April 2015 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Fw: Fw: Info
by Natalie Golovin 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Mark: You and your compatriots on P2P view the world from revisionism. Go ahead and keep looking through your microscope-provided by your "teachers." Or take the time and read some very old documented evidence available at a library near you= but you may need to stay there awhile on microfiche. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Janssen Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 4:39 PM To: P2P Foundation mailing list Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Fw: Info On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie(a)cox.net> wrote: > The European Tribes treated the Natives no worse than they treated each > other. Whoa. You should really stop talking. You have NO idea what you're talking about. How about forced acculturation, not allowing them to speak their own language (which hold the record of their own history), confined them under threat of violent force into reservations, among other things. But, really, that's probably not even the worst of it -- the worst of it is that for reasons they couldn't ever understand is why you were doing all of these cruel things when they were willing to share it it all with you. Why, when they handed out their hand to be friends, you chopped it off. Remember, they're the ones who gave us Thanksgiving which is still "celebrated" in this nation today. Read the reports made of making first contact with the Native peoples here. You really should read up before propagating the attitudes of conquest. Sorry.... marcos _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation

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Fwd: Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans
by Michel Bauwens 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ellen Brown <ellenhbrown(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:35 PM Subject: Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans To: michel(a)p2pfoundation.net Hi, here is my latest article, posted on Global Research -- Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1…> Best wishes, Ellen http://EllenBrown.com http://PublicBankingInstitute.org <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1a…> Unsubscribe <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1…> michel(a)p2pfoundation.net from this list. Update your profile <http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=8829ce026276832f7fc66a1a9&id…> -- 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: Neoliberals are killing us: The TED talk, techno-utopian, Thomas Friedman-economy is a lie
by Michel Bauwens 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Farsam Shadab <samfar(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:18 PM Subject: Neoliberals are killing us: The TED talk, techno-utopian, Thomas Friedman-economy is a lie "In real life, we’re a nation of middle men and corporate toll collectors, where health insurers get 20 cents on the dollar for services done everywhere else for a nickel or less; where big banks shun small business while raking in merger fees and taking a cut of every purchase charged to a credit card; where Comcast’s pipeline is worth more than NBC’s oil; where Google gorges on ad revenues that once supported world-class journalism. ***We’re about cartels, not startups, not bound to the future but mortgaged to the past.***" Neoliberals are killing us: The TED talk, techno-utopian, Thomas Friedman-economy is a lieApril 28, 2015 12:58 PM | BILL CURRY View full article at Salon.com <http://www.salon.com/2015/04/29/neoliberals_are_killing_us_the_ted_talk_tec…> Sent from my iPhone -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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] Earth Day: We have a new story of the universe!
by Michel Bauwens 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

hi kevin, thanks for checking if this is appropriate for the p2p blog, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:48 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [Debate-List] Earth Day: We have a new story of the universe! To: "networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 'Michele Maynard' via debate-list(a)fahamu.org <debate-list(a)fahamu.org> Date: 21 April 2015 at 08:48 Subject: [Debate-List] Earth Day: We have a new story of the universe! To: DEBATE <debate-list(a)fahamu.org>, cjn(a)lists.riseup.net, "< cjn-south-africa(a)googlegroups.com>" <cjn-south-africa(a)googlegroups.com>, pacja-updates(a)googlegroups.com, demandclimatejustice < demandclimatejustice(a)googlegroups.com> Excellent documentary film and book as we celebrate Earth Day! (22nd April) My most enjoyable re- read, re-watch! http://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/synopsis/ FILM SYNOPSIS Journey of the Universe An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth, and Human Transformation EMMY® Award-Winning Film for Best Documentary Written by Brian Thomas Swimme & Mary Evelyn Tucker One day on a Greek island, and your view of the universe will change forever... Ask acclaimed author and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme about our role as humans in this awe-inspiring universe, and his insights will light up the night skies. As our host, co-writer, and fellow traveler, he shares his infectious curiosity about life’s biggest questions in the epic JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE. Winner of