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New Report: Policies for Shareable Cities
by Neal Gorenflo 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

Dear commoners, I've been pretty quiet on this list lately, but today I have something relevant to share. Shareable just released a policy guide showing practical ways cities are supporting peer production, resource sharing, and bottom up job creation: http://www.shareable.net/blog/new-report-policies-for-shareable-cities Would love any feedback, ideas for where to share the report, or shares on social media. Thank you, Neal ps. if you feel inclined, here's a short message you can share / adapt on your networks: New Report: Policies for Shareable Cities: goo.gl/4DwKQq 32 ideas to increase sharing, co-production & jobs in your city. And here's a post about it that you're welcome to republish (all our content is CC): http://www.shareable.net/blog/12-policies-to-boost-innovation-resilience-pr… -- Neal Gorenflo, co-founder Shareable <http://www.shareable.net/> | @Shareable<http://twitter.com/Shareable>| 415.867.0429

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the flok society link is broken
by Michel Bauwens 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

. the flok society link is broken - PLEASE someone FIX! (Gordon Cook) Dear Gordon, our blog server was hacked to be used as a spambot, and it took longer than usual to fix it, it's now back online, Michel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:48:10 -0400 From: Gordon Cook <cook(a)cookreport.com> Subject: [P2P-F] the flok society link is broken - PLEASE someone FIX! To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> Message-ID: <FC5FC0F5-2E53-4C36-9174-06A5D4842D14(a)cookreport.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Not Found The requested URL /the-flok-society-project-ecuador-commits-itself-to-a- open-commons-based-knowledge-society/2013/09/20 was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at blog.p2pfoundation.net Port 80 I have written the following Regionalization ready or not is on its way. And the localization of our economies is the only way that we have to fight back. The efforts described herein will be key. As will be those of Michel Bauwens who has survived a mysterious insider effort to break up his peer to peer foundation. Michele is now in Ecuador where he is working with The FLOK Society Project: Ecuador commits itself to a open commons-based knowledge society. I checked google and there are about a half dozen entries all pointing to this broken link Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at blog.p2pfoundation.net Port 80============================================================= The COOK Report on Internet Protocol, (PSTN) 609 882-2572 Back Issues: http://www.cookreport.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=37&… Cook's Collaborative Edge Blog http://www.cookreport.com/wp/ Subscription info: http://www.cookreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&I… ============================================================= -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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the flok society link is broken - PLEASE someone FIX!
by Gordon Cook 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Not Found The requested URL /the-flok-society-project-ecuador-commits-itself-to-a-open-commons-based-knowledge-society/2013/09/20 was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at blog.p2pfoundation.net Port 80 I have written the following Regionalization ready or not is on its way. And the localization of our economies is the only way that we have to fight back. The efforts described herein will be key. As will be those of Michel Bauwens who has survived a mysterious insider effort to break up his peer to peer foundation. Michele is now in Ecuador where he is working with The FLOK Society Project: Ecuador commits itself to a open commons-based knowledge society. I checked google and there are about a half dozen entries all pointing to this broken link Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at blog.p2pfoundation.net Port 80============================================================= The COOK Report on Internet Protocol, (PSTN) 609 882-2572 Back Issues: http://www.cookreport.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=37&… Cook's Collaborative Edge Blog http://www.cookreport.com/wp/ Subscription info: http://www.cookreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&I… =============================================================

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Fwd: Thought would be of interest to you Michel
