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Re: [P2P-F] [NetworkedLabour] our p2p/commons contribution to Journey to Earthland (GTN Discussion) (Michel Bauwens)
by Michel Bauwens 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

dear Frederic, the reason for these flurry of claims may be 1), the book by Steven Pinker, the Better Nature of our Angels but 2) a more recent extensive review on all possible historical data about violence (including cemetary counts, tribal burial sites etc ..) the study found that human killing is pretty much in line with our primate cousins, but with spikes, and that in general, the trend is downward I agree with Bob that such figures may not show the difference that matrilineal societies may bring, but I repeat a very important argument, see the site of the Institute of Psycho-History for details, that a initial phase of 'maternal' attachment parenting was counter-balanced by male initiation and de-sensitizing during puberty, to prepare for the warrior and hunting role. Also, biologically, I have seen studies showed how the love hormone is linked to violence; the key here is an ability to 'extend' the feeling of love to those outside the bonded kinship family; to my mind, that is not at all a given. some links: https://ourworldindata.org/ethnographic-and-archaeological-evidence-on-viol… http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7624/full/nature19758.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/human-violence-evolution-animals… On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Bob Haugen <bob.haugen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 5:41 AM, Frederic Janssens <fjanss(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 6 November 2016 at 10:38, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> > > wrote: > >> > >> We actually now know that tribal cultures were <more> violent than > >> state-based systems, not less, > >> > > I have seen this claimed a lot recently; but I would like to have the > detail > > of that argument, because from what I know I do not fully agree. > > I am also skeptical about that as a general statement. Tribal cultures > that I know anything about varied widely about relationships between > men and women, child-rearing, and violence. > > While I have not made a deep study of this topic, I suspect one > difference may be between those that were matrilineal and those that > were not. > -- 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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Re: [P2P-F] [NetworkedLabour] our p2p/commons contribution to Journey to Earthland (GTN Discussion) (Michel Bauwens)
by Michel Bauwens 06 Nov '16

06 Nov '16

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Anna Harris <anna(a)shsh.co.uk> wrote: > There is much evidence to show that competitiveness and anxiety traits, > built in to our modern birth and child rearing practices, support the trend > towards violence in later life. The lack of care at this crucial point in > life, sets the tone for later states of dissociation which allow military > personnel to destroy other human beings without compunction, as well as the > general lack of connection with the natural environment on which we all > depend. so first a general remark of your critique. I guess I'm an integrative-structuralist, which means that what you suggest is part of my approach, and is well documented on our wiki, but, in this contribution, I focus on the structural necessity of the commons/caring shift, which is inevitably linked to the underlying psycho-bodily-relational structures. But this being said, I can't agree with the idealization of the paragraph. We actually now know that tribal cultures were <more> violent than state-based systems, not less, and that the attachment parenting (which is good, and I have practiced largely with my children, but especially the last two), was inextricably linked to the desensitization produced by the male initiation rituals. Reading the the Institute of Psycho-History, and especially their very well-document 'History of Child Abuse", is very instructive. In fact, we have now a unprecedented number of children who have been education through democratic and respectful parenting, and they are the ones driving the peer to peer/ commons / collaborative culture we draw on. Military training is now for volunteer professionals, and the kind of de-sensitizing practices are not nearly as generalized as they once were. There are of course huge pockets of the population (say the Trump voters, and the books of George Makoff), where authoritarian education continues to be the norm, and produces authoritarian personalities. And the migration of countries where such repressive practices are still the norm, create additional problems (it's the rural migration from Anatolia which overwhelmed the secular state in Turkey). So we should continue to build on the huge cultural shifts set in motion by the 1968 revolts, which were politically defeated, but did put in motion changes we can built on. But of course, I am in agreement that there are still important amounts of dis-sociation going on in our child-bearing and child-rearing practices ... and that these need to be changed, (taking babies away from their mothers as soon as they are born, sleeping in different rooms with anxiety provoking baby phones, childcare in anonymous and bureaucratic institutions too early in life) I also agree we should be re-creating the positive effects of more collective child-rearing in renewed community setings .. I have been blessed by living the last 12 years in Thailand, where unlike my experience in Belgium, both caring for my kids , and caring for my Alzheimer-afflicted mother, was 'easy', because of the support of the extended family. But let's not forget, thai society is also hyper-authoritarian and violent, much more than ours, and this is because , 'from 1 to 7, treat your children as kings, from 7 to 14, treat them as slaves, from 14 to 21, treat them as friends' In other words, as I said in the beginning, the attachment parenting is replaced with very authoritarian education in the school system., It leads to a society where you dearly love your (extended) family, but deeply mistrust anyone outside ... This is what civic societies have changed, by extending 'love' to a more broader scope, though still limited to the imaginary community of the nation; part of the next phase, is to create successful trans-national neo-tribes, firmly rooted in networks of physical places, that ca form the basis of an extension of that 'love' to humanity as a whole, Michel -- 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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important arguments on a Universal Basic Dividend, by Yanis Varoufakis
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/basic-income-funded-by-capital… A common myth, promoted by the rich, is that wealth is produced individually before it is collectivized by the state, through taxation. In fact, wealth was always produced collectively and privatized by those with the power to do it: the propertied class. Farmland and seeds, pre-modern forms of capital, were collectively developed through generations of peasant endeavor that landlords appropriated by stealth.' Unlike <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede/posts/10154071239912828?comment_id=1015…> · Reply <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede/posts/10154071239912828?comment_id=1015…> · 1 <https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=10154071243612828> · 58 mins <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede/posts/10154071239912828?comment_id=1015…> <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede/posts/10154071239912828?comment_id=1015…> [image: Sharon Ede] <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede?fref=ufi> Sharon Ede <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.ede?fref=ufi> 'Taxation is the wrong answer. Corporations pay taxes in exchange for services the state provides them, not for capital injections that must yield dividends. There is thus a strong case that the commons have a right to a share of the capital stock, and associated dividends, reflecting society’s investment in corporations’ capital. And, because it is impossible to calculate the size of state and social capital crystalized in any firm, we can decide how much of its capital stock the public should own only by means of a political mechanism. A simple policy would be to enact legislation requiring that a percentage of capital stock (shares) from every initial public offering (IPO) be channeled into a Commons Capital Depository, with the associated dividends funding a universal basic dividend (UBD). This UBD should, and can be, entirely independent of welfare payments, unemployment insurance, and so forth, thus ameliorating the concern that it would replace the welfare state, which embodies the concept of reciprocity between waged workers and the unemployed.' -- 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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WEBCAST FRI/SAT/SUN: Radical Networks Conference in Brooklyn #radnets2016
by Joly MacFie 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