the 2012 Northern California Emmy ©Award for best documentary, this one-hour documentary is currently airing nationwide on PBS (check your local listings.) Using his skills as a masterful storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos 14 billion years ago – to the invisible frontiers of the human genome – as well as to our current impact on Earth’s evolutionary dynamics. Through his engaging and thoughtful observations audiences everywhere will discover the profound role we play in this intricate web of life. >From the Big Bang to the epic impact humans have on the planet today, this film is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with Earth in a period of growing environmental and social crisis. [image: page1image5964] Beautifully filmed in HD, our story begins on the historically rich Greek island of Samos, birthplace of mathematician Pythagoras. Disembarking on the island at dawn, Swimme expertly guides us on an exhilarating trek through time and space, sharing a wondrous view of cosmic evolution as a process based on immense creativity, connection, and interdependence. After the toll of midnight, he sets sail into the star-lit waters of the Aegean Sea, leaving audiences with a sense of wonder at the mystery, complexity and connectivity that permeates the Earth and universe from the very beginning. Big science, big history, big story, this one-of-a-kind film was co-written by Swimme and Yale University historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe. Created by a renowned team of scientists, scholars, and award-winning filmmakers, JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE was directed and produced by Patsy Northcutt and David Kennard, and co-produced Catherine Lynn Butler. The story is also told with breathtaking clarity in the accompanying book written by Swimme and Tucker and published by Yale University Press. Michele Maynard Sent from my iPad -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/a/fahamu.org/group/debate-list/ . _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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: stefanie puyjarinet vous envoie un article à lire sur www.mediapart.fr
by Michel Bauwens 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

http://www.mediapart.fr/article/offert/c767ba5dd6785d344a96d09c0637e96b may not work for everyone ? Article offert : Michel Bauwens : « Vers une économie post-capitaliste » <http://www.mediapart.fr/article/offert/c767ba5dd6785d344a96d09c0637e96b> Le peer-to-peer, ce modèle de partage de fichiers informatiques, peut-il constituer une alternative au capitalisme ? Pour le théoricien belge Michel Bauwens, la production entre pairs et produsers, contraction de « producteur » et de « user », ouvre des pistes pour une transition économique et sociale radicale. Entretien vidéo long format. A la une de Mediapart, le site d'investigation indépendant : www.mediapart.fr Offre spéciale d'abonnement à Mediapart : http://www.mediapart.fr/offre-speciale/testez_nous -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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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Kluwer Copyright Blog - New Copyright US Act
by MARZIO VENEMAN (Ph.D. candidate) 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Op 14 apr. 2015 04:17 schreef "Kluwer Copyright Blog" < noreply+feedproxy(a)google.com>: > Kluwer Copyright Blog - Latest Entries > <http://kluwercopyrightblog.com> > ------------------------------ > > The Next Great Copyright Act: Remember the Authors! > <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerCopyrightBlogFull/~3/tYXkcYDHZUA/?utm_…> > > Posted: 13 Apr 2015 02:48 AM PDT > *by Jane Ginsburg * > > Columbia University School of Law <http://www.law.columbia.edu/> > > *This article was originally published on the Media Institute website - **see > here <http://www.mediainstitute.org/IPI/2015/040615.php>.** It is > reproduced here with the kind permission of the author.* > > In a previous column for the Media Institute > <http://www.mediainstitute.org/IPI/2015/021715.php>(Feb. 17, 2015), I > urged that any copyright reform legislation that emerges from the > preparations for "the next great copyright act" should ensure both authors' > attribution and economic interests. The earlier column addressed > attribution; this column will consider remuneration, a matter that has > lately been the subject of copyright reform in the Netherlands and France > as well. > > The Anglo-American legal tradition, not generally known for solicitude > toward the weaker party in contract negotiations, in fact has long > recognized that authors may sell their rights for a pittance, then gaze > forlornly on the fortune the work reaps for the author's co-contractant. > Indeed, in the very first copyright act, the 1710 Statute of Anne, > Parliament acceded to authors' demands to profit from the success of their > works by providing, were the author alive at the expiration of the 14-year > copyright term, that "the sole right shall return to the Author" for > another 14-year period of exclusive rights (Section 11). Congress modeled > much of the first U.S. copyright act, of 1790, on the Statute of Anne, > including the author's reversion right. That right, now in the guise of an > inalienable right to terminate contracts 35 years after the grant, has > survived many U.S. copyright reforms, and constitutes probably the most > significantly author-centric component of the U.S. Copyright Act. > Unfortunately, in practice, the