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Take back parliament for the people, declares R2K
by Michel Bauwens 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Take back parliament for the people, declares R2K 20 Feb 2015 11:50 Daneel Knoetze <http://mg.co.za/author/daneel-knoetze> Members and supporters of the Right2Know campaign rallied in the Cape Town and vowed to take back Parliament for the South African public. The Right2Know campaign rally, which took place in the Cape Town CBD on Thursday was in response to events at the State of the Nation Address (Sona) which had a “profoundly negative impact on our democracy” according to the organisation. “Biko sacrificed his life for the nation ... Robert Sobukwe sacrificed his life for the nation ... Jacob Zuma sacrificed the nation for his life!” This comment by Khayelitsha resident and Right2Know supporter Sibusiso Xabangela was met by an outburst of agreement from about 400 people packed into the Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square on Thursday evening. It was a moment that seemed to capture the collective disillusionment that the speakers and their audience had shared over the course of an hour and a half of discussion. The event condemned the ANC’s and the state’s actions in Parliament last week during the Sona. The jamming of cellphone signals in the chamber prior to Zuma’s address and the violent removal of Economic Freedom Fighters’ MPs by police officers was the main focus. The ANC were bemoaned for rolling back on Constitutional freedoms and democratic principles in a number of ways. Playwright and activist Mike van Graan took the government’s and the ANC’s intimidation of artists such as Brett Murray, creator of The Spear, as a tactic that fosters self-censorship in the arts. “The freedom fought for and enshrined in our Constitution is contradicted by the very people who remind us that it was they who fought for our freedom. They practice a [Mugabe-ist doctrine] in reminding us that they can also take [our freedom] away,” he said. The people of South Africa don’t want police in Parliament, declared Phumeza Mlungwana, Social Justice Coalition general secretary. “We want them in the streets of Khayelitsha and Manenberg to ensure that we are safe!” With reference to a recent advertisement by KwaZulu Natal Department of Human Settlements seeking a private contractor to monitor and prevent “land invasions”, the United Front’s Mazibuko Jara compared the ANC-run state to the apartheid state. “It is the department’s duty to provide housing, not to monitor the poor’s struggle for land. But, the needs of poor people for land has been turned into a question of security, much like the struggle for freedom was turned into a security issue by the apartheid state.” Jane Duncan, academic and author of the recent book The Rise of the Securocrats, sketched how the work of an increasingly centralised, secretive and powerful security cluster was being geared away from protecting citizens, towards “protecting the president from the people”. “The State Security Agency has developed warped priorities. What does it do about the assassinations of political activists in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal? Yet, it has time enough to install cell phone jammers in Parliament,” she said, before turning her scrutiny on herself and the South African public at large. “[The turning of the security cluster against the people] has happened because we have allowed it to happen.” The overwhelming theme on Thursday night was not the public’s failure to hold an elite to account, but the will to “take Parliament back” as a space created by the struggle for freedom of ordinary citizens against apartheid – a “people’s Parliament”. Missing in person, but not in spirit, was the late South African author, R2K supporter and “advocate of truth and transparency” André Brink. Shireen Mukadam paid tribute to him by quoting a passage from one of his seminal works, A Dry White Season. It reminded the gathered activists of one of Brink’s enduring lessons to South Africans, that there are two dangers in life, the assumption that we can do everything and, the assumption that we can do nothing. *This article was first published on GroundUp <http://groundup.org.za/article/take-back-parliament-people-declares-r2k_2699>.* -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [Debate-List] (Fwd) Snowden film by Laura Poitras wins Oscar award (viva!)
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

hi Kevin, can you post the time-sensitive announcement of snowden on our blog, feel free to bump others, stacco, we have lots of material now and I will be home march 3 to 8, so I propose we go back to a rhythm of four per day until march 10 or so, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: peter waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:59 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [Debate-List] (Fwd) Snowden film by Laura Poitras wins Oscar award (viva!) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patrick Bond <pbond(a)mail.ngo.za> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:10 AM Subject: [Debate-List] (Fwd) Snowden film by Laura Poitras wins Oscar award (viva!) To: DEBATE <debate-list(a)fahamu.org>, r2k_working_groups(a)googlegroups.com, safis-solidarity-platform(a)googlegroups.com Edward Snowden wrote to ACLU on seeing the news <https://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/edward-snowden-congratulates-la…> on television: “When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I’m grateful that I allowed her to persuade me. The result is a brave and brilliant film that deserves the honor and recognition it has received. My hope is that this award will encourage more people to see the film and be inspired by its message that ordinary citizens, working together, can change the world.” Snowden Reacts as Documentary about his Leaks wins Oscar By contributors <http://www.juancole.com/author/contributors> | Feb. 23, 2015 <http://www.juancole.com/2015/02/snowden-reacts-documentary.html> | By Rainey Reitman | (EFF) – CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras’ riveting documentary about Edward Snowden’s efforts to shed light on gross surveillance abuses by the United States government and its partners, just won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Tonight’s Oscar win recognizes not only the incredible cinematography of Poitras, but also her daring work with a high-stakes whistleblower and the journalism that kick-started a worldwide debate about surveillance and government transparency. We suspect this award was also, as the New York Times pointed out <http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/category-close-up-citizenf…>, “a way for Academy members to make something of a political statement, without having to put their own reputations on the line.” We’re thrilled to see Poitras take home this prestigious award. CITIZENFOUR distilled a multi-year battle against untargeted surveillance and delivered it to the world with a compelling human interest story. The work of Poitras, Snowden, and journalist Glenn Greenwald helped shape the political course of nations across the globe. That’s worth at least an Oscar. This award means that more people will be no doubt be watching CITIZENFOUR, and thus learning about both Snowden’s sacrifice and the surveillance abuses by the United States government. For those watching the movie for the first time, there’s often a sense of urgency to get involved and fight back against mass untargeted surveillance. Here are some suggestions for getting started: 1. Tell President Obama to amend Executive Order 12333 <https://act.eff.org/action/tell-obama-stop-mass-surveillance-under-executiv…>, which is the primary legal authority the NSA uses to engage in surveillance of people worldwide. 2. Start using encryption <https://ssd.eff.org/> when communicating digitally. 3. Speak out against reauthorization of a much-abused section of the Patriot Act <https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-my-phone-calls-are-my-business-ref…>which is set to expire this summer. And as always, help promote freedom online by becoming a member of EFF <https://supporters.eff.org/donate>. We extend our congratulations to Laura Poitras and everyone who helped create CITIZENFOUR. More on CITIZENFOUR: - Snowden’s Motivation: What the Internet Was Like Before It Was Being Watched, and How We Get There Again <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/snowden-motivated-what-internet-was-i…> - The 7 Privacy Tools Essential to Making Snowden Documentary CITIZENFOUR <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/7-privacy-tools-essential-making-citi…> Disclosures: I serve on the board of directors of Freedom of the Press Foundation <https://freedom.press>, a nonprofit working to champion press freedom, along with filmmaker Laura Poitras, her colleague Glenn Greenwald, and whistleblower Edward Snowden. Via Electronic Frontier Foundation <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/laura-poitras-citizenfour-awarded-osc…> -- To view previous posts, create a Google account with your current email and log in using gmail to access the archives. https://accounts.google.com/newaccount?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " debate-list(a)fahamu.org" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to debate-list+unsubscribe(a)fahamu.org. To post to this group, send email to debate-list(a)fahamu.org. 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Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Mayo Fuster, Barcelona: Review of Benkler, 'The Wealth of Networks'
