought-governments.-- M.S.} > > > Then, in the starved wreckage, Malawi did something poor countries are not > supposed to do. They told the IMF to get out. Suddenly free to answer to > their own people rather than foreign bankers, Malawi disregarded all the > IMF’s ‘advice’, and brought back subsidies for the fertilizer, along with a > range of other services to ordinary people. Within two years, the country > was transformed from being a beggar to being so abundant they were supplying > food aid to Uganda and Zimbabwe. > > > The Malawian famine should have been a distant warning cry for you and me.Subordinating the interests of ordinary people to bankers and speculators > caused starvation there. Within a few years, it had crashed the global > economy for us all. > > \ > > In the history of the IMF, this story isn’t an exception: it is the rule. > The organization takes over poor countries, promising it has medicine that > will cure them – and then pours poison down their throats. Whenever I travel > across the poor parts of the world I see the scars from IMF ‘structural > adjustments’ everywhere, from Peru to Ethiopia. Whole countries have > collapsed after being IMF-ed up – most famously Argentina and Thailand in > the 1990s. > > > Look at some of the organization’s greatest hits. In Kenya, the IMF > insisted the government introduce fees to see the doctor – so the number of > women seeking help or advice on STDs fell by 65 per cent, in one of the > countries worst affected by AIDS in the world. > > > In Ghana, the IMF insisted the government introduce fees for going to > school – and the number of rural families who could afford to send their > kids crashed by two-thirds. In Zambia, the IMF insisted they slash health > spending – and the number of babies who died doubled. Amazingly enough, it > turns out that shoveling your country’s money to foreign bankers, rather > than your own people, isn’t a great development strategy. > > > The Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz worked closely with the > IMF for over a decade, until he quit and became a whistle-blower. He told me > a few years ago: “When the IMF arrives in a country, they are interested in > only one thing. How do we make sure the banks and financial institutions > are paid?... It is the IMF that keeps the [financial] speculators in > business. They’re not interested in development, or what helps a country to > get out of poverty.” > > > Some people call the IMF “inconsistent”, because the institution supports > huge state-funded bank bailouts in the rich world, while demanding an end to > almost all state funding in the poor world. But that’s only an inconsistency > if you are thinking about the realm of intellectual ideas, rather than raw > economic interests. In every situation, the IMF does what will get more > money to bankers and speculators. If rich governments will hand banks money > for nothing in “bailouts”, great. If poor countries can be forced to hand > banks money in extortionate “repayments”, great. It’s absolutely consistent. > > > Some people claim that Strauss-Kahn was a “reformer” who changed the IMF > after he took over in 2009. Certainly, there was a shift in rhetoric – but > detailed study by Dr Daniela Gabor of the University of the West of England > has shown that the substance is business-as-usual. > > > Look, for example, at Hungary. After the 2008 crash, the IMF lauded them > for keeping to their original deficit target by slashing public services. > The horrified Hungarian people responded by kicking the government out, and > choosing a party that promised to make the banks pay for the crisis they had > created. They introduced a 0.7 per cent levy on the banks (four times higher > than anywhere else). The IMF went crazy. They said this was “highly > distortive” for banking activity – unlike the bailouts, of course – and > shrieked that it would cause the banks to flee from the country. The IMF > shut down their entire Hungary program to intimidate them. > > > But the collapse predicted by the IMF didn’t happen. Hungary kept on > pursuing sensible moderate measures, instead of punishing the population. > They imposed taxes on the hugely profitable sectors of retail, energy and > telecoms, and took funds from private pensions to pay the deficit. The IMF > shrieked at every step, and demanded cuts for ordinary Hungarians instead. > It was the same old agenda, with the same old threats. Strauss-Kahn did the > same in almost all the poor countries where the IMF operated, from El > Salvador to Pakistan to Ethiopia, where big cuts in subsidies for ordinary > people have been imposed. Plenty have been intimidated into harming their > own interests. The US-based think tank the Center for Economic and Policy > Research found 31 of 41 IMF agreements require ‘pro-cyclical’ macroeconomic > policies – pushing them further into recession. > > > It is not only Strauss-Kahn who should be on trial. It is the institution > he has been running. There’s an inane debate in the press about who should > be the next head of the IMF, as if we were discussing who should run the > local Milk Board. But if we took the idea of human equality seriously, and > remembered all the people who have been impoverished, starved and killed by > this institution, we would be discussing the establishment of a Truth and > Reconciliation Commission – and how to disband the IMF entirely and start > again. > > > If Strauss-Kahn is guilty, I suspect I know how it happened. He must have > mistaken the maid for a poor country in financial trouble. Heads of the IMF > have, after all, been allowed to rape them with impunity for years. > > > © 2011 Independent/UK > [image: Johann Hari] <http://www.commondreams.org/johann-hari> > Johann Hari is a columnist for the London Independent<http://www.independent.co.uk/>. > He has reported from Iraq, Israel/Palestine, the Congo, the Central African > Republic, Venezuela, Peru and the US, and his journalism has appeared in > publications all over the 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 > > > > > > -- 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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nurses campaign for fair taxation
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi Orsan, could you eventually report on this campaign? see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JzNKGDMIkg&NR=1 -- 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 new political art
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