termination right has often proved > difficult to exercise effectively, so for many authors, its promise may too > often be illusory. (Earlier columns for the Media Institute have explored > the past and present of authors' termination rights, here > <http://www.mediainstitute.org/IPI/2009/120809_TheSoleRight.php> and here > <http://www.mediainstitute.org/IPI/2010/022610_TheSoleRight.php>.) > > A copyright-reforming Congress might modify the termination right to > remove some of the practical impediments to its implementation, including > the loophole that allows the parties to rescind the original agreement and > to enter into a new one, a gambit that has the effect of starting the > 35-year clock running anew, without necessarily substantially improving the > original deal. Better still, however, would be to ensure that the original > deals provide a fair return to the authors. The United States might follow > the lead of several EU countries in requiring that contracts provide > proportional remuneration (royalties, instead of a lump sum) or equitable > remuneration for each mode of exploitation of the work. Where the work is > "for hire" or is subject to compulsory licensing, Congress might build on > its own examples in the 1995 Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings > Act (as modified in 1998), and in the 1992 Digital Audio Recording Act, and > set aside at least 1/2 to 2/3 of the statutory royalties for authors and > performers (including certain employee performers). > > The remainder of this column will describe the recent Dutch and French > legislation, as possible models for U.S. initiatives. > > *Dutch Copyright Contract Act*1 > > Under Dutch law, like U.S. law, employers are the copyright owners of > employee-created works. But the Dutch version of works made for hire does > not extend to works by freelance creators. As to non-employee authors, the > new copyright law announces a principle of strict interpretation of the > scope of contracts: The grant "shall comprise only the rights that are > stated in the deed or that necessarily derive from the nature and purpose > of the title or the grant of the license."2 This provision confirms > prior caselaw narrowly interpreting the scope of grants in the context of > modes of exploitation developed after the conclusion of the contract. In > the United States, courts treat the scope of copyright licenses as a > question of state law (and then reach differing conclusions3); were the > next U.S. copyright act to federalize that issue and install a similar > principle of strict interpretation, the outcomes of "old license/new media" > controversies in some federal circuits could substantially change in favor > of authors. For example, the Second Circuit's approach, endorsing an > interpretation "that the licensee may properly pursue any uses that *may > reasonably be said* to fall within the medium as described in the > license," would no longer be permissible were the U.S. copyright law to > adopt a standard limiting the scope of the grant to "only the rights that > are stated in the deed or that *necessarily derive* from the nature and > purpose of the title or the grant of the license." > > The Dutch law contains several nonwaivable4 provisions assuring authors > "fair compensation." As a general rule, contracts are to stipulate fair > compensation for grants of rights of exploitation, and the Minister of > Education, Culture and Science is to "determine the amount of fair > compensation for a specific sector and for a certain period of time" upon > the "joint request of an association of makers existing in the relevant > sector and a commercial user or an association of commercial users. This > request shall contain jointly agreed advice regarding fair compensation and > a clear definition of the sector to which the request relates."5 The > law's "bestseller clause" provides for additional compensation when "the > agreed compensation is seriously disproportionate to the proceeds from the > exploitation of the work," although the law does not define "seriously > disproportionate."6 (The German copyright law has long had such a > clause, so caselaw under that provision may provide some guidance.) The > law provides a further source of remuneration when the contract explicitly > covers uses unknown at the time of contracting: The original grantee or its > successor(s) must provide additional compensation for those new uses.7 > > The law reverts rights to the author upon notifying the grantee, "if the > other party to the contract does not sufficiently exploit the copyright to > the work within a reasonable period after having concluded the contract, or > does not sufficiently exploit the copyright after having initially > performed acts of exploitation."8 While the reversion right may not be > waived, the law does not define these terms. Perhaps the dispute > resolution committees the law establishes9 will resolve these and other > issues that the law leaves open. > > *French law limitations on the scope of authors' contracts* > > The French Code of Intellectual Property safeguards authors against > leonine transfers in a variety of ways. In addition to mandating that > publishing contracts, performance rights contracts, and audiovisual > production contracts be in writing,10 the law further requires that each > right granted be distinctly specified in the contract, and that the scope > of the grant be defined with respect to its purpose, its geographic extent, > and its duration.11 As a