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: peter waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:13 AM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Mayo Fuster, Barcelona: Review of Benkler, 'The Wealth of Networks' To: Debate is a listserve that attempts to promote information and analyses of interest to the independent left in South and Southern Africa < debate-list(a)fahamu.org>, WSFDiscuss List < WorldSocialForum-Discuss(a)openspaceforum.net>, " CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk" < CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk>, "< networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org> 03-02-2015 | Mayo Fuster Morell <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/author/mayo-fuster-morell/> *The Wealth of Networks* - P2PValue <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/category/proj/p2pvalue/> - Internet Universe <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/category/proj/univers-internet/> - Share - 29 <https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_…> - 34 <http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Wealth+of+Networks+%7C+Mayo+Fuster+Morel…> - 0 <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-r…> - 2 <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://blogs.cccb.org/la…> *Gill-nets are set out at a wharf on the Pacific coast, Canada, 1963 <1963>. Source: The National Archives UK <https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/7457019872>. * *A review of the book The Wealth of Networks. How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler, which has recently been published in Spanish by Icaria publishers, and is being launched at the CCCB as part of a session on Commons, Public Space Network and the Geopolitics of the Internet with the participation of the author on 25 February 2015 <http://www.cccb.org/en/curs_o_conferencia-procom_espai_pblic_en_xarxa_i_geo…>. The book looks at how information technologies enable extensive forms of collaboration that can have transformative effects on the economy and on society, as in the cases of Wikipedia, Podemos at the political level, and Uber at the economic level, for example. Yochai Benkler is co-Director of the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University.* *The Emergence of the Networked Information Economy and Commons-Based Peer Production* In 2006, the book *The Wealth of Networks* played a crucial role in drawing the world’s attention to a phenomenon that was still unfamiliar to large sectors of the population. Although it may not have been the first text written on the subject, it was the first reference book that explained the emerging phenomenon of collaborative production and offered keys for interpreting and understanding its potential. It’s main message could be summed up as: “Hey! Something’s going on here and it’s not inconsequential. It boosts the potential of freedom and autonomy and shifts the balance of power between markets, the State, and civil society.” Almost a decade after the release of the first edition of the book – and partly thanks to it – many more people now sense and take an interest in the political and economic importance of collaborative production. Today, Wikipedia is the fifth most visited site in the world, and contains articles in 287 languages. And FLOSS (free and open source software) has transformed the software industry and become the benchmark in some of the layers that make the Internet possible. As Benkler predicted, commons-based peer production has grown exponentially, and is now used in fields such as open mapping, crowdfunding, and the production of open hardware, as he found in subsequent studies <http://pas.sagepub.com/content/41/2/213.abstract>, including the recentP2Pvalue <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/category/proj/p2pvalue/> project in which we collaborated. Beyond its economic impact, commons-based peer production has also made an impression on political institutions such as the European Commission, which recognises the importance of what it has come to call “social innovation”, and has adopted it as the core element of its European strategy until 2020. The changes that have taken place since 2006 and contributed to supporting Benkler’s arguments are diverse, and include economic, environmental, and technological factors that have favoured the increasing importance of social production. The economic “crisis” of 2008 cast doubt on the dominant neoliberal economic ideology and increased the interest in alternative models; the crisis in the political system and the welfare system fuelled new forms of organisation for the political field but also for covering the needs of large swathes of the population who have been pushed out of the labour market or are no longer covered by social policies; climate change and the need to rethink the sustainability of the production system and reduce the consumption of resources have favoured sharing models, and the spread of new technologies has expanded the sectors of the population who are able to participate in net-based collaborative experiences. Taken as a whole, these macro-processes have favoured the conditions required for new spaces of innovation, and supported the increasing importance of civil society as an actor and as a source of alternative models of organisation other than the prevailing models of the State and the market, as Benkler had already predicted in 2006. *Book cover from “The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest” by Benkler. Source: Harvard University <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2011/10/benkler>.* As a result, the book’s main message has gained validity over time –and in what seems to be a quirk of fate, its Spanish translation arrives precisely at a moment of great social effervescence and demands of support for the commons. And with the passing of the years, the book has also acquired new meanings. Focusing on the importance of the “classic” examples of Wikipedia and FLOSS, as Benkler does in his book, could be the key that could guide us in the current situation, a way of re-channelling the non-commercial corporate developments that are threatening to distort the phenomenon. It is worth noting, for example, that if we look at the list of the 50 most-visited websites in the world – a considerable part of global Internet traffic – Wikipedia is the only site that does not follow a corporate governance model. Against this backdrop, Benkler’s emphasis on FLOSS and Wikipedia take on new meaning: the need to return to these classics in order to reverse the prevalence of corporate models in the development of social production. This could help us, for example, to rethink the governance models of services such as Uber. *The commons in Benkler* Benkler, like other jurists who have gone back to the concept of the commons –such as Lawrence Lessig (although in other aspects there are clear differences between Benkler and the founder of Creative Commons licences) and Carol Rose (and her Comedy of the Commons <http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/1828/>) – understands the commons in the sense of open access: according to this view, the commons refers to resources that allow people the freedom to use them, without anybody being able to interfere in their ability to access to them, or in the way they use them. This approach, which has mainly been developed by cyber jurists, does not place the emphasis on the conditions of production of a resource, or on the type of human grouping, and instead focuses on the conditions of access for individuals. It revolves around freedom among individuals. This open access view of the commons contrasts with that of Elinor Ostrom <http://elinorostrom.indiana.edu/> – winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences –, whose perspective was based on notion of natural commons. In Ostrom’s view, the commons is a governance model in which individuals in a group can actively participate in defining the rules of interaction in regard to the common resource that they share. Benkler does not argue against Ostrom’s view, but he believes that there is a need to develop a theory of the commons that integrates both approaches, because Ostrom’s view is only applicable to a very small number of cases, and is not sufficiently applicable to the open nature of the digital commons, where it becomes difficult to identify a discrete, stable “subject” on whom governance would fall. Benkler also argues that is more important to focus on relations than on resources: in other words, on the free and open nature of the relational environment, rather than on the (non-excludable and competing) nature of resources, as in Ostrom’s case. Benkler is concerned <http://www.benkler.org/Commons_Unmodified_Benkler.pdf> that by restricting ourselves to Ostrom’s view, we would leave out key resources that form part of the system (from roads and waterways, for example, to the Internet), thus limiting the potential impact of promoting a commons-based framework. *The creation of a networked public sphere * In the second part of his book, Benkler discusses the political implications of the emergence of a new information environment and the creation of a networked public sphere that favours new forms of collective action and a new balance of powers in regard to influencing the political agenda and public policies. Developments in this regard since 2006 appear to prove him right. The emergence of the Arab Spring, the 15-M movement, Occupy Wall Street, and the long list of countries that are part of the recent wave of political mobilisations, as well as the new forms of political “party” organisations such as Syrizia in Greece, various cases in Latin America, and Guanyem and Podemos closer to home, illustrate the insightfulness of his argument. Aside from looking at emergent political mobilisations, in *The Wealth of Networks* and subsequent works, Benkler has focused on analysing the democratic qualities of the networked public sphere as a space of debate among conventional and non-conventional political actors. More recently, defending the democratic nature of organisations such as Wikileaks, or using case studies such as the mobilisation against the SOPA law (“Ley Sinde” in Spain), Benkler has shown the extent to which a networked public sphere favours a greater plurality of voices and the possibility of the political impact of non-conventional actors. In other words, the empowerment of civil society. *Book cover from the “Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate”, by Yochai Benkler, Hal Roberts, Rob Faris, Alicia Solow-Niederman i Bruce Etling. Source: Harvard University <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/8416>.* *The geopolitics of the Internet* Lastly, Benkler offers an analysis of the political economy of the Internet – including the main development trends – and of the web of geopolitical interests that are trying to influence its governance and future development. And he pays particular attention to the potentiality of technology based on de-centralised models and open spectrums. Yochai Benkler’s visit to Barcelona on 25 February is a great opportunity to rethink, through his works, the “transition” that we appear to be in the midst of. 1. 2015/1987. The Old Internationalism and the New: On Labour, Social Movements and Internationalism. (A Reader). http://snuproject.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/1987-e-reader-ed-by-pete... <http://snuproject.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/1987-e-reader-ed-by-peter-waterm…> 2. 2014. From Coldwar Communism to the Global Justice Movement: Itinerary of a Long-Distance Internationalist. http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/from_coldwar_communism _to_the_global_emancipatory_movement/ <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/from_coldwar_communism_to_the_global_emanci…> (Free). 3. 2014. Interface Journal Special (Co-Editor), December 2014. 'Social Movement Internationalisms'. (Free). <http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/> * <http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/>* 4. 2014. 'The Networked Internationalism of Labour's Others', in Jai Sen (ed), Peter Waterman (co-ed), The Movement of Movements: <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/>Struggles for Other Worlds (Part I). <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/> (10 Euros). 5. 2012. EBook: Recovering Internationalism <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/recovering_internationalism/>. [A compilation of papers from the new millenium. Now free in two download formats] 6. 2013. EBook (co-editor), February 2013: World Social Forum: Critical Explorations http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ 7. 2012. Interface Journal Special (co-editor), November 2012: *For the Global Emancipation of Labour <http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/>* 8. 2005-? <http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interf…> Ongoing. Blog: http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman.???. Needed: a Global Labour Charter Movement (2005-Now!) <http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interf…> 9. 2011. Under, Against, Beyond: Labour and Social Movements Confront a Globalised, Informatised Capitalism <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/under-against-beyond/>(2011) (c. 1,000 pages of Working Papers, free, from the 1980's-90's). _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: AMENDED Greek position