by Michel Bauwens 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Moore <alanm(a)smlxtralarge.com> Date: Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:54 AM Subject: Re: Thought would be of interest to you Michel To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Non-linear innovation Workshops, teaching, advising My experience attached “;+) On 24/09/2013 16:16, "Michel Bauwens" <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: I'm establishing a network of external experts we may draw on, if you describe your possible input and experience I will add you to the list, Michel On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Alan Moore <alanm(a)smlxtralarge.com> wrote: So I see, If I can assist you in anyway at all please let me know All the best - Alan On 22/09/2013 14:49, "Michel Bauwens" <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net < http://[email protected]> > wrote: Scotland seems to be a hotbet of p2p-oriented innovation, and so is Ecuador, see for info, on our latest activities: http://floksociety.org/2013/09/18/michel-bauwens-arriba-al-ecuador/ / http://bollier.org/blog/bauwens-joins-ecuador-planning-commons-based-peer-p… david bollier's article is very much worth reading, Michel On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Alan Moore <alanm(a)smlxtralarge.com < http://[email protected]> > wrote: www.no-straight-lines.com/blog/participatory-leadership-and-transformationa…< http://www.no-straight-lines.com/blog/participatory-leadership-and-transfor…> < http://www.no-straight-lines.com/blog/participatory-leadership-and-transfor…> All the best Alan -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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FW: Blogpost: "Internet Freedom" and Post-Snowden Global Internet Governance
by michael gurstein 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

With links http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/internet-freedom-and-post-snowden-g lobal-internet-governance/ http://tinyurl.com/n3onw87 "Internet Freedom" and Post-Snowden Global Internet Governance: Michael Gurstein The big story for the 2012 Internet Governance Forum in Baku was the almost overwhelming (and overpowering) emphasis placed by the US government delegation and its corporate allies (primarily Google) and its associates in (primarily US based) Civil Society on what was termed "Internet Freedom" and Multistakeholderism as its primary governance modality. The campaign was very well orchestrated and coordinated (through the US delegation led by a US Ambassador and the head of the NTIA Lawrence Strickling) who insisted that any "Internet governance" position which included any form of "government involvement" would necessarily imply or result in government's "takeover" or "control" of the Internet. Further, it was vociferously asserted that any deviation from this path was by definition an infringement of "Internet Freedom" and part of a slippery slope leading to full-on government suppression of "free speech" on the Internet. Those who pointed out that there already was quite considerable involvement of various governments in various aspects of Internet management were effectively shouted down as being sympathizers with the autocrats and enemies of "freedom" in such states as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia. The overwhelming response was that Internet "governance" was optimal as it was (or at least the corporate, (inter) governmental, and technical mechanisms governing its evolution were optimal); and that the only possible position for "lovers of the Internet" was to support the existing status quo with respect to Internet ("non") governance. Precisely what might be meant by "Internet Freedom" apart from rather fuzzy libertarian notions of keeping "the dead hand of government" as far as possible from the Internet as a hub of innovation and enterprise, was never made very clear beyond the level of slogan and exhortation. Rather it was loudly proclaimed that any form of formal governance of the Internet would be the greatest sin that could be perpetrated against the Internet as a burgeoning global infrastructure. In choosing among the various ways in which "Freedom" might be characterized this lobbying steamroller made quite clear that they were referring to Freedom "from"-government interference, government oversight, government regulation of anything to do with the Internet. And this theme and its ITU focused counterparts were equally evident at the ITU policy meeting held in Dubai some few months later (the WCIT). When some few small voices suggested that this full court press in support of "Freedom from" might also mean for example a freedom from the means for countries, particularly Less Developed Countries to introduce some form of taxation on the currently small but rapidly growing flow of Internet based revenues from already impoverished economies to already stupendously wealth private (and primarily US based) Internet corporations; or that there might be something wrong with the current way in which the basic "naming system" of the Internet via ICANN might be