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domains discussion
by Michel Bauwens 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:00 AM, < p2p-foundation-request(a)lists.ourproject.org> wrote: > Looking to how much are active the discussions on P2P (./p2p.open) > Facebook group than on Blog comments, perhaps there's the need to better > integrate wordpress with facebook and other social media. > I think this is a quick and fast intervention which makes the most sense. The Commons Economics model that I liked was powerful precisely because of that, on the same page you not only saw more titles of articles, but also the tweets, and the discussion forums, I'm not aware of blog / facebook integration modules .. do they exist ? but karl is right, the place where discussion is happening is the p2p fb group .... and really nowhere else with that intensity

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Fwd: Antiarchitecture-new pages ([email protected])
by Michel Bauwens 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nikos Salingaros (Google Drive) <salingar(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:05 AM Subject: Antiarchitecture-new pages (michelsub2004(a)gmail.com) To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com I've shared an item with you. Dear friends, Are interested in helping with this project? My friends in Spain and Chile are finalizing the Spanish edition of my book "Anti-architecture and Deconstruction", to be published free online when it's formatted. We also have the option to print copies locally anywhere, which means a group of friends will find and pay a printing company to produce the required number of books from the free pdf file. If you have any contacts that are willing to check and correct a rough translation of 10 pages, quickly and for free, then we can do this collaboratively online. I want to add these new pieces to the book. I have put up the text on Google docs, which allows anybody who wishes to enter and make corrections. And I'll also put up the english text for the participants to compare. We can work with a deadline of one to two weeks. Best wishes, Nikos [image: Document] Antiarchitecture-new pages<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PVcL_x2JcA8hsIoeGtN1ewjvQCeQXFLjnsKKalS…> Google Drive: create, share, and keep all your stuff in one place. [image: Logo for Google Drive] <https://drive.google.com> -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: CIMA/NED Event Reminder: Ecuador's Communications Law and the Bonilla Case
by Michel Bauwens 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: JanEJGServaes <9cssc9(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 9:18 AM Subject: Fwd: CIMA/NED Event Reminder: Ecuador's Communications Law and the Bonilla Case To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> fyi Jan Begin forwarded message: *From: *Center for International Media Assistance <cima(a)ned.org> *Subject: **CIMA/NED Event Reminder: Ecuador's Communications Law and the Bonilla Case* *Date: *March 5, 2014 at 12:43:03 AM GMT+8 *To: *jservaes(a)comm.umass.edu *Reply-To: *cima(a)ned.org * <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00125k0PsfUpfJd4jbHtXqndDs05p5OsgCry8TvYqM7EJzA…> * *The Communications Law in Ecuador:* *When Censoring a Cartoon Becomes a Presidential Priority * Since his reelection, President Rafael Correa has used a series of laws and decrees to constrain criticism and dissent. In June 2013, the National Assembly passed a restrictive communications law that designates the media as a public service subject to government regulation. Political cartoonist Xavier Bonilla was the first victim of this law following the publication of a cartoon that depicted the house raid of journalist Fernando Villavicencio. President Correa called Bonilla, among other things, "an assassin with ink." Bonilla was forced to publish a correction, and El Universo paid a large fine. Join NED's CIMA and Latin America & Caribbean Program and Freedom House for a discussion on the restrictive nature of the communications law in Ecuador. *Featuring:* *Xavier Bonilla* Political Cartoonist at* El Universo* *Martha Roldós* * Fundación Mil Hojas* *Carlos Lauría * Committee to Protect Journalists Wednesday, March 5 12:00-2:00 p.m. *Lunch will be served from 12:00-12:30* 1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00125k0PsfUpfJDtFhg4V7D6vcqRjzMgrrerV4OXeZN_Lgr…> * If you are unable to join us, watch the event live here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00125k0PsfUpfKz1MOOM2HqUeCmTXZSdcRSbmb_IiS0_iNk…>. * *Follow the event on Twitter: #cimaevents* ****Portions of this event will be in Spanish. Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English will be provided on a limited basis. * Forward email<http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=vcw9audab&m=1103404816469&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=001uBxRG66eq3ZjAhsqbVZhl7vs3…> <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?pn=nationalendowmentdemocracy&cc=n…> This email was sent to jservaes(a)comm.umass.edu by cima(a)ned.org | Update Profile/Email Address<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&mse=001uBxRG66eq3ZjAhsqbVZhl7vs3…> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=001uBxRG66eq3ZjAhsqbVZhl7vs3…>(tm) | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. Center for International Media Assistance | 1025 F St. NW | Suite 800 | Washington | DC | 20004 -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: Three...or Four Property Rights
by Michel Bauwens 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Cook <cjenscook(a)googlemail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 5:52 AM Subject: Three...or Four Property Rights To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, Michel Bauwens < michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Hi Michel I posted this response to that Naked Capitalism post to which you linked before I realised it was a month and a half old.... Best Regards Chris The subject of property rights, the protocols which define them, and the instruments which are necessary for their exchange, has been central to my work for maybe 15 years. The first thing to say is that - as that notable jurist and pedant Jeremy Bentham pointed out - "Property" is not an object. *It is to be observed, that in common speech, in the phrase "the object of a man's property", the words "the object of "are commonly left out; and by an ellipsis, which, violent as it is, is now become more familiar than the phrase at length, they have made that part of it which consists of the words "a man's property" perform the office of the whole.* ie Property is a relationship: it is the bundle of rights and obligations which links a subject person to an object. Secondly, we have become used, at least West of Suez (I shall come back to East of Suez), to the use of the absolute property rights of 'dominium' which dates back to the Romans, with roots with the Greeks, and - where I agree with Pirsig that everything went wrong - with Aristotlean 'subject/object' metaphysics. So we are used to two either/or absolute property rights of ownership: (a) absolute permanent ownership of infinite duration, such as freehold land, and 'equity' shares in a joint stock company which confer what has been called the Divine Right of Capital; (b) absolute temporary use for a defined term ('date certain') such as leasehold land, and dated interest-bearing debt or loan-stock such as preference shares.. But of course, it's not a matter of 'either/or' is it? There is at least one further property right which must be accommodated, which is that of use for an indeterminate period, such as an 'evergreen' tenancy at will agreement to occupy land or the undated prepay credit instrument which is what actually constitutes currency. In Scotland (uniquely as far as I know), this indeterminacy occurs in criminal law in the fact that there are three verdicts: 'guilty', 'not guilty' and 'not proven'. But as Martin Hay has pointed out, in his fascinating work on what he calls Chiralkine Logic <http://chiralkine.com/system/chiralkine-logic/> there are in fact FOUR states, because the zero indeterminate property right may be resolved into two 'chiral' states of *both/and* and *neither/nor*. The four states defining economic interaction are: (0,0) = Not Mine/Not Yours; (1,0) = Mine/Not Yours (0,1) = Yours/Not Mine (1,1) = Both Mine and Yours But lets park that concept, important though it is, due to the way it will enable complete dis-intermediation in data flows. Unfortunately, Martin is applying his Chiralkine Logic<http://chiralkine.com/system/chiralkine-logic/> to the existing paradigm of absolute