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MANIOU Panayota <panayota.maniou(a)europarl.europa.eu> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 3:47 AM Subject: AMENDED Greek position To: SupportSyriza <appelsyriza(a)gmail.com> Dear all, as many of you had contacted us with relevant questions, please find a short description on the proposals of the Greek Government for the "bridge – programme" of the following four months. Attached, for your convenience, you may find the full version of the Thessaloniki Programme in EN and a short version in FR. * Apparently, there have been fragmental and false leaks to the press with regard to the text that is going to be send to the Eurogroup Finance Ministers tomorrow. We therefore want to clarify that the reform list of the Greek government includes the following:* 1. All of the measures included in the first pillar of the "Thessaloniki Programme", concerning the way to address the humanitarian crisis. 2. Big parts of the second pillar concerning the recovery of the real economy, with immediate priority given to: the settling of overdue debts, the protection of people with mortgage arrears as well as the ending of foreclosures of first residencies. 3. The list includes all the structural reforms of the fourth pillar of the "Thessaloniki Programme" such as: a. Fair and just tax system b. Combatting tax evasion c. Combatting entanglement and corruption d. Combatting smuggling (namely of fuel and tobacco) e. Rebuilding of the public sector- reducing bureaucracy 4. Labour reforms, particularly with regard to collective contracts and bargaining agreements. 5. No reference is made to to the renown OECD toolkit but to the Gurria - Tsipras agreement for necessary structural reforms needed by the country 6. Finally , no reference is made of the reinstatement of the laid off workers in the public sector as the relevant minister has already declared that their reinstatement is included in the recruitments, already programmed for in the budget. **The list of reforms is going to be send to the Eurogroup Finance Ministers tomorrow, while in the later afternoon they will be holding a teleconference. **Tomorrow, Tuesday, at 12:00 am, there will be a cabinet meeting of the government. Thank you all for your solidarity, Panayota -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: Update on EU Digital Social Innovation Grants and Partnership Events ( CAPS )
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:24 AM Subject: Fwd: Update on EU Digital Social Innovation Grants and Partnership Events ( CAPS ) To: fyi ps : includes a reminder of Yochai Benkler's streaming event on Feb 25 pps : more context related to CAPS http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/collective-awar… ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <Fabrizio.Sestini(a)ec.europa.eu> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:54 PM Subject: CAPS and DSI news To: Cc: Loretta.Anania(a)ec.europa.eu, Johanna.SCHEPERS(a)ec.europa.eu, Horst.KRAEMER(a)ec.europa.eu Many thanks to the 300+ who attended the *Digital** Social Innovation* event last Tuesday in Brussels! Here you can find links to the recorded sessions *http://scic.ec.europa.eu/streaming/index.php?es=2&sessionno=ff0abbcc0227c9124a804b084d161a2d* <http://scic.ec.europa.eu/streaming/index.php?es=2&sessionno=ff0abbcc0227c91…> , the final report *http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/growing-digital-social-innovation-ecosystem-europe* <http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/growing-digital-social-innovation-ecos…> , the website of the dynamic mapping *http://digitalsocial.eu/* <http://digitalsocial.eu/> , the storify of the event *http://content.digitalsocial.eu/oppertunity-to-give-feedback-growing-a-digital-social-innovation-ecosystem-for-europe/* <http://content.digitalsocial.eu/oppertunity-to-give-feedback-growing-a-digi…> and the blog *http://content.digitalsocial.eu/shaping_the_future_of_digital_social_innovation/* <http://content.digitalsocial.eu/shaping_the_future_of_digital_social_innova…> where you can comment and interact with us. #DigitalSI #digi_SI Please also note the extended deadline (until Feb. 27th ) for submitting multidisciplinary papers to the 2nd International Conference on *Internet Science* (published by Springer), which will be held on 27-29 May 2015 in Brussels *https://internetscienceconference.eu/call-for-papers/* <https://internetscienceconference.eu/call-for-papers/>. Possible topics : Internet and Society, Internet and governance, Internet and innovation. #ICIS2015 This is also a reminder about the streaming of Yochai Benkler from Barcelona on "*Emerging model of production, political innovation and the geopolitics of Internet*" *http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php* <http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php> on Feb 25 18:30-20:30. #Commons #p2pvalue Do you know the *Net Futures 2015* Conference *http://netfutures2015.eu* <http://netfutures2015.eu> ? Just before it, on 25 March in Brussels, CAPS will hold, as a public event, a consultation meeting for the next Horizon 2020 calls in CAPS, including on the new topic of distributed architectures for decentralised data management *http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/collective-awareness-platforms-sustainability-and-social-innovation-caps-consultation-meeting* <http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/collective-awareness-platforms-s…> Last but not least, tomorrow in *Paris*, Centre Pompidou, we are presenting the last *CAPS infoday*, before the call close on April 14th. See you there! Cheers For the CAPS team – Johanna, Loretta, Horst and Fabrizio *European Commission *DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Unit E3 " *Net Innovation" *BU-25 03/103, B-1049 Brussels*, *tel. +32-2-2995260 *http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/collectiveawareness* <http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/collectiveawareness> Follow me @100fabrizio #CAPSSI -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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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syriza's energy policy
by Michel Bauwens 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

dear Stacco, something to cover in our commonstransition blog! see http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=48947&preview=true original at http://www.globalresearch.ca/syriza-can-show-another-energy-is-possible/543… -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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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5th ICTs and Society Conference 2015: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory
by Christian Fuchs 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

The 5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory. Vienna University of Technology. Vienna, Austria June 3-7, 2015. Abstract submission deadline: This week http://icts-and-society.net/events/5th-icts-and-society-conference Organised by the The ICTs and Society Network - an international research network that aims to bring together critical Internet/digital media/social media-researchers. Submission deadline: February 27, 2015 http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/icts Part of the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015: Information Society at the Crossroads: Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information. http://summit.is4is.org http://summit.is4is.org/calls/call-for-participation Keynote speakers: http://summit.is4is.org/programme/speakers Given that the information society and the study of information face a world of crisis today and are at a crossroads, also the future of the Internet and social media are in question. The 5th ICTs and Society Conference therefore wants to focus on the questions: What are the main challenges that the Internet and social media are facing in capitalism today? What potentials for an alternative, commonist Internet are there? What are existing hindrances for such an Internet? What is the relationship of power structures, protest movements, societal developments, struggles, radical reforms, etc. to the Internet? How can critical political economy and critical theory best study the Internet and social media today? Presentations and submissions are organised in the form of 23 panel topics (ICT&S1-ICT&S23; please indicate the panel identification number to which you submit in your submisison/abstract): * ICT&S1 The Internet and Critical Theory: * ICT&S2 The Internet, Karl Marx, and Marxist Theory: * ICT&S3 The Internet, Commodities and Capitalism: * ICT&S4 The Political Economy of Online Advertising * ICT&S5 The Internet and Power: * ICT&S6 Raymond Williams’ Cultural Materialism and the Internet: * ICT&S7 Dallas Smythe and the Internet: * ICT&S8 Critical Cultural Studies Today: Stuart Hall, Richard Hoggart * ICT&S9 The Frankfurt School and the Internet: * ICT&S10 Marxist Semiotics, Marxist Linguistics, Critical Psychology, Marxism and the Internet * ICT&S11 The Internet and Global Capitalism * ICT&S12 The Internet and Neoliberalism with Chinese Characteristics * ICT&S13 The Political Economy of Digital Labour * ICT&S14 The Political Economy of the Internet and the Capitalist State Today * ICT&S15 Ideology Critique 2.0: Ideologies of and on the Internet * ICT&S16 Hegel 2.0: Dialectical Philosophy and the Internet * ICT&S17 Capitalism and Open Access Publishing * ICT&S18 Class Struggles, Social Struggles and the Internet * ICT&S19 Critical/Radical Internet Studies, the University and Academia Today * ICT&S20 The Internet and the Left * ICT&S21 Anti-Capitalist Feminism and the Internet Today * ICT&S22 The Internet, Right-Wing Extremism and Fascism Today * ICT&S23 An Alternative Internet Online SUBMISSION: http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/icts http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/page/instructions Please submit an extended abstract of 750-2000 words: First register and then select the conference “ISIS Summit Vienna 2015” and the conference stream “ICTS 2015” Only one submission per person will be considered Please indicate the number/ID of the panel to which you are submitting at the start of your abstract (ICTSxx). Submissions without panel identifier or that fall outside the topics covered by the 23 panels will not be further considered.