structured (as a sub-contractor to the US Department of Commerce); or that some issues such as privacy might require mechanisms for policy development and global enforcement, these comments were met with derision and howls that the authors of such positions were secret sympathizers of communications censors (ComSymps) of those on the other side of the emerging Internet cold war - i.e. the Russia's, China's, Saudi Arabia's of the world. But that was then and this is now and as startling revelation after revelation tumbles from the thumb drives of Mr. Edward Snowden the import if not the intent of (one hopes) certain of those Internet Freedom warriors (speculating on precisely who knew what, when, and how in this context makes for an interesting exercise) becomes clear. While so loudly advocating for Freedom "from" (whatever.), the Internet Freedom (IF) coalition was in fact, providing the diplomatic cover and lobbying campaign to ensure that no outcome of Internet governance would interfere with what would appear to be the overall US strategy of Freedom "to" - surveille, subvert, suborn and overall embed and maintain (as the NSA so aptly put it)-"total information dominance" of the Internet and all of its various manifestations now and presumably forever, in the service of US "security" and US interests. Such "security" it is clear from the Snowden documents means not only security against terrorism but also it seems (as enabled by the NSA's surveillance machine) security against potentially independent comment (and ultimately action) by both opposing and allied states; against fair competition since one side has access to all its information and the information from the other side as well; and quite startlingly the security of having the means to listen in on and ultimately control independent action, comment, commerce, and thought itself not only among "foreigners" (i.e. everyone else) but also even among those (in theory) protected by that most oft cited of documents the US constitution. That this "Freedom from" campaign has now been fully revealed for what it was (providing the ideological justification for an on-going coup d'etat against the republic of the Internet), leaves the matters of Internet Governance (where this all started) completely up in the air. But once having been revealed that we are no longer in Kansas and that the wicked witches of the North, South, East and West will be relentless in their pursuit of control including through the use of their boundless financial and technical resources; a response of some sort however reluctantly and with what trepidations seems to be in the cards as per the recent speech to the UN General Assembly by President Rousseff of Brazil. And so we have the upcoming 8th session of the Internet Governance Forum in Bali with many of the main protagonists having been more or less completely discredited (it might be fun if the same coalition were to try for another round of "Internet Freedom" confabulations but one can't imagine that even those folks have been sufficiently well trained to carry that one off with a straight face). So, what will be discussed at the IGF apart from the usual empty rhetoric about capacity building for LDC's and legitimate campaigns against online skullduggery of the spam, kiddieporn, phishing variety. Perhaps I could make a modest suggestion for the discussion. Perhaps we could discuss "Internet Freedom" but Internet Freedom in a post-Snowden world and without the hypocrisy and sanctimony of the previous discussions. Perhaps we could discuss Internet Freedom as Freedom from undue and unaccountable surveillance. Internet Freedom as true Freedom of Expression where the forces of repression whether in Langley or in Moscow or Shanghai are made transparent and accountable; where Internet Freedom is anchored in the rule of law-not the, shall we say, rather "flexible" law of the world's single superpower but a rule of law to which all are expected to adhere and where mechanisms are in place to ensure that, to the degree possible, all are responsive and accountable; where Internet Freedom is not just for some but where it's responsibilities and most importantly its protections are available for all of us - "foreigners" or no and where all have some degree of input into how those laws are constructed and administered; where Internet Freedom does not mean that actions on and through the Internet will be subverted and directed simply to further enrich the already obscenely enriched but rather to ensure that the benefits including financial benefits accruing from the Internet serve to reduce global inequalities. I look for those who a year ago, were so eager to rally forces in support of Internet Freedom to rally again to this somewhat battered standard but now one that is rather less naive and rather more reflective of the underlying reality of this technology enabled world in which we live.