property rights, illustrated by the fact that he has applied for a patent to protect the transaction engine he is building, but which is hopelessly mired in complexity as a result of trying to accommodate existing conflicted property rights, when the system can be defined without them. But I digress. My work for fifteen years or more has been in respect of the protocols which define property rights, and the development of protocols which work better in an era of direct instantaneous connection than the conflicting twin peaks of finance capital which essentially put us in the shit we are in. I have come to the conclusion that these protocols are to be found not in the Western absolutes and Rule of Law but rather in the use of the consensual interactive associative protocols to be found East of Suez. As has been said, there are as many Sumo wrestlers in the US as there are attorneys in Japan, and that is because when trust is assumed, and 'face' matters, it is an order of magnitude easier to write simpler consensual agreements to a common purpose, than to write prescriptive adversarially negotiated contracts based upon the necessity to protect the interests of the holders of conflicting absolute property rights. As Lessig puts it, Law is Code. Consensual machine programmable interactive protocols are already emerging, and I use the word Nondominium<https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/resilience/2011/10/04/nondominium-establishing-cons…> to describe how these may be used to define rights to use and usufruct in a way that replaces dominant positive rights over others, with negative veto rights. When linked to generic use of the prepay ('stock') credit instrument - with indeterminate duration - which pre-dates the banking system, I believe that a new economic paradigm will rapidly come to replace the existing paradigm and dispel the Myth of Debt<https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/resilience/2013/03/11/the-myth-of-debt/> -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: [P2P-es] Más amenazas e intimidaciones de Fora do Eixo / Mídia NInja
by Michel Bauwens 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

re fdo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cultura Senda <informacionsenda(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-03-14 13:52 GMT-05:00 Subject: Re: [P2P-es] Más amenazas e intimidaciones de Fora do Eixo / Mídia NInja To: "P2P Foundation - Lista de correo en espa&#241, ol" < p2p-lang-es(a)lists.ourproject.org> Hola para todos, me hago eco de las palabras de Silvia y comienzo también para presentarme a los que no me conocen. Soy Adriana Benzaquen, vivo en Buenos Aires y junto a ma.claudia rossell formo parte del colectivo www.culturasenda.com Desde Senda participo en diversas redes y espacios de articulación latinos como www.juntxs.org y www.minka.me una red latina de experiencias sobre economía colaborativa. Desde hace 10 años me dedico a impulsar procesos de colaboración y red junto a colectivos culturales y sociales de diversos países. Y desde que nos conocimos en 2011, Fora do eixo es uno de nuestros grandes aliados. Nos interesan las comunidades que hacen, que practiucan día a día lo que predican. Pero sobre todo nos interesan los espacios que construyen, incluso a partir de y a pesar de las diferencias. Quisiera compartir con el resto del grupo algunas consideraciones: Encuentro altamente contradictorio que alguien se declare "administrador" de una red o comunidad abierta. Participo de esta y otras listas porque entiendo que son comunidades libres. que significa "libre" en este contexto? Algo bien lejano de lo que pensaba parece. Me gustaria oir pronunciamientos y dar un debate de altura sobre los niveles de apertura de esta comunidad. Los invite a que discutamos este punto con respeto. Encuentro sumamente cobardes los ataques públicos, los intentos de desacreditar a los compañeros que no todos conocen y sobre todo las menciones ambiguas, al estilo "hay 4 personas que todavía colaboran y defienden a dicho grupúsculo. Una que financia, otra que empuja el #GritoRock, otra que participa en el #circulaCultura y otra que intenta lanzar un proyecto latinoameticano". Imagino que esta retórica busca que cada uno se autoexponga sin necesidad de tener que colocar nombres y tratar de evadir (si acaso es posible luego de tal bajeza) las acusaciones directas. No se cual de todos estos motes es el que en teoría me corresponde, porque de hecho formo parte de Juntxs, una Alianza latina que impulsa y colabora con Grito rock, con el Circula Cultura, con el Banco de las redes, con Ola y con muchas otras iniciativas que tienen como objetivo mejorar las condiciones de autonomía. Me declaro afín y militante de espacios que no utilizan la palabra red, colaboración o trabajo colectivo solo porque están de moda en esta década. Entiendo y respeto modelos diversos de construir red, y pido que a cambio se respeten los modelos de construcción de los que participo. Acaso hay un consenso sobre los modelos de red que tienen permitida la participación en este espacio? Hay reglas de uso de estas listas? Donde pueden consultarse? Si no las hay invito a los compañeros que acusan a manejarse con un poco más de cuidado, ya que el espacio es de todos. No recuerdo haber firmado Términos de uso al sumarme a este grupo. Entiendo que en esta lista conviven grupos bien diversos y creo que en ese punto radica la riqueza de este y otros espacios similares. Invito a no caer en disputas y actitudes que al final solo reproducen los modelos de jerarquía y exclusión contra los que se supone que estamos trabajando. En nombre de la ética impulsas de forma permanente una campaña de difamación y boicot? Curioso. Bernardo te invito a cesar en tus intentos fallidos de excluirnos, somos muchos y nos seguiremos encontando en diversos escenarios. No te das cuenta pero estos ataques solo desvirtúan el mismo espacio que estas tratando de cuidar. A los demás lamentamos que se los vuelva testigos de esta disputa y quedamos a disposición para brindar más información. Por último, copio a continuación un comunicado que elaboramos el año pasado tras los ataques a Fora. Este comunicado fue elaborado y firmado por numerosas redes y colectivos de todo el continente. Que no queden dudas, los compañeros de Fora no están solos. Desde cultura Senda repudiamos los ataques e intentos desesperados de llamar la atención por parte de personajes aislados. Si finalmente Bernardo decide quitarnos de la lista sin objeción del resto de los participantes, entonces nos equivocamos al pensar que este era un grupo que apuesta por procesos libres. Alertamos contra esta incitación al odio y no nos hacemos eco de ese llamado. Mucho esta en juego hoy, pongamos el tiempo y el esfuerzo en seguir construyendo caminos compartidos. Saludos MANIFIESTO DE CUSCO: POR UNA NUEVA CULTURA POLÍTICA Las personas, redes y organizaciones de América Latina abajo firmantes nos declaramos conscientes de la responsabilidad que nos toca en este momento histórico, porque no estamos ante una época de cambios sino ante un cambio de época. Por eso, y en consonancia con los procesos de transformación y avance que el pueblo latinoamericano está llevando adelante, y algunos de cuyos frutos comenzamos a ver durante la última década, nos asumimos como sujetos de cambio y activistas de la transformación que genera más inclusión. A través de Juntos -- una alianza latinoamericana de organizaciones y redes que desarrolla y colabora con iniciativas de comunicación, circulación, sustentabilidad, incidencia y formación que apuestan por una cultura viva, libre, abierta y en red -- nos encontramos en la búsqueda de claves transformadoras. Somos un laboratorio de alternativas de construcción de sociedad y ciudadanía, vinculadas a la valorización de formas comunitarias y económicas inspiradas en valores y prácticas actuales y ancestrales, frecuentemente silenciadas y oprimidas por modelos civilizatorios excluyentes. Creemos firmemente en nuevas formas de relacionarnos, desde la generosidad y la reciprocidad, construyendo una sociedad de iguales. Desde el contexto nuestroamericano valoramos experiencias como la Red Fora do Eixo. Asumimos como propias, no sólo ésta sino cualquier experiencia emancipatoria. Por ello rechazamos el linchamiento mediático del que hoy es blanco esta organización hermana porque sabemos que responde a un intento desesperado de sectores y actores interesados en imponer procesos de explotación, discriminación, criminalización de los movimientos y vaciamiento político. Como respuesta a esta avanzada, los movimientos, redes y organizaciones de toda la región respondemos con un solo clamor: ¡Más generosidad, más unidad! Somos parte de los nuevos actores