general rule, authors are to receive royalties, > rather than a lump-sum payment.12 Amendments to the statutory provisions > on publishing contracts, introduced at the end of 2014, further detail > authors' rights in print and digital editions of literary works. These > modifications seek to ensure that publishers will in fact exercise the > rights that authors grant them, and will fairly account to authors for the > fruits of those exploitations. Failure to publish the work within a > certain time, or to pursue the exploitation of the rights in a consistent > manner ("exploitation permanente et suivie"), or to reissue a book that has > gone out of print, will result in reversion of print or electronic rights > to the author.13 > > The new provisions require the grant to distinguish print from digital > editions, and impose additional author protections with respect to the > latter. Notably, the contract must guarantee authors just and fair > remuneration for all the revenues deriving from the commercialization and > dissemination of digital editions.14 In addition, contracts granting > electronic rights must include a clause providing for periodic review of > the economic conditions of the grant;15 an accord between associations of > authors and of publishers will determine the frequency of the reviews and > will provide guidelines for dispute resolution.16 The law also promotes > the development of digital editions because a grantee who fails to > disseminate a digital edition within the time set out in an accord between > associations of authors and of publishers will lose those rights back to > the author. 17 Moreover, as to contracts concluded before the law's > effective date, the law empowers authors two years thereafter to demand > that the publisher produce a digital edition; the publisher's failure to do > so within three months following proper notification results in reversion > of the digital rights to the author.18 > > _____________________ > > 1. Bill No. 33 308. Adopted by the Dutch House of Representatives on Feb. > 12, 2015. According to Prof. Dirk Visser, it is expected that the Dutch > Senate will adopt the bill in the spring of 2015 and that the changes to > copyright contract law will enter into force on July 1, 2015. Thanks to > the law firm of Visser Schaap & Kreijger for the English translation of the > Act. Available at > http://www.ipmc.nl/en/topics/new-copyright-contract-law-netherlands. And > many thanks to Prof. Dirk Visser for responding to my questions regarding > the new Dutch law. > > 2. Art. 1A, modifying Art. 2 of the Dutch copyright law. > > 3. Compare *Cohen v. Paramount Pictures*, 845 F.2d 851 (9th Cir. 1988) > with *Boosey & Hawkes v. Disney*, 145 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 1998) (both > interpreting the scope of synchronization licenses and reaching different > conclusions as to the extension of the licenses to cover distribution of > videocassettes to the public). > > 4. Dutch law on authors' contracts, Art. 25h(1). > > 5. *Id*., Art. 25c. > > 6. *Id*., Art. 25d. > > 7. *Id*., Art. 25c(6). > > 8. *Id*., Art. 25e. > > 9. *Id*., Art. 25g. > > 10. France, Code of Intellectual Property, Art. L131-2. U.S. copyright > law requires that the grant of any exclusive right must be in writing and > signed by the grantor, 17 U.S.C. Sec. 204(a). > > 11. *Id*., Art. L131-3. The author may grant rights for future modes > of exploitation unknown at the time of the contract, but such a grant must > be explicit, and must provide for a share in the profits of the new form of > exploitation. *Id*., Art. L131-6. > > 12. *Id*., Art. L131-4. > > 13. *Id*., Art. 132-17-1-5 (*see* > http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=2D013356C523C269C969… > ). > > 14. *Id*., Art. 132-17-6. > > 15. * Id*., Art. L.132-17-7. > > 16. *Id*., Art. L. 132-17-8(8). > > 17. *Id*., Art. L. 132-17-5. > > 18. Ordonnance n° 2014-1348 of Nov. 2, 2014, transitional provisions, > Art. 9. Arts. 11 and 12 provide for application of other author > protections to contracts concluded before the law's effective date. > > > ------------------------------ > * Leave a comment on The Next Great Copyright Act: Remember the Authors! > <http://kluwercopyrightblog.com/2015/04/13/the-next-great-copyright-act-reme…> > ------------------------------ > More from our authors: [image: Guide To Copyright in France. Business, > Internet and Litigation] > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=9041152873&name=Gui…> Guide > To Copyright in France. Business, Internet and Litigation > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?ProdID=9041152873&name=Gui…> > by *Brad Spitz* > *EURO 125* > [image: Concise International and European IP Law. TRIPS, Paris > Convention, European Enforcement and Transfer of Technology - Third Edition] > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=…> Concise > International and European IP Law. TRIPS, Paris Convention, European > Enforcement and Transfer of Technology - Third Edition > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=…> > by * Thomas Cottier, Pierre Veron (eds.)