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Fwd: Constitute - Tool for Designing Constitutions
by Michel Bauwens 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:55 PM Subject: Constitute - Tool for Designing Constitutions To: "econowmix(a)googlegroups.com" <econowmix(a)googlegroups.com> found via Seth https://www.constituteproject.org http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/23/4761922/google-launches-constitute-a-new-… The process of drafting a constitution is usually long, intricate and politically fraught — but with 160 different active constitutions to draw from, it's also uniquely amenable to data analysis. With that in mind, Google has partnered with the Comparative Constitutions Project to launch a new site called Constitute <https://www.constituteproject.org/>, devoted to comparing the world's constitutions. It examines nearly 350 constitutional themes, organized into topics like the duties of a citizen and the role of the executive. The result is a comprehensive view of how countries structure their governments, and a powerful tool for any would-be founders. As one co-founder put it, "If want to see what African constitutions have to say about the rights of women after 1945, you can do that in just a few clicks." "Our aim is to arm drafters with a better tool for constitution design and writing," Google said in a post accompanying the launch<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/explore-worlds-constitutions-with-ne…>. That's a niche audience, to put it mildly, but it's also an important one. In 2013 so far, Zimbabwe has already voted on a new constitution<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/world/africa/zimbabwe-votes-on-new-consti…>, and 2012 saw both Somalia and Syria adopt new founding documents, along with nearly half a dozen revisions from other countries. The hope is that, if Constitute can influence the next generation of constitutions and give citizens a greater sense of ownership over the documents, it could have a huge impact in years to come. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: New York Times op-ed that roundly condemns NSA’s practices
by Michel Bauwens 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:08 PM Subject: Fwd: New York Times op-ed that roundly condemns NSA’s practices To: "econowmix(a)googlegroups.com" <econowmix(a)googlegroups.com> https://optin.stopwatching.us/ + astounding op-ed<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y4IiR3TSfPO5Wutd536l1TkKpk6AKx9z> + They’ve endorsed a bill<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DVRX6k8uLujWMmUgDUpJTxhtBdVIYzuu> that would repeal the PATRIOT Act and parts of the FISA Amendments Act, essentially shutting down the NSA as we know it. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tiffiniy Cheng <info(a)fightforthefuture.org> Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:37 PM Subject: New York Times To: This is big. Over the weekend, the New York Times editorial board published an astounding op-ed<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y4IiR3TSfPO5Wutd536l1TkKpk6AKx9z>that roundly condemns the NSA’s practice of undermining encryption standards, and calls for sweeping reforms to rein in out-of-control government surveillance. They’ve endorsed a bill<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DVRX6k8uLujWMmUgDUpJTxhtBdVIYzuu>that would repeal the PATRIOT Act and parts of the FISA Amendments Act, essentially shutting down the NSA as we know it. That’s incredible. The mainstream media has never been on our side the way they are right now. Powerful members of Congress who are usually our foes<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Oa21otAy5nFjCb1%2F8jDrdzkKpk6AK…>are falling all over each other to pass bills they claim will put the NSA in check. We’re living in a crucial time for the Internet, and our actions (or inactions) could decide the future of free speech and democracy. That’s why we’re working with a huge coalition of groups to organize an historic protest in Washington, DC on the anniversary of the PATRIOT Act, to demand an end to the NSA’s tyranny. Click here to learn more. <http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fCxnnsuyQe2RZNuitGb2kzkKpk6AKx9z> We helped launch the Stop Watching Us coalition within weeks after Snowden’s first leak, and it has since grown to more than 560,000 signers<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hiJBSUV4U43ntEJ12Cy98zkKpk6AKx9z>, including groups from across the political spectrum and celebrities like John Cusack, Tim Berners Lee, Wil Wheaton, and Ai Weiwei. Now, the coalition is ready to take our grassroots advocacy to the next level: a major mobilization in Washington, DC to remind Congress that they work for us, not the NSA, and to make it clear in no uncertain terms that we will never stop fighting to protect the Internet from the threat of dragnet government surveillance. Here’s the details: What: Stop Watching Us: A Rally Against Mass Surveillance When: Sat., Oct. 26, 12–3 p.m. Where: TBD, Washington, D.C. Who: You and thousands