colectivos que están surgiendo. Por eso, y a través de este manifiesto nos proponemos: -Develar las implicancias del sistema económico y político actual, marcadas por el individualismo alienante, el modelo neoliberal, la especulación financiera, la depredación ambiental y los permanentes atentados contra los derechos humanos y procesos democráticos. -Evidenciar la emergencia de nuevas luchas, reconfiguración y regeneración de actores. Las culturas libres, abiertas, vivas y en red estamos construyendo nuevas voluntades y narrativas que dan visibilidad a diversos procesos de cambio. A pesar de las reacción de ciertos grupos e individuos estamos listos para asumir el reto de generar transformaciones profundas y duraderas. Cuestionamos una comunicación detentada por grandes corporaciones porque la información y los medios de expresión deben ser libres y accesibles, y frente a la ofensiva corporativa de los grupos de poder, nos hacemos solidarios y defendemos toda experiencia que apuesta por la liberación de nuestra sociedad. -Ratificar que somos actores político-culturales. Nuestras narrativas convergen, somos solidarixs y acompañamos el largo proceso de construcción contrahegemónica de nuestrxs compañerxs, porque es la nuestra. Por eso hoy nos asumimos como plataformas para la creación de nuevos y mejores mundos posibles. Quienes contribuyen a la desinformación y opinan sin considerar que estos viejos y nuevos movimientos son mucho más grandes que nuestras organizaciones, no hacen más que ser funcionales a procesos de desestabilización, invalidación y subestimación de los avances logrados colectivamente. Manifestamos nuestro compromiso con la transformación social y de nosotros mismos porque disputando imaginarios y encaminando procesos colectivos disputamos mundos. Pueden contar con nuestras organizaciones como aliadas para el cambio. Somos parte de la vida y búsqueda de dignidad de nuestros pueblos. Esto apenas comienza! Cusco, 12 de agosto de 2013 El 13 de marzo de 2014, 4:13, Antonio Capa <penacapa(a)gmail.com> escribió: > Silvia actúas como la madre que defiende a su hijo bajo las > recriminaciones del profesor. No podemos ver el mal en los demás y no verlo > en nosotros mismos. No podemos protestar por las malas prácticas de > nuestros gobiernos y administraciones y no ser capaces de hacer autocrítica > con nosotros mismos. No podemos recriminar a nuestros dirigentes que no > tapen las malas prácticas de los suyos si nosotros hacemos lo mismo. no > podemos cambiar el mundo sino hacemos las cosas de forma diferente. > > El 12/03/2014, a las 20:08, Silvia Villar <silviavillarvalverde(a)gmail.com> > escribió: > > Hola! > Soy Silvia, una persona activa y que trata todos los días, las 24 horas de > hacer un nuevo mundo posible dentro de los principios de la autogestión, el > empoderamiento ciudadano, la horizontalidad, la transparencia y las > relaciones respetuosas entre las personas. > > Formo parte muy activa del grupo de autogestión de La Tabacalera de > Madrid, centro social autogestionado del que formamos parte unos 30 > colectivos, nos asambleamos y consensuamos todas las decisiones del común. > > También formo parte de un Colectivo Gallego, la Casa Colorida, desde el > cual hemos logrado la cesión de una casa para diversos proyectos > relacionados con la defensa de los procomunes locales y donde también nos > asambleamos y consensuamos las decisiones del común. > > Hago parte del grupo de articulación del proyecto Galiza Imaxinaria, grupo > que impulsa una red de espacios, colectivos, proyectos, actividades y > personas que defiendan también el procomún y donde también nos asambleamos > y consensuamos las decisiones del común. > > He colectivizado todos mis bienes en pro de las comunidades a las que > pertenezco, ejerciendo la economía colaborativa y no más la solidaridad de > mis excedentes, predicando con el ejemplo y creyendo firmemente que si el > mundo entero hiciera lo mismo aplicando el sentido de redistribución de la > riqueza, la sociedad no sufriría desigualdades ni ejercicios de poder desde > lo económico. > > Formo parte del proceso de articulación de luchas Alternativas desde > Abajo, en el que defendemos y trabajamos para que no haya caminos del medio > ni procesos aceleradores desligados de las personas y el territorio para > seguir construyendo juntas y en tiempos coherentes con cada comunidad en > sus realizadades territoriales, temporales y socio-culturales lo que se > tenga que construir fuera de organizaciones verticales o partidistas. > > Me defino en esta lista porque, llegado este momento, creo que no es > suficiente opinar sobre lo que voy a opinar sin un poco de acreditación > sobre lo que voy a exponer. > > En todos los colectivos y espacios en los que vengo funcionando, se > producen alteraciones no deseadas como las que expone Bernardo en este mail > relacionadas con el Fora do Eixo. Empoderamiento, agresividad, machismo, o > personas fuera de tono, existen en toda formación ciudadana o colectiva. E > incluso, me atrevo a decir en un ejercicio de honestidad, que aun > intentando ser mejor persona cada día y seguir los principios que he > abrazado desde los años 90 ( mi activismo empezó con el espacio El > Laboratorio 1 , en Embajadores), no lo logro todo el tiempo. No siempre > logramos estar a la altura a toda hora. La primera "policía" sancionadora > de mis fallos soy yo misma todo el tiempo. > > Me parece demasiado absurdo este ataque insistente de Bernardo a una red > de más de 200 colectivos, que son autonomías conectadas sin jefes, que cada > uno ejerce su trabajo local, y está conectado en red posicionándose Fuera > del Eje a través de proyectos comunes ( como el Grito Rock, proyecto > precioso que articulo también desde la mucha o poca red que pueda > articular, porque que nos conectaría a todo un planeta en una manifestación > en forma de festival disponibilizando espacios y articulando actividades > para extender los principios de #CódigoAbierto, #CulturaLibre, > #FormaciónAbierta, #EconomíasColaborativas y > #SostenibilidadMedioambiental...entre otros. > > Entre otras cosas, me parece un insulto enorme, que analice el todo > (maravilloso de tantos micrologros) por las partes (errores en personas de > la red) que intente destruir tantísima cosa que se logra conectados en red, > en un Brasil y ahora extendiendo más la colaboración entre otros espacios > latinoamericanos y europeos, porque somos tantísimas personas, tantísimas > conexiones independientes, sin dueño, solo posicionándonos fuera del eje a > través de unos mecanismos o herramientas en las que decidimos libremete > formar parte porque nos facilitan un intercambio en avances de todo lo que > está por constuir y optimizan tanto esfuerzo individual de forma conectada. > > Errores tenemos en todos los procesos, y no tiene sentido que empiece a > bombardear los que internamente en otros procesos venimos viviendo, que > incñuso son bastante más graves que los que Bernardo está colocando sobre > el FDE. De hecho nunca lo haría, nunca mancharía mis espacios y mis redes > sacando a luz los fallos sino cómo los abordamos. Porque el buen hacer no > está en no tener problemas, sino cómo los afrontas, y hasta en eso el Fora > do Eixo (Fuera del Eje), ha sido y es la red más transparente que he > conocido. Ojalá siente precedente su portal de Transparencia y la entrega > constante de documentación que se le viene pidiendo a las casas FdE. Ojalá > todos los colectivos y estructuras, personas y proyectos sepan y puedan > abrir sus cuentas, sus contactos, sus informaciones como lo hacemos los > colectivos que estamos conectados en esta red. > > No me quería despedir sin un llamado al común a repensar cómo las redes > pueden hacer tanto daño a tanto trabajo diario, solidario, y sin ánimos de > lucro o poder. > Y también otro llamado a desconfiar de quienes administran grandes cuentas > de redes sociales, o listas de sorreo en las que si se ejerce un poder > terrible. El más poderoso, el de la información y la comunicación. > > Si quieren información sobre la red FdE, solo es pedirla. > Y si quieren construir y mejorar cada error o fallo, es solo aportar. > Se conecta quien quiere y no está conectado quien no quiere estar. > > Pediría a Bernardo que coloque todas esas acusaciones donde las tiene que > colocar, en un juzgado. Y que deje de ejercer ese poder. > Si puede, que predique con su ejemplo todo lo que en su ejercicio de > comunicación dice que defiende y que no se quede en la observación de los > procesos desde la barrera. > > Mas amor por favor. > > Sil. > > > > > > > > > > El 12 de marzo de 2014, 18:41, Bernardo Gutiérrez < > bernardobrasil(a)gmail.com> escribió: > >> Queridos tod@s >> >> Infelizmente, el culebrón de Fora do Eixo / Mídia Ninja, un colectivo >> brasileño para quien no lo conozca, continúa. El super querido, ético y >> prestigioso Paulinho Fluxus, uno de los artistas / activistas más >> respetados de Brasil, denuncia publicamente que fue asediado, agredido y >> amenazado por este grupúsculo, en plena calle. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/fLUXusPaulo/posts/10151936996600868 >> >> Yo añado mi denuncia. Saliendo del Conexoes Globais de Porto Alegre, >> cuando hablaba con un amigo, fui cercado por 5 miembros de dicho grupo, >> intimidado, amenazado. El señor Felipe Altenfender, subcomandante do Eixo, >> llegó a insultarme con desprecio. Me llamó "rato" (rata). Estaba presente >> un secretario del Gobierno de Rio Grande do Sul y varios testigos. Mi >> denuncia fue encaminada a las autoridades y es muy posible que en breve >> entremos en la justicia contra esta organización criminal que intenta >> vender que son colaborativos. >> >> Tengo un informe completo con todos los links, denuncias y hechos, que >> enriqueceré con los últimos acontecimientos. Quien quiera que me lo pida. >> Encontrarán un thriller terrorífico con sexismo, amenazas, extorsiones, >> corrupciones varias, prácticas no éticas. >> En breve, publicaré texto en varios idiomas con todos los detalles. >> >> En esta lista, infelizmente, hay 4 personas que todavía colaboran y >> defienden a dicho grupúsculo. Una que financia, otra que empuja el >> #GritoRock, otra que participa en el #circulaCultura y otra que intenta >> lanzar un proyecto latinoameticano. Si siguen apoyando a dicho grupo, >> agradecería que abandonaran dicha lista, red, comunidad. >> >> Como administrador de la misma, no permitiré que personas no éticas >> formen parte de la red p2p global >> >> Un saludo >> Bernardo >> -- >> www.futuramedia.net >> www.codigo-abierto.cc >> @bernardosampa (twitter) / @futura_media >> São Paulo +55 11 43044380 (fijo) +55 11 84881620 (celular) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint >> Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es >> >> > > > -- > *Silvia Villar Valverde* > > *Fuera del Eje* > > *skype: silviavillarvalverdeTlfno: (0034) 615587557 > <%280034%29%20615587557>* > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint > Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint > Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es > > -- Cultura Senda *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.culturasenda.com.ar" claiming to be* www.culturasenda.com<http://www.culturasenda.com.ar> <http://www.culturasenda.com.ar>@culturasenda Buenos Aires, Argentina Caracas, Venezuela _______________________________________________ Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: Paracity
by Michel Bauwens 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <marco(a)clab.fi> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:50 AM Subject: Paracity To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Dear Michel, Greetings from Finland. We are currently working with a significant project of biourbanism located on a flooding island in the middle of the Danshui River in Taipei. The project is called Paracity and it is a biourban organism that is growing on the principles of Open Form: individual design-build actions generating spontaneous communicative reactions on the surrounding built human environment and this organic constructivist dialog leading into self-organized community structures, development and knowledge building. We only provide the primary structure and the necessary off-the-grid environmental technology (mounted on barges), but people build their own homes, businesses and gardens/farms. Paracity is now being exhibited in the China Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFAM Biennale in Beijing. Here is more information: - http://casagrandetext.blogspot.fi/2014/03/paracity.html With kind regards, Marco -- Marco Casagrande, Architect Principal, Casagrande Laboratory / Finland www.clab.fi | +358.50.3089166 Vice President, International Society of Biourbanism www.biourbanism.org | www.biourbanistica.com -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: [opennetcoalition] European Commission Must Listen to Parliament's Call to Act Against Surveillance Programmes
by Michel Bauwens 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Quadrature du Net <contact(a)laquadrature.net> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:44 AM Subject: [opennetcoalition] European Commission Must Listen to Parliament's Call to Act Against Surveillance Programmes To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net Themes: SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMMES, NSA, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, SAFE HARBOR, TRANS-ATLANTIC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, TTIP, TAFTA, EDWARD SNOWDEN La Quadrature du Net - For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/european-commission-must-listen-to-parliame… European Commission Must Listen to Parliament's Call to Act Against Surveillance Programmes *** ERRATUM: Due to a misreading of the final report, the press release published yesterday on this subject by La Quadrature du Net contained errors on the content of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 12 March 2014 regarding Safe Harbor's suspension. These errors are corrected in the text below. We apologise for any inconvenience. *** *** Paris, 12 March 2014 -- Today, the European Parliament passed an important resolution [1] condemning the US and EU surveillance programmes [2]. La Quadrature du Net welcomes this non-binding resolution as it calls for the suspension of both the "Safe Harbor" agreement and of the illegal mass surveillance programmes and reaffirms the importance of the protection of citizens' fundamental right to privacy. Ahead of European elections [3], citizens should now act to ensure that privacy will be a major concern of the next legislative period so that this call is listened to by the European Commission. *** The resolution adopted today results from Claude Moraes' (S&D - UK) report, voted in February 2014 by the "Civil Liberties" (LIBE) committee, in response to revelations by Edward Snowden of the massive surveillance programme established by the United States with the willing support of several European Union member states. By adopting this report, the European Parliament reaffirms some self-evident truths, such as that citizens' right were violated and the fact that journalists, lawyers, and doctors are targeted, makes the situation even worse. It also calls for essential, though obvious, actions, such as the end of illegal mass surveillance programmes. The most important signal sent by this resolution however is when it "calls on the Commission to present measures providing for the immediate suspension of" the Safe Harbor [4] agreement. This is precisely what La Quadrature du Net and other civil society organisations have been demanding since the beginning of Edward Snowden's revelations. The suspension of this agreement, if enacted by the European Commission, would represent a concrete and effective measure, a necessary step to put a stop to the mass surveillance of European citizens. It would also push renegotiation of transatlantic relations on this matter. Unfortunately, resolutions are non-binding, and it is thus now the duty of the European Commission to enact effective measures, to suspend the unlimited transfer of personal data to the US, and thereby strongly encourage the US to adapt their laws to meet existing and upcoming European Union standards on data protection. However, the rejection of amendments [5] calling for the offer of support to Edward Snowden is regrettable, given that without him, the existence of the mass surveillance programmes against which the Parliament protested in this resolution would not have been known to the extent that it is today. Similarly, the timid warning that the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement [6] "could be endangered" by mass surveillance activities is encouraging, but far too weak. This is especially regrettable given that a recently leaked document [7] demonstrated that other civil society concerns were justified [8]. This timidity is all the more deplorable because positive amendments [9] were tabled, which called for an immediate suspension of the negotiations. "Today's European Parliament vote is a powerful statement, as it calls to the suspension of the 'Safe Harbour'. This resolution affirmed that the massive violation of fundamental rights of European citizens is not acceptable and must end without delay. It is now the duty to the European Commission to listen to this call and to enact it into effective measures. Ahead of