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Fwd: Cockatoo Chronicles 39 - When the Dam of Denial Breaks
by Anna Harris 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Things are heating up in more ways than one, with the trends I wrote about in The Great Disruption getting stronger each year. I think 2015 could be a particularly crucial one with the gathering forces ready to break through the dam of denial. I look forward as always to your reactions. Kind regards Paul Gilding The Cockatoo Chronicles. No 39 The Year the Dam of Denial Breaks - Ready for the Flood? This is the year the "dam of denial" will break and the momentum for climate action will become an unstoppable flood. It will be messy, confusing and endlessly debated but with historical hindsight, 2015 will be the year. The year the world turned, primarily because the market woke up to the economic threat posed by climate change and the economic opportunity in the inevitable decline of fossil fuels. That shift will in turn unlock government policy and public opinion because the previous resistance to action argued on economic grounds, will reverse to favour action on economic grounds. Click here to read the full column Forward email This email was sent to anna(a)shsh.co.uk by paulgilding(a)me.com | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Paul Gilding | PO Box 339 | Cygnet | Tasmania | 7112 | Australia

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Yochai Benkler in Barcelona: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons?
by Chris P2Pvalue 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Hi! Next Wednesday Feb 25th, Yochai Benkler will be in Barcelona presenting the Spanish translation of "The wealth of network", commenting the stage of common based peer production and its political relevance from the perspective of the Spanish context. There will be live streaming: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php People in Madrid, Media Lab Prado is organizing a proyection of the streaming and there will be possible to intervine in the debate from Madrid. (ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH VERSIONS) *Yochai Benkler from Barcelona: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons?* Emerging model of producation, political innovation and the geopolitics of Internet from the Spanish context of change of era Idea of the Commons and the Future of Capitalism. The political importance of CBPP and its very strong continued relevance. #Commons #p2pvalue (Streaming and Spanish translation will be provided though this page http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) *Talk by** Yochai Benkler *@CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 Presented by *Mayo Fuster Morell* Moderator: *Joan Subirats* Row 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra <http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity <http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas <http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3 <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc <http://www.igopnet.cc/>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE <http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org <https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia <https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth <http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain <http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES <http://www.xes.cat/> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo <http://goteo.org/>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es <http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org) Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole <http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU <http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0 <http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab <http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats <http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons <http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica <http://tecnopolitica.net/> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid streammed connection: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (*Máster CCCD <http://cccd.es/>).* Conference on occasion of the publication of the work in Spanish "The Wealth of Networks" (published in Spanish by Icaria Editorial <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1> ). ◾ *When?* 25 February 2015 From 18:30 to 20:30 talk. The event will continue in a networking meet up. ◾ *Where?* *Barcelona:* CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Classroom 1 (Limited capacity) Afterword* (20:30 onward) *there will be a* networking meet up at CCCBar.* *Madrid:* There will be an streaming of the event organized by Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es/>(Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Participants in Madrid will be able to send questions for the debate. *Online:* Streaming will be provided from this same website: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php Expanded debate on Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾* Organization:* Organized by IGOP.net.cc <http://igop.net.cc/>, P2Pvalue.eu European projec <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>t, CCCB Lab <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Collaboration: Ed. Icaria <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1> , Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and *Máster CCCD* <http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Support: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.es/> , Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> *◾ Resources on Benkler work:* Benkler's website <http://benkler.org/> Review of Benkler's work in occasion of the publication of "La Riqueza de las reded" by Mayo Fuster Morell English <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Index of "La riqueza de las redes" (Spanish version of The wealth of networks), and introduction by Floren Cabello and Andoni Alonso, and foreword by Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> (Castellano) *Yochai Benkle*r is a professor at theFaculty of Law and co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He is the author of the book - recently published by Icaria in Spanish - "The Wealth of Networks" benchmark studies Internet and society. His work examines the ways in which information technologies allow extensive forms of collaboration can have transformative consequences for the economy and society The research Benkler is developed in three areas connected. On the one hand, "peer production based on the common good" as collaborative initiatives of free software that Wikipedia is becoming the emerging production model and reference. On the other hand, introduced the concept of public space network, and analyzes to what extent is the process of transforming public policy and political mobilization. Finally, an expert on Internet policy and architecture to new technologies. Through these lines of work explores the hypothesis of the emergence of a third organizational model commons, which would break the pairing state - market, and would favor greater centrality and empowerment of civil society as an agent. From these key reading Benkler incorporate elements to understand the change of time in Spain. *Mayo Fuster Morell *is a researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. One expert in the governance of communities based on collaborative production between equals. P2Pvalue directs research on conditions that favor the creation of value in the production network. One member of the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation. *Joan Subirats Humet *is professor of Political Science at UAB and researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policy at the University Autonoma of Barcelona. Hir areas of research include public policy analysis, democratic innovation, public participation and local and regional government. He has published numerous books, including the Spanish Urban Policies (2011) and sociedad Otra, otra ¿politics? "Not to represent us" democracy of the policy. (CATALA) Podem guanyar una economia, política i societat procomú? *Xerrada: Claus de lectura del moment actual en un context de canvi d'època: Producció procomu, espai public en xarxa i geopolitica d’Interne*t per *Yochai Benkler *@CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 (Xerrada en angles. Streaming i traduccio al castellà disponible a la web: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) #Commons #p2pvalue *Presenta:* Mayo Fuster Morell *Modera:* Joan Subirats Fila 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra <http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity <http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas <http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3 <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc <http://www.igopnet.cc/>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE <http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org <https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia <https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth <http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain <http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES <http://www.xes.cat/> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo <http://goteo.org/>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es <http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org) Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole <http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU <http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0 <http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab <http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats <http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons <http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica <http://tecnopolitica.net/> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid connexio per streaming: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (*Máster CCCD <http://cccd.es/>).* Conferencia en ocasió de la publicació en castellà de l'obra «La riqueza de las redes» (Titlo de l'obra original en angles: «The Wealth of Networks» – publicat per Icaria Editorial). ◾* Quan?* 25 Febrer 2015 De les 18:30 a 20:30 xerrada. L'esdeveniment continuara amb un networking pica pica al CCCBar. *◾ On?* *Barcelona:* CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Aula 1 (Capacitat limitada) Despres* (20:30 endavant) *hi haura un* networking pica pica* at the * CCCBar.