of others fighting to restore our privacy Click here to learn more and RSVP for the rally. <http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ViV2PPpRPJ2ixcVegYUBLzkKpk6AKx9z> We’re working with a wide range of groups including the EFF, ACLU, Free Press, Demand Progress, FreedomWorks, Code Pink, the Libertarian Party, and so many more to organize a powerful action in DC, and help everyone get there through buses and ride-shares organized by the local groups that we’re building with. There are a million things to do to make this rally huge, so reply to this email if you can help mobilize people in your area. We’re also working on a plan for a huge online protest to coincide with the on-the-ground demonstration, so that everyone can take part. RSVP here if you want to make sure you’re kept in the loop.<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CIfWkVsz%2BEi%2BCtxu4AXf3DkKpk6…> We’re down to the wire. Right now we have the public, the tech community, and the media on our side, but if we wait too long to respond in a big way, we’ll lose that energy and we run the risk that people will just start accepting the fact that the government is watching all of us all the time. We can’t allow that to happen. The White House is trying to reassure the public, but a shocking AP report shows<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HkjeVOFaFEQxnpnwZtjbITkKpk6AKx9z>that the “review panel” that was appointed to investigate the NSA is little more than a rubber stamp committee with no intention of stopping the spying. Meanwhile, tech companies are having to tell their customers to stop using security software that the NSA intentionally weakened<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nZcjYixENNfvgMM61pJtEzkKpk6AKx9z> . Who knows what revelations next week’s NSA news stories will bring? What we do know is that the time to rise up against this surveillance state is right now. Forward this email, and the New York Times op-ed<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9y%2BBaoxY7rpdHuwuQwA%2FlDkKpk6…>, to your friends and family. Get them on board, and then bring them with you when you come to DC! Click here to join the protest.<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Alp4lTn%2Fczy5Wutd536l1TkKpk6AK…> More soon, -Evan and Tiffiniy Fight for the Future P.S. we rely on members like you to sustain our work while we fight for everyone’s online freedom. Will you sign up to make a recurring donation so we can continue our winning streak?<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9t4o%2BaoRGDUdughpj%2BmVYTkKpk6…> *Want more awesome more often?* *Like<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JtkVdBgnTzBjCb1%2F8jDrdzkKpk6AK…>us on Facebook *Follow us on Twitter<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IJOWNqAhnIyRZNuitGb2kzkKpk6AKx9z> *Donate<http://nt.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uVUr3FdaNMLntEJ12Cy98zkKpk6AKx9z>to keep us fighting. ** -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: FRIDAY: Ostrom Workshop Presents Prof. Wolfgang Hoeschele on A Political Economy of Abundance _ Noon at the Ostrom Workshop & LiveStreaming
by Michel Bauwens 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Conway, Ryan Timothy <rtconway(a)indiana.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:18 AM Subject: FRIDAY: Ostrom Workshop Presents Prof. Wolfgang Hoeschele on A Political Economy of Abundance _ Noon at the Ostrom Workshop & LiveStreaming To: "Conway, Ryan Timothy" <rtconway(a)indiana.edu> Cc: The Community Commons Project at IU <comprjt(a)indiana.edu> Good Morning! I'm writing to announce the Community Commons Colloquia for Friday September 27th. Please distribute this announcement and Flyer to your colleagues, coworkers, departmental listservs, friends, family, and anyone else you think might be interested in learning about the concept of the commons and how academic scholarship, community practice, and social engagement can combine to create both social arrangements and resource-pools with the power to sustain real communities, when faced with failures of the market and the state. Please feel free to attend or to tune-in to the LiveStream to explore, with us, what Lin Ostrom saw as a world "Beyond Market and States" *Community Commons Colloquia* *Professor Wolfgang Höschele* * * Presents * * *“The Commons Abundance Network: An Online Commons for an Economy of Abundance”* Date: Friday, September 27, 2013 Time: Noon-1:30pm Location: The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 513 N. Park Avenue Live Stream URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~video/stream/liveflash.html?filename=Colloquia Archive Stream URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~video/stream/launchflash.html?folder=video&filename… We hope to see you there or have you watching! All the Best, Ryan Ryan T. Conway PhD Student Indiana University Department of Political Science GPSO Representative (2013-2014) CITL Service-Learning Fellow (2013-2014) Community Commons Colloquium Series Coordinator Health Commons Working Group Coordinator Radical Commons Working Group Coordinator The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Rm. 100 505 N. Park Ave Bloomington, IN 47408 Office: 812-855-9512 Cell: 314-520-1176 Fax: 812-855-3150 [Personal] rtconway(a)indiana.edu [The Community Commons Project at IU] comprjt(a)indiana.edu [Radical Commons Working Group] radicalcommonswg(a)gmail.com [Community Commons Working Group] communitycommonsproject(a)gmail.com -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Belgian Neonazi uses DMCA to take down Center for a Stateless Society website (Kevin Carson)