European elections, La Quadrature du Net calls on citizens to urge for strong and meaningful acts and ensure that the suspension of the 'Safe harbor' becomes a reality" concluded Benjamin Sonntag, cofounder of the citizen advocacy group La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A7-… 2. https://nsa-observer.laquadrature.net/ 3. http://wepromise.eu/ 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Privacy_Principles 5. For example, amendment 29: "21a. Calls on the United States and the Member States to drop criminal charges, if any, against Edward Snowden, and on the Member States to grant him refugee status or international protection status and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as a whistleblower and international human rights defender;" 6. https://www.laquadrature.net/en/tafta 7. https://www.laquadrature.net/files/TAFTA_leak_ZEIT_20140227.pdf 8. The leaked confidential European Commission's draft proposal on trade in services, investment and e-commerce published by Zeit Online shows that secret negotiations on TAFTA include controversial provisions on so called "intellectual property rights", the liability of intermediary service providers, and on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-02/freihandelsabkommen-eu-sonderrechte-k… 9. For example amendment 32: "73. *Calls for an immediate suspension* of the *TTIP agreement negotiations as long as the blanket mass surveillance activities and bulk processing of personal data, as well* as the interception of communications in EU institutions and diplomatic representations, are not *fully stopped* and an adequate solution *for* the data privacy rights of EU citizens, including administrative and judicial redress, *has not been found; underlines the fact that* Parliament *will* only consent to the final TTIP agreement provided that the agreement fully respects, *among other things*, the fundamental rights recognised by the EU Charter, and *that* the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data remain governed by Article XIV of the GATS; stresses that EU data protection legislation cannot be deemed an 'arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination' in the application of Article XIV of the GATS;" ** About La Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends 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: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** contact(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0) 972 294 426 https://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ Opennetcoalition mailing list Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: World Economics Association - call for papers
by Michel Bauwens 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: World Economics Association <contact(a)worldeconomicsassociation.org> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:22 PM Subject: World Economics Association - call for papers To: michel <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> <http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350><http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350>World Economics Association<http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&c=4733350>- call for papers ------------------------------ <http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=88652328&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350> *Call for papers* *World Economics Association Online Conference* *Greece and austerity policies: Where next for its economy and society?* 20th October - 21st December, 2014 Abstracts and papers should be submitted to:* weagreececonference(a)gmail.com <weagreececonference(a)gmail.com>* Contributions from *economists*, *economic historians*, *sociologists* and *political scientists* are welcome. Papers falling within the broad topic of the conference though not on aspects explicitly noted below are also welcome. TIMETABLE: Deadline for *abstracts:* 30 August and deadline for *papers*: 27 September, 2014 *Discussion Forum* begins on 20 October and ends on 21 December, 2014 *The conference will be divided into three parts. Suggested topics for each are listed below.* *Part 1: Greece on the eve of the financial crisis - Challenges and opportunities* - The Greek economy: regional development, de-industrialisation, research and innovation, banking sector, shipping, current account deficit, fragile growth, functional and personal income distribution; the role of transnational companies in the Greek economy. - Public finances and the role of the state: tax system, welfare system, education, health care, public debt, 'Greek statistics'. - The Greek society: institutions, politics, group interests and social actors, social inequalities and social mobility, emigration, immigration. - Greece in the Eurozone: financialisation, structural imbalances, external debt, core-periphery divisions. *Part 2: The Greek crisis and austerity policies* - The handling of the financial crisis by the EU vis-a-viz the European banks - The banking - sovereign debt crisis nexus - The Troika - issues of economic governance - Bailing out Greece, Economic Adjustment Programmes and debt restructuring - Fiscal austerity: fiscal multipliers, inequality effects of fiscal measures - Wage austerity: employment, productivity and inequality effects of the cut in minimum wages, wages and trade balance, wages and investment, wage cuts in the private sector and government revenues - Privatisation: Effects on the public debt over the short and the long run, economic and social implications - Labour deregulation and flexibility: changes in the labour law and their implications - The Greek banking sector in crisis - Critical appraisals of the austerity programme: institutional background, theoretical underpinnings, implementation, international and intra-EU comparisons - The crisis of the political system and the strengthening of fascist forces *Part 3: Where to now for Greece?* - Public debt sustainability - Public debt and Welfare system - Growth and unemployment - Economic sustainability and social cohesion - On-going economic transformation and prospects - In or out of the Eurozone (fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial system, industrial policy, exchange rate policy) - The political system in a state of flux - The Greek society in the post-austerity era The failure of the austerity policies in Greece calls for radically different approaches to the Greek crisis and for the implementation of alternatives to austerity policies. Otherwise, the possibility of a prolonged period of economic, social and political instability in Greece is extremely high. The implications of such instability for the European Union, indeed for Europe more generally, should not be underestimated. The lessons of the Greek case are of a more general applicability particularly because austerity policies are now applied in many countries in Europe and beyond. These are the reasons which led to the organization of the present conference. Abstracts and papers should be submitted to: *weagreececonference(a)gmail.com <weagreececonference(a)gmail.com>* *Conference Leaders* *Yannis Dafermos* - University of the West of England. Email address: Yannis.Dafermos(a)uwe.ac.uk *Marica Frangakis* - Formerly with Agricultural Bank of Greece and National Bank of Greece Group. Currently independent researcher. E-mail: frangaki(a)otenet.gr *Christos Tsironis* - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 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Fwd: [Networkedlabour] Cyberpunk, anarchism, network thinking, and cooperatives - interview las Indias' David de Ugarte by P2P-F, Global Guerillas and Shreable