was it you chris who presented the spanish posters a while ago? here is another suggestion in the same vein: http://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-designs-for-our-times/ -- 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 apple and android are supporting apptivism
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

hi franco, for some reason I can't quote from this here, see http://www.redpepper.org.uk/activism-3-0/ can you send me a text version I could use for quoting? or feel free to write up something yourself on this, as I'll be gone for 10 days again, and need extra material see http://www.redpepper.org.uk/activism-3-0/ -- 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 new musical protest culture
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi Kevin, I'm trying to draw you in to write for our blog, with perhaps a fun project, I notice there is a new musical culture brewing, with radical texts, see for example the artists featured in the latest OS13 movie from anonymous which I hope you have seen, but also, Lupe Fiasco http://www.thenewsignificance.com/2011/06/24/jorge-rivas-lupe-fiasco-debate… atari teenage riot, http://www.thenewsignificance.com/2011/06/22/luke-turner-alec-empire-the-ag… and the music of the arab spring, http://www.thenewsignificance.com/2011/06/22/top-five-arab-spring-hip-hop-s… just wondering if this could not inspire you for a column 'P2P Music of the Week" -- 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: Your Sample TNS Web MagazineLupe Fiasco vs. Bill O'Reilly, Newcastle Slutwalk, And More...
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

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Fwd: [okfn-announce] OKCon 2011 volunteers & updates
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich(a)okfn.org> Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:19 PM Subject: [okfn-announce] OKCon 2011 volunteers & updates To: okfn-announce(a)lists.okfn.org Dear all, just a few days until OKCon 2011 open the doors: June 30th & July 1st in Berlin We are really excited about Programme and speakers list http://okcon.org/2011/programme We are busily doing last preparations and we are still looking for some helping hand! If you would like to join OKCon team please get in contact with the organising Committee at okcon(a)okfn.org. Have a look on volunteer roles: http://okcon.okfnpad.org/todos And add your name to one of the roles in this sheet: http://bit.ly/okcon-volunteers Volunteers get a free ticket. For all others: There are few tickets left: http://okcon2011.eventbrite.com/ Can't make it to OKCon? We have a stream at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/open-knowlegde We have created a post event Documentation page at: http://okcon.org/2011/after See you in Berlin! Daniel -- Daniel Dietrich The Open Knowledge Foundation Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org Mail: daniel.dietrich(a)okfn.org Mobil: +49 171 780 870 3 Twitter: @ddie _______________________________________________ okfn-announce mailing list okfn-announce(a)lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-announce -- 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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jaapn van till's background to #globalrevolution, presentation
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

this is a really great presentation and I urge everyone to have a look at it, bravo Jaap, really well done ... Chris, what is the best way to show this on our blog? scribd? Franco, do you think you could extract page 14 from this, a great metaphor for p2p political power that we could use in the politics section of our wiki as well as on the blog article presening jaap's presentation, jaap, could you send some intro text to Chris, to add to it as context, chris, thanks for post-dating this in July ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:49 PM Subject: Re: mijn lezing over achtergrond en toekomstrichting van de #globalrevolution To: Jaap van Till <vantill(a)gmail.com> Cc: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> thanks Jaap! On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Jaap van Till <vantill(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://t.co/BCGsweB > > -- > =================================== > Groet van/ Yours Sincerely > prof. em. ir Jaap van Till http://www.vantill.dds.nl/ > * LEADING EDGE SPARRING PARTNER > * HUB, LifeWeaver & Chief Scientist- Tildro Research BV > * Senior Advisor- Stratix Consulting, Hilversum, NL > * Emeritus professor telecommunication & networks- TUDelft; HAN univ, NL > vantill (at) gmail (dot) com +31 (6) - 55 30 3210 > ================================= > -- 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 -- 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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