by Michel Bauwens 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Kevin, okay for me, as long as you are sure that this is effectively a neonazi and don't use such moniker's lightly, if this is urgent, make sure to post-date some other item our blog server is down but will be back online later today Michel On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:00 AM, < p2p-foundation-request(a)lists.ourproject.org> wrote: > Belgian Neonazi uses DMCA to take down Center for a Stateless > Society website (Kevin Carson) > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: UNRISD SSE Update: Cooperatives and Sustainable Development, Community Development Banks in Brazil and the global SSE LinkedIn Group
by Michel Bauwens 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: UNRISD Social and Solidarity Economy <sse(a)unrisd.org> Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:04 AM Subject: UNRISD SSE Update: Cooperatives and Sustainable Development, Community Development Banks in Brazil and the global SSE LinkedIn Group To: *Apologies for cross-posting* Dear friends and colleagues, The Social and Solidarity Economy is gaining visibility in national policy circles as well as within the United Nations system. UNRISD continues to stimulate an open-minded yet critical dialogue that facilitates an interesting debate on trends within SSE. We are also participating in SSE events worldwide, including the upcoming 5th RIPESS International Meeting of SSE <http://ripess.org/manila2013> that will take place during 15-18October in Manila, the Philippines. An update from us: We are launching an initiative on the contribution of cooperatives to sustainable development, in collaboration with the ILO Cooperatives Unit and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). As part of this initiative a background study is being drafted to be presented in policy roundtables, conferences and seminars in 2013-14. The study will be informed by a survey and in-depth interviews with representatives of the cooperative movement from around the world. If you are affiliated with a cooperative, we ask you to take a moment to fill the *survey*. By providing your inputs you will contribute to communicating the critical role cooperatives play in achieving sustainable development goals. The deadline for the survey is *October 15, 2013*. Please feel free to disseminate this message among your networks. *Please click on the links to take the survey in **English* <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ilo-coop-english>*, **French*<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ilo-coop-french> *, or **Spanish* <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ilo-coop-spanish>*. * Our latest publications include think pieces by Meyer and Leal on Community Development Banks<http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/newsview.nsf/(httpNews)/492A681B2A2F6D…>in Brazil<http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/newsview.nsf/(httpNews)/492A681B2A2F6D…>, by Richards and Ruddick on Complementary Currencies<http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/newsview.nsf/(httpNews)/B84ECEC19AC549…>in Kenya. and by Larraitz Altuna-Gabilondo on the Mondragon <http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/newsview.nsf/(httpNews)/DA6E37662364DD…>cooperative in Spain. Our SSE conference event brief is now available in English<http://www.unrisd.org/eb1>, French <http://www.unrisd.org/eb1-french>and Spanish <http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpPublications)/AF356EC9AED88C86C…>at http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/%28httpPublicationsHome%29/$First?Op… The new Social and Solidarity Economy LinkedIn group<http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Social-Solidarity-Economy-5117299/about?trk=…>is stimulating dialogue and networking between practitioners, researchers and policy makers around the world. We invite you to join the group today. As a member you can exchange ideas about SSE, inform others of your work and get connected to colleagues from all over the world. You are welcome to post comments in your preferred language, and becoming a member is free of charge. Please share the webpage with your networks: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Social-Solidarity-Economy-5117299/about?trk=… Kind regards, The UNRISD SSE team Follow UNRISD on -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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