by Michel Bauwens 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:20 PM Subject: [Networkedlabour] Cyberpunk, anarchism, network thinking, and cooperatives - interview las Indias' David de Ugarte by P2P-F, Global Guerillas and Shreable To: "networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>, commoning <commoning(a)lists.wissensallmende.de>, "nettime-l(a)mail.kein.org" < nettime-l(a)mail.kein.org>, squares <squares(a)lists.takethesquare.net> very interesting interview by Neal Gorenflo, from Shareable, Michel Bauwens, from the P2P Foundationand John Robb, from Global Guerrillas, interview las Indias' David de Ugarte Translated/Re-edited * by Stacco Troncoso, edited by Jane Loes Lipton - Guerrilla Translation! Images by Las Indias and Shareable Read the Spanish version here In this interview, Shareable publisher Neal Gorenflo, John Robb of Global Guerrillas, and P2P foundation's Michel Bauwens talk to David de Ugarte, one of the originators of the Spanish cyberpunk scene, about his more recent work developing a multinational worker cooperative, Las Indias, that is a culmination of his community's thinking and work for the last decade. Las Indias is the manifestation of a unique socio-economic philosophy that synthesizes many strains of thinking and culture including cyberpunk, anarchism, network thinking, and cooperatives - all with a Spanish twist. It's important because it points to a possible future for those who think outside of national boundaries, and who desire or need to take control of their own economic destiny. It's a possible future that takes the centuries-old logic of cooperatives and remixes it for the urban-centered, global network society we live in today. Michel Bauwens: Explain to us what Las Indias is, where it comes from, and what makes it distinctive? David de Ugarte: Las Indias is the result of the Spanish-speaking cyberpunk movement. Originally a civil rights group, during the late 90s it became strongly influenced by Juan Urrutia's "Economics of Abundance" theory. We soon linked "abundance" with the idea of empowerment in distributed networks. We are very clear on this point: it is not the Internet by itself, it is the distributed P2P architecture that allows the new commons. As one of our old slogans put it: "Under every informational architecture lays a structure of power." Re-centralizing structures - as Google, Twitter, Facebook, Megaupload, etc. do around their servers - weakens us all. The blogosphere, torrents, freenet, etc. are tools of empowerment. Cyberpunk was mainly a conversational / cyberactivist virtual community. It became transnational quickly, and contributed some very good discussions and theories that helped us understand the social impact and possibilities of distributed networks. But in 2002, three of us founded Las Indias Society, a consultancy firm focused on innovation and networks dedicated to empowering people and organizations. Our experience soon became very important in understanding the opposition between "real" and "imagined" communities, and the organizational bases for an economic democracy. After the cyberpunk dissolution in 2007, the "Montevideo Declaration" openly stated that our objective will be to construct a "phyle," a transnational economic democracy, in order to ensure the autonomy of our community and its members. We define ourselves around five main values: Distributed network architectures as a way of generating abundance, empowerment, and to ensure the widest plurarchy - the maximum of individual liberties - for the members of our community. Transnationality (which means a rejection of national identities as well as universalism) as a consequence of putting the real community of persons who live and work in Las Indias at the center of our work. Economic democracy as the way to build personal and community autonomy through the market. Hacker ethics as a way to foster community knowledge generation, common deliberation, personal passion, and a collective pleasure in learning. Devolutionism: all our production of knowledge - books, software, contents, even recipes - is returned to the commons, generating more abundance. Neal Gorenflo: What is the vision of Las Indias? What would the classic, most developed form be in the future? What are you after in terms of how it can transform individuals, interpersonal relationships, and the world? Neal Gorenflo Our vision is not a universalist one. We don't proselytize and we really believe that diversity is a desirable consequence of freedom. But we have a vision for us - the phyle - and a wish: to see the birth of a wider, transnational space of economic democracies. We imagine networks of phyles generating wealth, social cohesion, and ensuring liberties for real people rather than the governments' power and their borders and passports. We are not naive nor utopian. Distributed networks gave our generation the opportunity to build a new world. But this new world, based on the commons, communities, economic democracy and distributed networks, isn't completely born. And the old world, based on the artificial generation of scarcity, corporations, inequality, and centralized networks, isn't dead. It is very symptomatic that the European crisis manifests as a debt crisis. Governments are suffocating society in order to feed privileged groups - big corporations, some sectors dependent on public money - who have captured state rents or ensured it through monopolistic law. So, the main objective and the main vision now is to stop these decomposing forces in our environments. MB: How does Las Indias work internally? How is it funded? There are different levels of engagement and commitment. As a phyle we are really a network. On the periphery, there are individual entrepreneurs with their initiatives. At the core, there are the associated cooperatives, and at that core, the Indianos. We differentiate between the community (the core of the phyle) and the Cooperative Group. Indianos are communities that are similar to kibbutzim (no individual savings, collective and democratic control of their own coops, etc.). But there are some important differences like the lack of a shared national or religious ideology, being distributed throughout cities rather than concentrated in a compound, and not submitting to an economic rationality. John Robb: What kind of coops are in the Las Indias network? What are the synergies between the cooperatives? At this moment we have three coops: Las Indias (a consultancy), El Arte (our new product lab), and Enkidu (Open Software). There are also three participative enterprises that employ some 20 people. All of them are expressions of our members' different passions, which answer the different needs of our community and environment. MB: How do you position yourself vis-a-vis the current global capitalist system? What alternative are you proposing? Michel Bauwens We think cooperatives and economic democracy (a rent-free market society), hand in hand with a liberated commons as the alternative to capitalism, can be made possible through distributed networks. But we are economic democrats, so we don't want the state to provide the alternative to crony-capitalism and accumulation. Indeed, we think it can't. We have to build it by ourselves, and demand the state to remove the obstacles (as IP, contracts for big politically connected corporations, etc.) that protect privileged groups' rents from competition in the market. The alternative will not be built through government regulations, but inside our own networks. It will not defeat the corporate organization through courts or elections, but through competition. NG: We live in a world saturated in corporate media. How do you maintain a culture of cooperation at Las Indias in the face of this onslaught of atomizing, consumerist messages? What spiritual or cultural practices and artifacts can you point to that are especially helpful? All of us spent many years sharing small apartments downtown, walking or going to work by bus, working in bad jobs through school and after finishing our degrees. It is not a unique condition, it is the reality of the job market in Spain, Portugal, and many Latin American countries in a wide group of middle class children of our generation. David de Ugarte The result of this experience for many people was a particular culture that mixed a lot of immaterial, cultural consumption - some of it provided for free, by the state - with a reduced access to consumerism compared to older people. In 1996, I was 26 and finishing a degree in economics in Madrid. I worked in a call center earning 450 EURO a month, working eight hours a day from four to midnight. I spent 300 EURO on rent, around 100 EURO for food, electricity, telephone and public transport, and 48 EURO on an Internet connection. As you can imagine, my "leisure" time was spent around the public library, museums, the public filmotheque (classic movies were 60 cents a ticket), at cheap potluck dinners and, of course, online. My experience was not extraordinary at all, and it's even more common now. This mode of cultural consumption is based on public cultural goods, cheap second-hand or popular edition books, and "cocooning." The P2P world made sense in our everyday culture. So, some years later our incomes increased and we earned autonomy, but for us a good living still means good broadband, access to cultural works, good museums, and good meals in comfortable but not very expensive flats downtown. None of us has a car or has bought a house. But please don't be confused. We don't make a cult of austerity. We simply have a different culture, we enjoy different things. None of us has a TV either, but many of us have projectors for watching videos off the Internet. NG: In Spain, you're often associated