* *Madrid: *Hi haurà una transmissió de l'esdeveniment organitzat al Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es/>(Plaça de les Lletres. Carrer Albereda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Els participants a Madrid podran enviar preguntes peldebat. *Online:* Des de aquesta web es retransmetrà http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php <http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php> Debat expandid: Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾* Organizacio:* Organizat per IGOP.net.cc <http://igop.net.cc/>, P2Pvalue.eu European projec <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>t, CCCB Lab <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Colaboracio: Ed. Icaria <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1> , Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and *Máster CCCD* <http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Support: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.es/> , Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> *◾ Recursos del treball de Benkler:* Benkler's website <http://benkler.org/> Revisio del treball de Benkler en ocassio de la publicacio al castella de "La Riqueza de las reded" per Mayo Fuster Morell English <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Index of "La riqueza de las redes" (Spanish version of The wealth of networks), and introduction by Floren Cabello and Andoni Alonso, and foreword by Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> (Castella) *Yochai Benkler* és catedràtic a la Facultat de Dret i codirector del Centre Berkman per Internet i la Societat de la Universitat de Harvard. És autor del llibre - recentment publicat en castellà per Icaria - "La riquesa de les xarxes" referència mundial en els estudis d'Internet i societat. La seva obra analitza les maneres en què les tecnologies de la informació possibiliten formes extensives de col·laboració que poden tenir conseqüències transformatives per a l'economia i la societat El treball de recerca de Benkler es desenvolupa en tres àrees connectades. D'una banda, "producció entre iguals basada en el bé comú" com les iniciatives col·laboratives del programari lliure o Viquipèdia que està convertint-se en el model productiu emergent i de referència. D'altra banda, va introduir el concepte d'espai públic en xarxa, i analitza en quina mesura està transformant els processos de polítiques públiques i la mobilització política. Finalment, és un expert en polítiques d'Internet i en l'arquitectura de poder de les noves tecnologies. A través d'aquestes línies de treball explora la hipòtesi de l'emergència d'un tercer model organitzacional procomu, que vindria a trencar el binomi Estat - mercat, i afavoriria una major centralitat i empoderament de la societat civil com a agent. A partir d'aquestes claus de lectura, Benkler incorporarà elements per entendre el canvi d'època a l'Estat Espanyol. *Mayo Fuster Morell* és investigadora de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona i del Centre Berkman per Internet i Societat de la Universitat de Harvard. Es experta en la governança de les comunitats basades en la producció col·laborativa entre iguals. Dirigeix la recerca P2Pvalue sobre condicions que afavoreixen la creació de valor a la producció en xarxa. Es membre de la Fundació pel coneixement obert i la Fundació Wikimedia. *Joan Subirats Humet* és professor de Ciència Política a la UAB i investigador de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Els seus camps de recerca inclouen l’anàlisi de polítiques públiques, la innovació democràtica, la participació pública i el govern local i regional. Ha publicat nombrosos llibres, entre els quals destaquen les Polítiques urbanes espanyoles (2011) i Otra sociedad, ¿otra política? De “no nos representan" a la democracia de lo común. (CASTELLANO) ¿Podemos ganar una economía, política y sociedad procomún? Claves de lectura del momento actual en un contexto de cambio de época en España: Producción procomún, espacio público en red y geopolítica de Internet por *Yochai Benkler *@CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 (Retransmision en directo y traduccion al castellano en esta web http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) #Commons #p2pvalue *Presenta:* Mayo Fuster Morell *Modera:* Joan Subirats Fila 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra <http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity <http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas <http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3 <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc <http://www.igopnet.cc/>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE <http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org <https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC <http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia <https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth <http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain <http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES <http://www.xes.cat/> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo <http://goteo.org/>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es <http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org) Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole <http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU <http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0 <http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab <http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats <http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons <http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica <http://tecnopolitica.net/> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid conexion por streaming: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (*Máster CCCD <http://cccd.es/>).* Conferencia en ocasión de la publicación en castellano de la obra «La riqueza de las redes» (Titulo de la obra original en angles: «The Wealth of Networks» – publicado por Icaria Editorial). ◾* ¿Cuando?* 25 Febrero 2015 De les 18:30 a 20:30 Conferencia, El evento continuara con un networking pica pica en el CCCBar. *◾ ¿Donde?* *Barcelona:* CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Aula 1 (Capacidad limitada) Después (*20:30 *en adelante) se celebrara* networking pica pica* en el * CCCBar.* *Madrid: *Habrá una transmisión del evento organizado en el Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es/>(Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Los participantes en Madrid podrán enviar preguntas para el debate. *Online:* Desde esta web se retransmitirá el streaming: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php Debate expandido: Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾* Organización:* Organizado por IGOP.net.cc <http://igop.net.cc/>, P2Pvalue.eu European projec <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/>t, CCCB Lab <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Colaboración: Ed. Icaria <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1> , Commons Lab <http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and *Máster CCCD* <http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun <https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Apoyo: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.es/>, Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> *◾ Recursos del trabajo de Benkler:* Benkler's website <http://benkler.org/> Revisión del trabajo de Benkler en ocasión de la publicación en castellano de "La Riqueza de las redes" por Mayo Fuster Morell English <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Índice de "La riqueza de las redes", y introducción de Floren Cabello y Andoni Alonso, y prologo de Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> *Yochai Benkler* es catedrático en la Facultad de Derecho y codirector del Centro Berkman por Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard. Es autor del libro, recientemente publicado en castellano por Icaria - “ La riqueza de las redes” referencia mundial en los estudios de Internet y sociedad. Su obra analiza los modos en que las teconologías de la información posibilitan formas extensivas de colaboración que pueden tener consecuencias que transformen la economía y la sociedad. El trabajo de investigación de Benkler se desarrolla en tres áreas conectadas. Por un lado, “ producción entre iguales basada en el bien común” tales como las iniciativas colaborativas del programario libre o Wikipedia que está convirtiéndose en el modelo productivo emergente i de referencia. Por otro lado, introdujo el concepto espacio público en red, y analiza de que modo está transformando los procesos de políticas públicas y la movilización política. Finalmente, es un experto en políticas de Internet y en la arquitectura de poder de las nuevas tecnologías. A través de estas líneas de trabajo, explora la hipótesis de la emergencia de un tercer modelo organizacional procomún, que rompería con el binomio Estado-mercado, y favorece una mayor centralidad y empoderamiento de la sociedad civil como agente. A partir de estas claves de lectura, Benkler introducirá elementos para comprender el cambio de época en el Estado español. *Mayo Fuster Morell* és investigadora de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la UAB y del Centro Berkman por Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard. Es experta en la governanza de las comunidades basadas en la producción colaborativa entre iguales. Dirige la investigación P2P value sobre condiciones que favorecen la creación de valor a la producción en red. Es miembro de la Fundación por el conocimiento abierto y la Fundacion Wikimedia. *Joan Subirats Humet *es profesor de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona y investigador del Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la UAB. Sus areas de investigación incluyen el análisis de las políticas públicas, la innovación democrática, la participación pública y el gobierno local y regional. Ha publicado numerosas obras, entre las cuales destacan *la Políticas urbanas españolas *(2011) y* Otra sociedad ¿otra política? De “no nos representan” a la democracia de lo común.* -- *Chris Pinchen * P2Pvalue <http://p2pvalue.eu/>

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varoufakis on piketty