* > *EURO 165* > [image: The Variable Scope of the Exclusive Economic Rights in > Copyright] > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?wbc_purpose=basic%255C?Pro…> The > Variable Scope of the Exclusive Economic Rights in Copyright > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?wbc_purpose=basic%255C?Pro…> > by *Sari Depreeuw* > * EURO 170* > [image: Open Source Software and Intellectual Porperty Rights] > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?WBCMODE=presentationunpubl…> Open > Source Software and Intellectual Porperty Rights > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?WBCMODE=presentationunpubl…> > by *Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva* > *EURO 180* > [image: Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs > and Trademarks throughout the World] > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpubl…'%2525252522?ProdID=9071888010&name=Manual-for-the-Handling-of-Applications-for-Patents%2c-Designs-and-Trademarks-throughout-the-World> Manual > for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks > throughout the World > <http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpubl…'%2525252522?ProdID=9071888010&name=Manual-for-the-Handling-of-Applications-for-Patents%2c-Designs-and-Trademarks-throughout-the-World> > by *Arnold & Siedsma * > > > > ------------------------------ > * Leave a comment on The Next Great Copyright Act: Remember the Authors! > <http://kluwercopyrightblog.com/2015/04/13/the-next-great-copyright-act-reme…> > ------------------------------ > You are subscribed to email updates from Kluwer Copyright Blog > <http://kluwercopyrightblog.com> > To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now > <https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=nyvz0LcCGhasfbCyQT-xNI…> > . 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Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [CPERN] Stream CFP: Imperialism in the crisis - the crisis of imperialism
by Michel Bauwens 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

what a shame they can't see the new being born, but I'm guessing their academic conditioning blinds them to the real movements in society, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:21 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [CPERN] Stream CFP: Imperialism in the crisis - the crisis of imperialism To: "networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org > -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: [CPERN] Stream CFP: Imperialism in the crisis - the crisis of imperialism Datum: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:57:43 +0100 Van: Lucia PRADELLA <lucia.pradella(a)UNIVE.IT> <lucia.pradella(a)UNIVE.IT> Antwoord-naar: Lucia PRADELLA <lucia.pradella(a)UNIVE.IT> <lucia.pradella(a)UNIVE.IT> Aan: POLITICAL-ECONOMY-RN(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Hi all: apologies for possible cross-posting. Please find below a CFP for a stream on the crisis of imperialism at the next Annual Historical Materialism Conference in London. The deadline is May 15. Best regards, Lucia Imperialism in the crisis - the crisis of imperialism Stream - Twelfth Annual Historical Materialism Conference, “The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: States, Strategies, Socialisms”, SOAS, Central London, 5-8 November 2015 Confronted by a chronic and systemic global economic crisis, mainstream debates have shifted from a focus on globalisation to one on geopolitics, security, and hegemony. Undermining the de-territorialised rhetoric of the 1990s, states are forcefully back. Debates on globalisation, imperialism, and war are not new to Marxists. But the present conjuncture raises the stakes, as it requires a critique that can address the on-going transformations in the international political economy – the global shift of production to the South, the rise of new powers, the spread of wars in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe itself, and the harshening of institutional racism. What is more, the concepts of people, nation, and centre/periphery have pervaded left debates on alternatives in Europe. How do these alternative strategies relate to questions of anti-imperialist resistance, solidarity with immigrants and internationalism? Building on the successful experience of the race and capital stream, and the 2014 conference on Making the World Working Class, this year’s Annual Historical Materialism Conference will host a stream on the crisis of imperialism. HM conferences have seen lively debates on migration and institutional racism, capital and race, imperialism and the law of value, super-exploitation, the labour aristocracy, Eurocentrism old and new, capital and postcolonial studies. At this year’s conference we aim at both bringing together these themes and widening the scope of our discussion about strategy beyond Europe and the US, debating not only the current state of imperialism in the crisis but also how to deepen the crisis of imperialism. On the basis of the above, we invite papers that may address (but are not limited to) the following themes and/or questions: · Globalisation and geopolitics · Race and capital · Capital and postcolonial studies · Islamophobia and the ‘war on terror’ · Imperialism, war, and migration · The EU war on immigrants · Class, race, and gender: intersection or over-determination? · The legacy of Marx and Engels · Imperialism and the law of value · Capital in the 21st Century · Against Eurocentrism · The political economy of borders, and cross-border struggles · Unequal exchange, dependency, and super-exploitation · Sub-imperialism and emerging powers · In the name of the people · The end of the labour aristocracy? · Lessons from anti-racist and anti-imperialist resistance · Immigrant workers' struggles · The legacy of the Black Power movement · Revolution and counter-revolution in the Middle East · Making the world working class Paper proposals should be max 200 words. When submitting your proposal, please indicate the theme to which your paper could contribute. This will help us to compose the panels. We welcome panel proposals. When you submit a panel proposal, please send an abstract of the general theme of the panel (max 300 words) together with the abstracts of the individual papers in the panel. Please note, however, that we reserve the right to disaggregate panels if necessary. 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Fwd: Chile Volcano Eruption Cycle