with the cyberpunk movement, which was born in the US in the early 80s. How has cyberpunk influenced you and Las Indias? And how is cyberpunk relevant today? Cyberpunk activism was strongly influenced by cyberpunk literature. Even today, classic cyberpunk works like Bruce Sterling's Islands in the Net and Green Days in Brunei, and post-cyberpunk like Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, provide models for discussing subjects we think are important at this moment: distributed vs. centralized networks, economic democracy vs. corporate power, etc. Cyberpunk taught us to discuss in a mode outside the political tradition: not around theses and programs, but around models and myths, where auto-criticism and irony were easier and dogmatism almost impossible. MB: For me, some of the most innovative concepts in the Las Indias books were the concepts of phyles and neo-venetianism. What do these mean? Phyle is a community that develops an economic structure based on economic democracy in order to ensure its own autonomy. The order of the terms is important: phyle is a community with firms, not a community of firms, nor a community of people who own some firms. The firms are tools for the autonomy of the community - a means, not an end - and are always less important than the needs of community members. Neovenetianism is the ideology of those who see the creation of phyles as the natural evolution of their communities, so that this evolution, its dialogues and deliberations, would be free from the influence of the political and economic decomposition of the states and the markets they live in. Virtual communities are by nature transnational. If they have borders, these are the borders of language. A few days ago I saw a tweet saying, "When the Canadian border crossing guards asked me where I was from, I was really tempted to say 'the internet.'" Many people feel like that tweeter. But that causes a kind of schizophrenia: life becomes divided in two, the virtual life and the working life. Phyles reunify our lives around our intentional virtual community. MB: What do the new concepts of the sharing economy (Shareable), p2p (P2P Foundation), the commons, and resilience (Global Guerrillas) evoke for you, and how does Las Indias relate to them? P2P means distributed networks, commons, abundance. It's the meaning of life! The sharing economy means community, autonomy, commons, gift, joy, abundance again. It is the real sense of our core, the "how-to" of abundance, the way we live. Resilience is at the same time the golden rule and the consequence of building community on a shared economy under a P2P architecture. It is our main virtue and the only thing that can guarantee survival even under increasing global decomposition. JR: Any plans for micro-finance or a bank to speed cooperative growth? John Robb We made a big effort to set up partnerships with mutual benefit societies and credit coops in South America. Our idea was to bring in our knowledge and criteria to create viable and productive coops, while the credits coops would attract new solid, stable members in the mid-term. However, a series of accidents and health issues in the middle of 2012 affected our plans, and that idea had to be abandoned as the Indianos decided to "regroup" in Europe. So, we've had to develop these ideas in different ways for the last year and half. In September 2012 we created Fondaki-SIP-ner, along with a dozen small industrial companies, many of them coops. Fondaki is a not-for-profit public intelligence consultancy that helps small and medium enterprises find new markets and develop new lines of innovation, two key issues for small enterprises and coops looking to face the consequences of the current crisis without destroying employment, while creating social cohesion. In January 2013 the younger Indianos founded Enkidu, the first coop created by our core group since the beginning of the crisis in 2008. And, of course, we're still focused on the globalization of "the small". We think that's one of the key issues today. In 2012, along with the Garum Foundation, we worked on the development of "Bazar", which is free software for the creation of distributed commercial networks. It's something we'd like to take up again, and which would complement the development of the Direct Economy, probably the most important opportunity for generating communal autonomy today. JR: How long does it take to train a regular person in cooperative business practices? Are there plans for teaching cooperative thinking online to grow it faster? It takes time! Unfortunately, almost everything in the mainstream culture teaches us that the world is a zero-sum game, and that markets must be ruled by jungle law. But the simple truth is that they shouldn't be, and we, people, can make the difference. What we've noticed these last few years is that one of the most destructive side effects of the crisis is how it affects people's confidence in their own capabilities. Especially in Europe, among the generation that finished its studies post-2008, the effect is often devastating. People find it very hard to believe that the system can offer them a future when it can't even offer them a job. But it's also difficult to imagine your own future, an alternate endeavor of one's own, when every other conversation, year after year, comes back to the "no future" scenario. This is why, towards the end of 2013, we've re-oriented our whole communications strategy, especiallylasindias.com, towards "an interesting life". During all these years, from cyberpunk to 2012, we were characterized by striving to provide a perspective on the political significance of technology. That was also at the core of our books, from "Like a vine, not like a tree" in 2003 to "The P2P mode of production" in 2012. But now we feel the need to focus on something more basic, an ethical, empowering perspective without which the questions we're looking to answer wouldn't make any sense. Why would anyone want to partake in commons-oriented peer production when they can't even imagine a future for their own community? How will anyone create or join a cooperative when they think that any collective decision-making process is something authoritative? JR: How do Las Indias cooperatives tie into the physical community? Our sense of community is indeed very physical on all levels. The inner circle, los indianos, try to work together as much as possible, sharing offices or houses. The wider community, the aggregation of our families and close friends, is at the center of our concerns. I mean, it's not only the question of time management, the possibility of spending more time with your people than in a "normal job." The kind of security you build in a model like ours it is not only about yourself, you know that all the common resources will be ready for your family and your people if they will need it. MB: Where will humanity be in 20 years? I hope we will see big transnational spaces with freedom of movement and trade, instigated by networks of economic democracies building wider commons accessible to everyone. We'll see. I hope to see the erosion of this idea called capitalism, according to which a single production factor -- capital -- is the sole determinant of a company's ownership. The reduction of the scale of production has been the one fundamental tendency that's remained constant over the last century. As a result, capital isn't as scarce as it was at the birth of the present economic system. In fact, as the value of production is further tied to factors such as creativity or knowledge, the entire pyramid-like organizational structure becomes ever more dysfunctional, highlighting the need for cooperative protocols in companies. I hope we will live in a society where capitalism will be marginal but with a market that will not allow rents nor privileges, where the mix of small and ubiquitous tools of production will be furthered by big global repositories of public domain designs as innovative and popular as free software is now. I hope that in twenty years we will be living in a transnational society, but it is not historically determined. There are a lot of agents pushing towards recentralization: IP lobbies, big Internet firms, rent seekers, state machinery, financial interests, global mafias, etc. So the possibility of terminal nationalism and statism with its social decomposition is also there. The choice between a society of freedom, based in an egalitarian market and robust commons, and global decomposition depends of our actions in this decade. _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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: [P2P-es] Más amenazas e intimidaciones de Fora do Eixo / Mídia NInja