by Michel Bauwens 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josef Davies-Coates <jdaviescoates(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:38 AM Subject: Re: Community Banking with a transformative difference: Negative interest money re global currencies with aligned values, Michel may have mentioned this before, but in case he hasn't http://fair.coop (see pages under Economic System) Also, Greek's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is a fascinating chap. See e.g. this proposal of his for an FT (Future Taxes) Coin as shared on the P2P Foundation blog recently: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-ft-coin-a-complementary-government-curren… Other notable things from him I've seen are this critique of PIketty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLPO2j9RQ0 http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue69/Varoufakis69.pdf And this blog post from his time as Economics at Valve (a hugely successful non-hierarchical video game company, where he was responsible for e.g. linking economies in two virtual game environments by creating a shared currency) http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corpo… On 22 February 2015 at 23:09, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: > far from me to say that community, regional and national approaches are > not needed, but there should also be a global level, as no matter where a > important sustainability innovation emerges, it should be supported to that > it can scale globally, > > Michel > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Henry Tam <htam.global.t21(a)btinternet.com > > wrote: > >> How much of the alternative economy/enterprise/finance ideas, would you >> say, can be piloted at a sub-regional or regional level? I was speaking >> with the Cambridge Coop Party and we discussed how the fragmentation going >> on can be reversed by renewed collaboration premised on cooperative >> principles, sustainability and community-based services. >> >> Coop is getting a bad name, not just because of the Coop Bank (which was >> never a real coop, and has just hired as a consultant someone who was in >> charge of compliance at HSBC when all the non-compliance took place!), but >> for example, in the ‘Which?’ magazine annual poll, Coop supermarkets were >> rated poor for pricing, “shockingly behind everyone else” on value for >> money, and worst for special offers and own label products. They didn’t >> come first in any category. How would a major re-engineering even begin? >> And the Coop Party HQ is opening the door to coops not providing the funds >> that have been vital to local coop party’s political activities on the >> ground. >> >> The Eastern Savings & Loans Credit Union is merging with the Cambridge >> Credit Union. I wonder if they could play a role in providing investment >> in the development of cooperative commons locally, or pave the way for more >> extensive community banking regionally. >> >> We need some organisational levers to try out/pilot the ideas we talk >> about. >> >> Henry >> >> >> On 21/2/15 08:28, "Pat Conaty" <pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> >> Hi Michel >> >> Thanks. Good to set up this file as you have done with Henry’s proposal >> for an Open Co-operative Development Agency. This is a good place to start. >> >> Not much further comment to my proposal so far. If others want to comment >> we can keep up this thread. Otherwise I will move this forward otherwise. I >> think with the Dieter Suhr article that was circulated my points further >> below are pretty clear. In any event I aim to complete my short book on >> co-operative capital and convivial money in April. This will probably >> feature in the final chapter. >> >> Annemarie has responded offline so I will talk with her further next week. >> >> On a related matter to my proposal but at national government level for >> interest free money, here is some extra info to ponder. Until the mid 1970s >> the Bank of Canada was a public bank for the entire country, not just a >> central bank as it has been forced to become today by the Bank for >> International Settlements (the international private bank for central >> bankers based in Basle).. >> >> Here below from Ellen Brown is an update on the Bank of Canada case by >> Comer in the Canadian level Supreme Court. The case is focusing on a demand >> for reviving the Bank of Canada role in making interest free loans direct >> into the real economy for infrastructure and services for the public good. >> So read here QE as socially directed investment not for assisting the >> refinancing of the toxic balance sheets of banks as we know QE. See also >> the the other link with all the background in Part 3 of my paper on the >> Commons Transition Website. >> >> Pat >> >> >> http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutio… >> <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutio…> >> <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutio…> >> >> >> http://commonstransition.org/co-operative-commonwealth-de-commodifying-land… >> >> >> >> >> On 21 Feb 2015, at 00:37, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Pat, >> >> I don't have time to rummage through the older emails but I have created >> this common document as you requested, >> >> see >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/188Y7COujNwhU60pMiNypXHaRHgLrjKywVlfN6Ay… >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> >> Hi Michel, Josef and Annemarie >> >> Michel, good idea. Do open a Google doc if you like with Stacco. A few of >> this can then co-develop this co-operative money commons proposal for the >> Commons Transition site as an proposition. >> >> >> Josef and Annemarie, the proposal really is not complex. More info to >> clarify what I am saying and advocating. We need a social-public >> partnership to harness a collaborative transformative approach. >> >> If you check out the Dieter Suhr paper on neutral money he explains the >> concept. But we need democratic finance bodies to make it a co-operative >> form of money for local city regions in a distributed way. If Dee Hock >> wanted actually a model where the customers owned the platform not Bank >> America and other banks, you get the notion. As Dee Hock explains in the >> extracts from his book on Chaordic Commons, the banks kicked this consumer >> sovereignty idea of his into the Long Grass where it was lost. >> >> In Germany there are 50 regional currencies. Chiemgauer in southern >> Germany has a negative interest rate of 8% a year. They both print notes >> and have >> a digital money version. This is interesting as unlike Ithaca Hours that >> works with Alternatives Federal Credit Union in Ithaca as a credit union >> and local money partnership or Bristol Pound that has a partnership with >> Bristol Credit Union, Chiemgauer uses negative interest rates. This is an >> advance on Bristol Pound and Ithaca hours from a design point of view as it >> creates a dynamic pressure for money velocity and liquidity to expand. But >> they create through Chiemgauer a slow pressure of three months at 2% >> charge. If they moved to month at 2% charge, this would create more focus >> on spending it. >> >> Where they are in southern Germany they operate more a slow money system. >> But Athens needs a faster money system. So velocity and speed controls are >> important and will vary based on the state of play of the economy. In >> 1933 <tel:1933> Irving Fisher wanted FDR to introduce Worgl money at a >> charge of 2% a week as the crisis of liquidity and structural unemployment >> plus general strikes was huge. So speed controls on money with negative >> interest can be ramped up to create emergency currencies with high velocity >> to secure the common good. >> >> Many small credit unions have never been comfortable with Visa cards. >> Bigger credit unions are into this game. Remember as my paper shows on >> Co-operative commonwealth, mutual finance before 1870 <tel:1870> was >> widespread with out any interest at all. This was the building society >> movement for the first 100 years. People forget all this. Co-ops at the >> outset were against interest and usury. This has been long forgotten. >> >> >> >> But there has always been a gap in the market in the credit union world >> for an alternative payment system. I know as I have been involved with >> credit union development since the early 1980s The debit cards being >> developed for the homeless with the Big issue and Street UK in the UK now >> are a step to be inclusive that CDFIs like Street UK here are working on. >> >> Chiemgauer’s digital money is supported by two members of Inaise, the >> social banks Triodos and GLS Bank. Both Steiner banks. When you borrow on >> Visa, the deal is this. >> They give you a credit limit. You can take this money that you in a way >> opt for at least initially. It is free money for one month. They though >> make you liable for the borrowing. This is debt and debt money. Paper money >> is complex and costly to administer. >> >> What is missing is the link to the city state. If we could get >> sympathetic local government bodies to work with credit unions, CDFIs and >> social banks to bring in them for these city-state monies we could add >> another dimension that is missing with Chiemgaeur to get us closer to Worgl >> where you could pay your taxes with the money. This move this closer to a >> real democratic money. >> >> Bristol has got some support for some business rates tax payments. But we >> need to advance further. Hull a city in the North of England has talked >> about Hull Coin but this is not happening yet. >> >> Michel you can cut and paste my past few emails into a Google doc. I also >> sent another one three weeks ago to you and Annemarie that one of you can >> dig out and paste this in. It was about the interface between democratic >> banking, co-operative money and the local authorities or small states like >> Wales. >> >> Michel we should then develop a conversation with other experts on >> banking like Cliff and Margie on this list plus Franz De Clerck, my old >> friend. Maybe also Peter Blom at Triodos. >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> On 18 Feb 2015, at 02:28, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> >> wrote: >> >> hi Pat, perhaps you can start with a formal description of the proposal >> on a google doc, and then circulate it amongst players that can do >> something about it ? >> >> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> >> Hi Michel, Josef, Robin, Mike, Margie, Cliff and Yvon >> >> Terrific! Glad Michel and Josef that you agree with my proposal further >> below for a negative interest VISA solution for social banks and CBPs. >> >> So where do we begin? Some questions for those on this list as this idea >> could be co-operatively transformative. >> I believe that backers with the knowledge and expertise could be >> attracted from what is already happening below the radar. >> >> Indeed I think this could be a global project for Fair Trade Banking or >> something similarly named. The gap between credit card rates of >> 19% plus and bank base rates of 0.5% here in the UK has never been >> greater. This is such a usurious scam. >> >> Credit cards are the most transparent example of how banks create money >> as debt out of thin air. They give a new customer a >> liquidity limit, create this