by Michel Bauwens 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

intriguing .. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bob Reuschlein <bobreuschlein(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 6:11 PM Subject: Chile Volcano Eruption Cycle To: Link to send or tweet to others by: https://bobreuschlein.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/chile-volcano-eruption-cycle/ *Chile** Volcano Eruption Cycle* By Robert Reuschlein CNN reported yesterday the double eruption of the volcano Calbuco in Chile on Earth Day, April 22, 2015. Headline: Reuschlein Earth Cycle confirmed on Earth Day. The last three Calbuco eruptions were in 1857, 1961, and 1972. In 54 year cycle time, that is an exact fit for the 1961 eruption 54 years ago and only 4 years off for the 1857 eruption 104 years before the 1961 eruption, when 108 years would be a perfect fit. Looking at it another way, if the 1857 eruption was right on schedule, then the 1961 eruption would be 4 years early from the two cycle point of 1965 and the 1972 eruption would be 7 years late. This then would indicate that the 2015 eruption would be 4 years early from the three cycle point of 2019 and another eruption could be possible in 2026, 7 years late from that perspective. *Compared to War Cycle* The 54 year war cycle has had similar timings in the last two centuries. Usually a major war involves the two top economies of the time. But sometimes the major power goes first and the second major power goes second. For example, the 1808 date is suggested as the average date by history of the major conflict of that cycle. In 1803 the Napoleanic Wars start with France and Britain five years early, then the Americans go to war against Britain in 1812, four years late. At the time France was a much more significant power than the Americans, both taking on the British Empire. One cycle later, with 1862 the historic average expected date, the major power in Europe, Britain, goes to war with Russia in Crimea in 1856, six years early, and the second power, Prussia, goes to war with France eight years late. The American Civil War is the biggest of that time in 1861, one year early. The next cycle, with an expected war date of 1916, has Europe going to war in 1914, two years early, and America joining in 1917, one year late. The cycle after that, scheduled for 1970, has the number one power, America, going to war five years early in Vietnam 1965, and the number two power Soviet Russia going to war nine years late in Afghanistan in 1979. The possible major war of 1970 could have been the Sino Soviet border clashes of 1969 one year early between the two largest communist powers of the time. But the nuclear bomb on both sides of the Russia China conflict may have stopped the escalation of those border clashes. Other wise the American Civil War and the Communist Civil War clashes were an exact 108 years apart. *Compared to Other Natural Events* Natural events in America provide three clear examples of a split year double event being compared to a single event in another cycle time. The blizzard of 1888 was an epic event unmatched for the longest time when similar epic blizzards occurred in 1993 and 1996, three years early in the 1993 case and exactly on the double cycle 108 year mark in the 1996 case. But the blizzard of 1888 was on March 12-14 and the 1993 blizzard was also on March 12-14. Three years early, but a perfect match on days. The 1993 blizzard was the biggest since 1888. Then a bigger blizzard came a perfect 108 years later, but on the days of January 7-8. The next natural event was the three biggest droughts of the twentieth century. They came on 1934, 1936, and 1988. Again the second thirties drought was the biggest, but the first was an exact fit 54 years before the 1988 drought, so the two biggest droughts of their respective cycles were 52 years apart, two years short of the perfect fit of 54 years. The third event involves major floods of North America’s major river, the Mississippi. The 1938 flood was comparable to the 1993 flood 55 years later, one year late. Then another flood almost as big happened in 1995, 57 years after the 1938 flood. Does the double eruption of Calbuco on the same day count as one event or two? I would say one event, since volcanoes often erupt multiple times in a single eruption event, although lesser and major eruptions can usually be separated. In this case, both eruptions are roughly the same magnitude, which is unusual. *Compare to this long list of long cycle events, natural, economic, and war:* https://www.academia.edu/4101856/EVENTS_Weather_Economy_War_List56 Dr. Peace, Dr. Bob Reuschlein, Real Economy Institute best contact to ask Bob to speak to your group: bobreuschlein(a)gmail.com to leave message: 608-230-6640 for more info: www.realeconomy.com (*Real Economy* and/or *Peace Economics* free pdf on request by members of the press) An archive of this yearlong press release campaign can be found at: http://bobreuschlein.wordpress.com/ -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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: You're invited to Making Land Work: Policy for a 21st Century Commons (12 Jun 2015)