by Michel Bauwens 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

in defense of FdO ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Silvia Villar <silviavillarvalverde(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-03-12 14:08 GMT-05:00 Subject: Re: [P2P-es] Más amenazas e intimidaciones de Fora do Eixo / Mídia NInja To: "P2P Foundation - Lista de correo en espa&#241, ol" < p2p-lang-es(a)lists.ourproject.org> Hola! Soy Silvia, una persona activa y que trata todos los días, las 24 horas de hacer un nuevo mundo posible dentro de los principios de la autogestión, el empoderamiento ciudadano, la horizontalidad, la transparencia y las relaciones respetuosas entre las personas. Formo parte muy activa del grupo de autogestión de La Tabacalera de Madrid, centro social autogestionado del que formamos parte unos 30 colectivos, nos asambleamos y consensuamos todas las decisiones del común. También formo parte de un Colectivo Gallego, la Casa Colorida, desde el cual hemos logrado la cesión de una casa para diversos proyectos relacionados con la defensa de los procomunes locales y donde también nos asambleamos y consensuamos las decisiones del común. Hago parte del grupo de articulación del proyecto Galiza Imaxinaria, grupo que impulsa una red de espacios, colectivos, proyectos, actividades y personas que defiendan también el procomún y donde también nos asambleamos y consensuamos las decisiones del común. He colectivizado todos mis bienes en pro de las comunidades a las que pertenezco, ejerciendo la economía colaborativa y no más la solidaridad de mis excedentes, predicando con el ejemplo y creyendo firmemente que si el mundo entero hiciera lo mismo aplicando el sentido de redistribución de la riqueza, la sociedad no sufriría desigualdades ni ejercicios de poder desde lo económico. Formo parte del proceso de articulación de luchas Alternativas desde Abajo, en el que defendemos y trabajamos para que no haya caminos del medio ni procesos aceleradores desligados de las personas y el territorio para seguir construyendo juntas y en tiempos coherentes con cada comunidad en sus realizadades territoriales, temporales y socio-culturales lo que se tenga que construir fuera de organizaciones verticales o partidistas. Me defino en esta lista porque, llegado este momento, creo que no es suficiente opinar sobre lo que voy a opinar sin un poco de acreditación sobre lo que voy a exponer. En todos los colectivos y espacios en los que vengo funcionando, se producen alteraciones no deseadas como las que expone Bernardo en este mail relacionadas con el Fora do Eixo. Empoderamiento, agresividad, machismo, o personas fuera de tono, existen en toda formación ciudadana o colectiva. E incluso, me atrevo a decir en un ejercicio de honestidad, que aun intentando ser mejor persona cada día y seguir los principios que he abrazado desde los años 90 ( mi activismo empezó con el espacio El Laboratorio 1 , en Embajadores), no lo logro todo el tiempo. No siempre logramos estar a la altura a toda hora. La primera "policía" sancionadora de mis fallos soy yo misma todo el tiempo. Me parece demasiado absurdo este ataque insistente de Bernardo a una red de más de 200 colectivos, que son autonomías conectadas sin jefes, que cada uno ejerce su trabajo local, y está conectado en red posicionándose Fuera del Eje a través de proyectos comunes ( como el Grito Rock, proyecto precioso que articulo también desde la mucha o poca red que pueda articular, porque que nos conectaría a todo un planeta en una manifestación en forma de festival disponibilizando espacios y articulando actividades para extender los principios de #CódigoAbierto, #CulturaLibre, #FormaciónAbierta, #EconomíasColaborativas y #SostenibilidadMedioambiental...entre otros. Entre otras cosas, me parece un insulto enorme, que analice el todo (maravilloso de tantos micrologros) por las partes (errores en personas de la red) que intente destruir tantísima cosa que se logra conectados en red, en un Brasil y ahora extendiendo más la colaboración entre otros espacios latinoamericanos y europeos, porque somos tantísimas personas, tantísimas conexiones independientes, sin dueño, solo posicionándonos fuera del eje a través de unos mecanismos o herramientas en las que decidimos libremete formar parte porque nos facilitan un intercambio en avances de todo lo que está por constuir y optimizan tanto esfuerzo individual de forma conectada. Errores tenemos en todos los procesos, y no tiene sentido que empiece a bombardear los que internamente en otros procesos venimos viviendo, que incñuso son bastante más graves que los que Bernardo está colocando sobre el FDE. De hecho nunca lo haría, nunca mancharía mis espacios y mis redes sacando a luz los fallos sino cómo los abordamos. Porque el buen hacer no está en no tener problemas, sino cómo los afrontas, y hasta en eso el Fora do Eixo (Fuera del Eje), ha sido y es la red más transparente que he conocido. Ojalá siente precedente su portal de Transparencia y la entrega constante de documentación que se le viene pidiendo a las casas FdE. Ojalá todos los colectivos y estructuras, personas y proyectos sepan y puedan abrir sus cuentas, sus contactos, sus informaciones como lo hacemos los colectivos que estamos conectados en esta red. No me quería despedir sin un llamado al común a repensar cómo las redes pueden hacer tanto daño a tanto trabajo diario, solidario, y sin ánimos de lucro o poder. Y también otro llamado a desconfiar de quienes administran grandes cuentas de redes sociales, o listas de sorreo en las que si se ejerce un poder terrible. El más poderoso, el de la información y la comunicación. Si quieren información sobre la red FdE, solo es pedirla. Y si quieren construir y mejorar cada error o fallo, es solo aportar. Se conecta quien quiere y no está conectado quien no quiere estar. Pediría a Bernardo que coloque todas esas acusaciones donde las tiene que colocar, en un juzgado. Y que deje de ejercer ese poder. Si puede, que predique con su ejemplo todo lo que en su ejercicio de comunicación dice que defiende y que no se quede en la observación de los procesos desde la barrera. Mas amor por favor. Sil. El 12 de marzo de 2014, 18:41, Bernardo Gutiérrez <bernardobrasil(a)gmail.com>escribió: > Queridos tod@s > > Infelizmente, el culebrón de Fora do Eixo / Mídia Ninja, un colectivo > brasileño para quien no lo conozca, continúa. El super querido, ético y > prestigioso Paulinho Fluxus, uno de los artistas / activistas más > respetados de Brasil, denuncia publicamente que fue asediado, agredido y > amenazado por este grupúsculo, en plena calle. > > https://www.facebook.com/fLUXusPaulo/posts/10151936996600868 > > Yo añado mi denuncia. Saliendo del Conexoes Globais de Porto Alegre, > cuando hablaba con un amigo, fui cercado por 5 miembros de dicho grupo, > intimidado, amenazado. El señor Felipe Altenfender, subcomandante do Eixo, > llegó a insultarme con desprecio. Me llamó "rato" (rata). Estaba presente > un secretario del Gobierno de Rio Grande do Sul y varios testigos. Mi > denuncia fue encaminada a las autoridades y es muy posible que en breve > entremos en la justicia contra esta organización criminal que intenta > vender que son colaborativos. > > Tengo un informe completo con todos los links, denuncias y hechos, que > enriqueceré con los últimos acontecimientos. Quien quiera que me lo pida. > Encontrarán un thriller terrorífico con sexismo, amenazas, extorsiones, > corrupciones varias, prácticas no éticas. > En breve, publicaré texto en varios idiomas con todos los detalles. > > En esta lista, infelizmente, hay 4 personas que todavía colaboran y > defienden a dicho grupúsculo. Una que financia, otra que empuja el > #GritoRock, otra que participa en el #circulaCultura y otra que intenta > lanzar un proyecto latinoameticano. Si siguen apoyando a dicho grupo, > agradecería que abandonaran dicha lista, red, comunidad. > > Como administrador de la misma, no permitiré que personas no éticas formen > parte de la red p2p global > > Un saludo > Bernardo > -- > www.futuramedia.net > www.codigo-abierto.cc > @bernardosampa (twitter) / @futura_media > São Paulo +55 11 43044380 (fijo) +55 11 84881620 (celular) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint > Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es > > -- *Silvia Villar Valverde* *Fuera del Eje* *skype: silviavillarvalverdeTlfno: (0034) 615587557 <%280034%29%20615587557>* _______________________________________________ Wiki: http://p2pfoundation.net/Spanish_P2P_WikiSprint Lista https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-lang-es -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* 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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