by this agreement as new money that is >> issued out of thin air, and then this liquidity becomes >> another micro-profit centre. Just imagine a Worgl and WiR alternative >> where local credit unions, social banks, co-operative loan funds, etc >> collaborate to set up a Co-operative alternative on a regional scale on a >> commons platform that could be national or wider. >> >> The credit card system robs from the poor and provides a free ride and >> free liquidity to the better off users. This is a class divided system. >> Credit unions and social banks could co-develop and offer a clearly >> democratic and socially inclusive solution for liquidity and working >> capital for >> Commoners. >> >> If the banks can maintain this unfair deal, who could say legally that >> credit unions as licensed deposit takers and co-op organisations could not >> do the same but >> in the Worgl way for issuing cost carrying money so everyone pays the >> costs of the liquidity admin and a marginal cost for credit risk. LETs >> failed in Argentina >> a decade ago because Michael Linton never designed any credit risk >> protection and if people take all the free money they want >> you get inflation and a breakdown in trust. The volume and velocity of >> money has to be managed. >> >> I did not know Michel that Dee Hock when he invented VISA wanted the card >> owners not the banks to own >> the VISA platform. This solution I am suggesting would be the answer to >> that. >> >> I am sharing this idea with a few from the other list talking about CBPs >> and co-operative economic democracy. My thinking >> on how and why this would really work is based on a paper from Dieter >> Suhr who is a German monetary reformer who died >> tragically 20 years or so ago in an accident. He was a good friend of >> Margrit Kennedy and I met him when we both spoke at the >> launch of INAISE in Brussels about 1989 <tel:1989> . His proposal was >> for neutral money but it lacked a set of co-operative finance actors to >> make it >> >> happen. This has been the barrier. His book on Neutral money can be >> downloaded. >> >> Rather like the problem before Dee Hock solved this for the banks in the >> 1960s. Like today, where >> there are umpteen local currencies and all not viable in a business >> sense, then 50 years ago the banks were all issuing their own credit cards >> and all >> losing money. Dee Hock proposed a co-operative solution of convergence >> which is what ViSA offered. A collaborative economy solution to >> secure declining marginal cost economies. It worked but today we lack >> this breakaway play for local money systems. They need to >> stop doing their own thing. But how and would this be feasible? I think >> so. So correct me if you think my hypothesis is wrong please? >> >> So some substance to back up this idea. We did work on payment system >> solutions for CBPs and you can see these in the CBP report that Mike Toye at >> Ced-Net has circulated. >> >> Robin Murray is talking to some top notch bank payment systems people in >> London working on an alternative including a brilliant Welshman. >> One guy set up the new Metro bank in the UK and the other is a ‘bank in >> a box’ guy. They both want to see People’s banking alternatives >> and one of the guy’s has been working with Occupy groups in London and >> New York on what this might look like. >> If we could get some Community Development Credit Unions like Self Help >> CU, Alternatives and some CDFIs and social banks >> like Triodos and GLS interested in this fee based payment and liquidity >> system we could make a go of it. >> >> I have a couple of very clever CDFI friends in the UK interested in this >> stuff. Moreover they are also payment system experts. >> One is Martin Hockly at Street UK (a very successful home improvement >> lender and micro finance lender in Birmingham) and the other is >> Steve Round formerly at Unity Trust Bank, the trade union bank here. They >> have developed a pre-paid debit card for >> homeless people. Steve is chair of the Big Issue. Their plastic card has >> been piloted successfully. Martin was working with >> us in the past on a solution for CBPs to provide bill payments. >> >> I gave a paper about these Co-operative money ideas four years ago in >> London and Martin Hockly has been very keen on the >> possibilities since then. >> >> So what do you all think? This is so practical if we can get some early >> adopters and perhaps build on the conversations Robin >> has been having and some of the work in the UK on the payment system for >> homeless people soon to go live there is a real chance for this >> to be set up on robust foundations. Ann Pettifor of the Jubilee Debt >> Campaign is a friend and she would find this compelling I suspect. >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16 Feb 2015, at 05:28, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> >> wrote: >> >> thanks Pat, I am convinced of this as well, >> >> Michel >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> >> Hi Josef >> >> I do apologise. It has been a madly busy day. >> >> Yes, David B made the edits and sent round the corrected version. >> >> We are soon to send out the Deep Dive and if you wanted to have a read >> and proof it, that would be marvelous. >> >> I am copying David in on this reply. I am sure he will share it with you. >> >> >> On Community Banking Partnership, my argument and cast to Michel is that >> while we need to >> reinvent money and get this right. We cannot ignore the need for banking. >> As I see it, the CBP models >> of knowledge banking are seeking to be convivial, keep people out of debt >> and provide >> good basic banking services. >> >> What is needed if you can imagine this is for all the social banks, all >> the credit unions and all the CDFIs to form >> an Alternative like VISA which by the way was set up by Dee Hock as a >> co-op but a private one which is >> a contradiction. But if all the social and alternative banks were to do >> this, then they could simply issue >> negative interest credit card liquidity. >> >> But this requires all the non-capitalist banking service providers to >> co-operate this way on a huge scale. >> The banks did it to create credit cards as lethal weapons of interest >> slavery. Doing the reverse with negative interest >> fee based finance would drive forward the alternative. >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> On 9 Feb 2015, at 18:26, Josef Davies-Coates <jdaviescoates(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Pat, >> >> >> On 9 February 2015 at 17:20, Pat Conaty <pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> >> wrote: >> Hi Kevin >> >> >> I think you mean Josef, but I'll forgive you :) >> >> >> Here is the info on Community Banking Partnership. Two reports >> >> >> Ah, thanks, I'd seen the legal structures one before. :) >> >> >> and the model is evolving still but much better handled in the USA than >> here. See the report by Cliff, my good friend in New York. Here is an >> update on Neighbourhood Trust CU. >> >> http://www.neighborhoodtrustfcu.org <http://www.neighborhoodtrustfcu.org/> >> >> >> Fair Finance, Wessex Home Improvement Loans and ScotCash are good >> examples. Also Five Lamps in the North East. >> >> Bristol is pursuing CBP in a new attempt with the CDFA. Bristol CU, >> Bristol £ and CDFIs in the city. >> >> >> Thanks. BTW, did you/ David re-edit the Open Co-operativism Report post >> my proof-reading? I'm very happy to proof-read the 2nd in the series too >> if you've got that to share? >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Josef. >> >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> On 8 Feb 2015, at 17:21, Josef Davies-Coates <jdaviescoates(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Annemarie: re: >> >> " >> Pat helpfully introduced me to an(other) ALT currency expert to help me >> produce the eventual report (attached, again, for speed)." >> >> I wasn't in this thread earlier on so could you please forward me the >> attachment you shared previously? >> >> Also, Pat is you could send me your Community Banking Partnerships doc >> too that'd be great. >> >> Many thanks and warm regards, >> >> Josef. >> >> >> >> On 8 February 2015 at 14:41, Pat Conaty <pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> >> wrote: >> Michel >> >> For additional info……. >> >> Co-operatives UK are publishing a book with the New Internationalist in >> June on a new strategy for the co-operative sector in the UK. This is based >> on a considerable research exercise over the past two years. >> >> Robin Murrray and I have made contributions as has John Restakis. Ed >> Mayo has done the editing and it should be a most helpful complement >> to all we are discussing. >> >> We should have a chat to Ed and Robin about this. Robin is in India on >> Fair Trade work at present but will be back at the end of this week. >> >> Pat >> >> >> On 8 Feb 2015, at 05:31, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: >> >> thanks Pat! >> >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> Michel, Annemarie and Tapas colleagues >> >> Glad Annemarie that my short explanation of how to develop co-operative >> money and co-operative capital solutions in integrated ways was helpful. >> As to why this is so crucial……as a peaceful solution to the crisis that >> is growing with Pegida on the march and the National Front in France >> attracting support. >> Consider the analysis in relation to the following history of how we got >> to this mess. >> >> Jacques Perretti a radical BBC journalist (very few of these) has done a >> superb two part series on BBC 2 on the roots of the Super Rich and Us >> (episode 1) and the >> proliferation precariat (episode 2) >> >> Check it out as it is gripping and a good sequel to Naomi Klein’s book On >> this Changes Everything. Though the series is not about climate >> change it is about the background to the precariat and a return to >> Victorian times. >> >> Here is the link. Unfortunately the BBC scheduled them near to midnight >> that past two weeks so almost nobody saw them. >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xw2x8 >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> On 28 Jan 2015, at 11:39, Annemarie Naylor <annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu> >> wrote: >> >> Thanks – all – very helpful! >> >> Annemarie >> >> Annemarie Naylor >> >> Director, Common Futures >> >> T. 07525 236797 <tel:07525%20236797> E: annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu W: >> http://www.commonfutures.eu/ >> >> Follow me on twitter @commonfutrs >> >> 12 Sandford Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9NP >> >> Common Futures is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England >> no. 8481503 >> >> From: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> >> Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:58 >> To: Pat Conaty <pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> >> Cc: Annemarie Naylor <annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu>, George Papanikolaou < >> georgepapani(a)gmail.com>, John Restakis <restakis(a)gmail.com>, David >> Bollier <david(a)bollier.org>, Marguerite Mendell < >> marguerite.mendell(a)concordia.ca>, Heike Loeschmann <Loeschmann(a)boell.de>, >> "kate(a)sharedassets.org.uk" <kate(a)sharedassets.org.uk>, Benjamin Tincq < >> btincq(a)gmail.com>, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan(a)gmail.com>, >> marihipotenusa <marihipotenusa(a)riseup.net>, Nicolas Krausz < >> nicolas.krausz(a)fph.ch>, "j.loschmann(a)uea.ac.uk" <j.loschmann(a)uea.ac.uk>, >> Mike Lewis <ccelewis(a)xplornet.com> >> Subject: Re: Open Co-operativism report >> >> Pat, >> >> this would be important to educate our networks, if not myself, but I am >> travelling now and dealing with some emergencies, >> >> could you provide us with a clear excerpt of your choice, that explains >> that distinction between cooperative capital and money ? >> >> Michel >> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: >> >> Annemarie and Michel >> >> Glad to hear Annemarie that my alternative currency pal, John Waters has >> been helpful to you. I really look forward to reading your report. >> >> Michel, yes indeed, the work with SolNantes in France is exciting as it >> involves up to 25 local government bodies. >> >> Annemarie, Leander Bindewald is a Gernan researcher and colleague of mine >> at NEF. See the info below about SolNantes. >> >> >> http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec6bf4… >> <http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec…> >> <http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec6bf4…> >> >> The UK partners in this EU wide alliance include Lambeth £ and Bristol £ >> so these UK groups are watching with keen interest >> the SolNantes launch after the successful trials last year. >> >> There js a problem though. Liquidity and money is one thing and capital >> is another. We need both co-operative money and co-operative >> capital. That is what my Co-operative Commonwealth paper on the Commons >> Transition site is about. Most complementary money >> people do not make this clear and conflate both concepts of money and >> capital. >> >> On the other hand for capital there is the growing community development >> finance movement and the social banking movements. >> We need to get these alternative bankers more involved with SolNantes. >> >> See this paper on Community Banking Partnership (CBP) attached. We ran >> pilots on these over five years and some have come out of this successful. >> In Bristol the Bristol £, the Bristol Credit Union, several CDFI lenders >> are involved in working up a city wide pilot of CBP. I have been invoked in >> the >> set up thinking and some colleagues of mine are involved in the early >> stage work now underway. If this works the aim is for it to become a >> national model. >> >> In the USA, you have these Community Banking Networks and some very >> large now. Introducing co-operative money and joining both up is key to >> reinventing banking and money >> on a democratic basis. Alternatives Credit Union in Ithaca, New York have >> formed a joint venture between Ithaca Hours and the pretty large credit >> union. >> >> The CDFIs are working with expensive capital which is an issue but >> otherwise they are doing fantastic work. They need access to >> convivial money. That is a subtext of my Co-operative Commonwealth paper. >> >> Hope this is helpful. >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> On 28 Jan 2015, at 09:21, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> >> wrote: >> >> dear Annemarie, >> >> great opportunities, >> >> a few ideas, have a look if you can at nantes, which already had its own >> wir (ecoreseau, affiliated with the CIC) and now their own worgl with >> SoNantes .. >> >> M3 is a really excellent magazine on commons urbanism, from the Grand >> Lyon, but monitoring urban trends in general. Emile Hooge is our man there >> and I have his email. Their latest issue was on l'economie servicielle and >> mobility >> >> The Bologna Regulation on the Commons should definitely be on your radar >> as a methodology of city-based commons governance, I have different >> contacts there, though 'the man' is definitely christian iaione >> >> Two important themes: >> >> * instigating idle sourcing and the sharing economy, on hopefully >> non-neoliberal terms .. Neal Gorenflo and the team around janelle orsi at >> SELC monitor this very closely. Seoul is know to have done things a bit >> differently than the start up road. >> >> * resilient cities and social/solidarity economies ...: we need civic >> economy incubators .. Geneve has a Chambre de l'Economie Sociale et >> Solidaire, Jean Rossiaud knows more >> >> I have various documentation on this in my wiki, so ask for specific >> links on anything of interest >> >> so in conclusion the suggested themes are: >> >> * incubators >> >> * governance mechanisms >> >> I'm sure John Restakis would have recommended adding the social care >> cooperatives as models to be on your radar >> >> Michel >> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Annemarie Naylor < >> annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu> wrote: >> >> Dear All >> >> You may recall I was looking for x5 ‘big ideas’ when we were together in >> Berlin for an English County Council, and that Pat helpfully introduced me >> to an(other) ALT currency expert to help me produce the eventual report >> (attached, again, for speed). >> >> I subsequently fed some of the thinking into an NLGN publication: >> http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/2014/the-council-and-the-common-local-governm… >> whose author is now writing a book about the scope to commonify local >> government post the forthcoming general election in the UK; again, I’m >> invited to contribute thinking in this instance, so do send anything you >> think might be useful and, in particular, concrete examples of ‘doing >> different’ by local state actors as and when you come across them. >> >> Meanwhile, I’m invited to draw upon the original report to devise a >> workshop for the Society of County Treasurers (so, senior finance officers >> from County Councils – the largest representation of the ‘local state’ in >> England). I’ve suggested I ‘lose’ the focus on customer services / >> libraries – save to exemplify possible ways forward with a practical case >> in point – and that I major on the scope to adapt IBM’s social >> collaboration drive, introduce an ALT / electronic currency, and design >> then implement an inward investment strategy for social and community >> enterprise. >> >> If you think there are other ‘big ideas’ / themes I should be developing >> for Finance people – I have land covered – please could you let me know? >> And, if you look at the report and can help to bring up to date / enliven >> any of the sections I plan to focus on, all thoughts/suggestions from you >> would be very welcome. >> >> NB: this represents an EXCELLENT opportunity to influence the >> reconfiguration of the local state in England such that it is alive to the >> prospect of open cooperatives – a x2 day event hosted by the incoming >> President and Chief Finance Officer of one of the largest local authorities >> in England which also boasts the Minister for Local Government in England >> as one of its Mps. >> >> Many thanks – as ever, >> Annemarie >> >> Annemarie Naylor >> >> Director, Common Futures >> >> T. 07525 236797 <tel:07525%20236797> E: annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu W: >> http://www.commonfutures.eu/ >> >> Follow me on twitter @commonfutrs >> >> 12 Sandford Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9NP >> >> Common Futures is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England >> no. 8481503 >> >> From: David Bollier <david(a)bollier.org> >> Date: Monday, 19 January 2015 15:15 >> To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, Pat Conaty < >> pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop>, John Restakis <restakis(a)gmail.com>, >> Marguerite Mendell <marguerite.mendell(a)concordia.ca>, Heike Loeschmann < >> Loeschmann(a)boell.de>, Annemarie Naylor <annemarie(a)commonfutures.eu>, >> Kate Swade <kate(a)sharedassets.org.uk>, Benjamin Tincq <btincq(a)gmail.com>, >> Mike Lewis <ccelewis(a)xplornet.com>, Kevin Flanagan < >> kev.flanagan(a)gmail.com>, marihipotenusa <marihipotenusa(a)riseup.net>, >> Nicolas Krausz <nicolas.krausz(a)fph.ch>, <j.loschmann(a)uea.ac.uk> >> Subject: Re: Open Co-operativism report >> >> >> Dear friends from the Open Co-operativism Workshop, >> >> Pat Conaty and I are pleased to send along the final version of our >> report on our workshop, attached. >> >> Thank you all for your thoughtful comments and edits. We ended up doing >> more re-writing and editing than anticipated, but we are pleased with >> the final result and hope that the report will stimulate some new >> conversations and action. >> >> I know of at least three web postings of the report that will occur in >> the near future -- one on my blog (www.bollier.org < >> http://www.bollier.org/> ), one on the Heinrich >> Boell Foundation's website, and one on the P2P Foundation website. I >> will share those links when they are available. If you or other third >> parties post the report, write about it, or have some interesting >> reactions, please let us know. >> >> We have already seen a number of dialogues and collaborations inspired >> by our workshop(s). Let's keep in touch about these initiatives -- and >> new opportunities to advance a convergence of movements! >> >> Best wishes, >> David and Pat >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> David Bollier >> david(a)bollier.org >> >> My blog: Bollier.org <http://bollier.org/> >> Think Like a Commoner: www.ThinkLikeACommoner.com < >> http://www.thinklikeacommoner.com/> >> Green Governance: www.commonslawproject.org < >> http://www.commonslawproject.org/> >> The Wealth of the Commons: www.wealthofthecommons.org < >> http://www.wealthofthecommons.org/> >> >> 511 Old Farm Road >> Amherst, MA 01002 <tel:01002> USA >> 413-259-2009 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan > > 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/ > -- Josef Davies-Coates 07974 88 88 95 *United Diversity* http://uniteddiversity.coop *Together We Have Everything*Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/uniteddiversity> and Facebook <http://facebook.com/uniteddiversity> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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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