by Michel Bauwens 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shared Assets <invite(a)eventbrite.com> Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:00 PM Subject: You're invited to Making Land Work: Policy for a 21st Century Commons (12 Jun 2015) To: michel(a)p2pfoundation.net * Hello Michel, * You are invited to the following event: Making Land Work: Policy for a 21st Century Commons <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-land-work-policy-for-a-21st-century-c…> [image: divider] Event to be held at the following time, date and location: <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-land-work-policy-for-a-21st-century-c…> Friday, 12 June 2015 from 10:00 to 16:00 (BST) *St Luke's Community Centre* 90 Central Street EC1V 8AJ London United Kingdom View Map <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=90+Central+Street,+London,++EC1V+8AJ+United+K…> *Attend Event* <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-land-work-policy-for-a-21st-century-c…> [image: divider] On June 12th, we're getting together practitioners, funders, local authorities, landowners, academics, and think tanks to explore how land can be used to achieve shared social, environmental and economic goals by empowering communities and social entrepreneurs. Keynote speakers include writer and land rights campaigner, Andy Wightman, and founding director of the Living Space Project, Maria Adebowale. This free one day event provides the opportunity to be a part of developing a growing movement that has the potential to change our relationship with land. Places are limited so attendance is by invitation for now. Let us know if you have any queries: hello(a)sharedassets.org.uk We hope you can make it! Cheers, Shared Assets [image: eventbrite] [image: Eventbrite] <http://www.eventbrite.com/r/enivtefor001?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=ema…> This invitation was sent to michel(a)p2pfoundation.net by Shared Assets <http://www.eventbrite.com/org/8095732192> the organiser. To stop receiving invitations from this organiser, you can unsubscribe <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/inviteunsubscribe?email=michel%40p2pfoundation.…>. Eventbrite | 155 5th St | San Francisco, CA 94103 [image: Eventbrite] <http://www.eventbrite.com/home/?ref=eemail&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=e…> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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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Trottier/Fuchs (eds) Social media, politics and the state
by Christian Fuchs 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Trottier, Daniel and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2015. Social media, politics and the state. Protests, revolutions, riots, crime and policing in the age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. New York: Routledge. This book is the essential guide for understanding how state power and politics are contested and exercised on social media. It brings together contributions by social media scholars who explore the connection of social media with revolutions, uprising, protests, power and counter-power, hacktivism, the state, policing and surveillance. It shows how collective action and state power are related and conflict as two dialectical sides of social media power, and how power and counter-power are distributed in this dialectic. Theoretically focused and empirically rigorous research considers the two-sided contradictory nature of power in relation to social media and politics. More information: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/social-media-politics-and-the-state/ Introduction: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/introduction.pdf Section One: Introductions 1. Theorising Social Media, Politics and the State: An Introduction Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs 2. Social Networking Sites in Pro-democracy and Anti-austerity Protests: Some Thoughts from a Social Movement Perspective Donatella della Porta and Alice Mattoni Section Two: Global and Civil Counter-Power 3. Populism 2.0: Social Media Activism, the Generic Internet User and Plebiscitary Digital Democracy Paolo Gerbaudo 4. Anonymous: Hacktivism and Contemporary Politics Christian Fuchs Section Three: Civil Counter-Power Against Austerity 5. Web 2.0 Nazi Propaganda: Golden Dawn’s Affect, Spectacle and Identity Constructions in Social Media Panos Kompatsiaris and Yiannis Mylonas 6. More Than an Electronic Soapbox: Activist Web Presence as a Collective Action Frame, Newspaper Source and Police Surveillance Tool During the London G20 Protests in 2009 Jonathan Cable 7. Assemblages: Live Streaming Dissent in the ‘Quebec Spring’ Elise Danielle Thorburn Section Four: Contested and Toppled State Power 8. Creating Spaces for Dissent: The Role of Social Media in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Sara Salem 9. Social Media Activism and State Censorship Thomas Poell Section Five: State Power as Policing and Intelligence 10. Vigilantism and Power Users: Police and User-Led Investigations on Social Media Daniel Trottier 11. Police ‘Image Work’ in an Era of Social Media: YouTube and the 2007 Montebello Summit Protest Christopher J. Schneider

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