Just starting. Note that the Internet Society's Director of Development Strategy Jane Coffin is scheduled to speak at 11:25 EST Sunday (16:25 UTC), providing she makes it in to NYC from the WTSA in Tunis. Shortcut to livestream: http://bit.ly/radnets16 joly posted: "On Friday-Sunday Novemeber 4-6 2016 the 2016 Radical Networks Conference will be held in Brooklyn NYC. The recent accessibility of networking technology through devices such as the Raspberry Pi and software such as BATMAN Adv has made it affordable and po" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/radnetworks>On *Friday-Sunday Novemeber 4-6 2016* the *2016 Radical Networks Conference <http://radicalnetworks.org/>* will be held in Brooklyn NYC. The recent accessibility of networking technology through devices such as the Raspberry Pi and software such as BATMAN Adv has made it affordable and possible for everyday citizens to learn how to design their own web servers and networks. The goals of the congerence are to: Understand how the technology can be used as a method of control and how to subvert that; Teach people how to use networking technology for themselves; Encourage creative and social exploration with computer networks. Speakers include *Ingrid Burringto*n and *Jane Coffi*n, The entire event will be webcast via the Internet Society livestream channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/radnetworks>. *What: Radical Networks 2016 Where: Chemistry Creative, Brooklyn When: November 4-6 2016 Program: http://radicalnetworks.org/program/ <http://radicalnetworks.org/program/> Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/radnetworks <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/radnetworks> Twitter: #radnets16 https://twitter.com/hashtag/radnets16 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/radnets16>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8767#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8767#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8767 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: New Book: Working the Phones
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: peter waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:28 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: New Book: Working the Phones To: "<networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>" < networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>, p2p-foundation < p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, Dave Hollis < david.hollis(a)netzwerkit.de> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jamie Woodcock <00000561c7bdd7f9-dmarc-request(a)jiscmail.ac.uk> Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:21 PM Subject: New Book: Working the Phones To: CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk *Introducing a new book from Pluto available in November: * Working the Phones Control and Resistance in Call Centres By Jamie Woodcock Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial supervisors and an enforced dearth of union organisation. However, rarely does the public have access to the true picture of what goes on in these institutions. For *Working the Phones*, Jamie Woodcock worked undercover in a call centre to gather insights into the everyday experiences of call centre workers. He shows how this work has become emblematic of the shift towards a post-industrial service economy, and all the issues that this produces, such as the destruction of a unionised work force, isolation and alienation, loss of agency and, ominously, the proliferation of surveillance and control which affects mental and physical wellbeing of the workers. By applying a sophisticated, radical analysis to a thoroughly international 21st century phenomenon, *Working The Phones* presents a window onto the methods of resistance that are developing on our office floors, and considers whether there is any hope left for the modern worker today. ----------------- *Jamie Woodcock* completed his PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is currently a fellow at LSE. His research interests include: digital labour, technology, management, critical theory, and the sociology of work. ----------------- *‘Jamie Woodcock’s brilliant insider account of life in a British call-centre reveals the dirty realities of digital capitalism. It’s a grim world that business wonks and politicians would rather you’d not know about. But unlike other descriptions of the neoliberal workforce who are pliant and broke, Woodcock finds workers fighting back. Capitalism hasn’t won … not yet at least. And things are about to get nasty. Working the Phones tells us why in a book that is sure to become a classic.’* Peter Fleming, author of *The Mythology of Work *(Pluto, 2015) *‘In this urgent and incisive study, Woodcock draws on the rich tradition of workers' inquiry to explore the violence of management and the shape of resistance in an industry that has become paradigmatic of the degradation of work in the twenty-first century. Combining political acumen and scholarly depth, he identifies the imposing challenges to organising against exploitation in conditions of atomised precarity, while also giving us precious glimpses of what a counter-offensive against capital might look like. A masterful lesson in how sociology can serve both to interpret and change a world of labour under the pall of austerity.’* Alberto Toscano, Reader in Critical Theory, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London ----------------- Read an online extract from the book: http://bit.ly/2dxviMd Buy the book from the UK publisher: http://bit.ly/2cQOOAz Buy the book in Canada: http://amzn.to/2cArkAd Buy the book in the United States: http://bit.ly/2cZmLkL Want an inspection copy for your course? Visit www.plutobooks.com/lecturers.asp Want a book for review? Email the publisher’s publicity team at publicity(a)plutobooks.com <jonw(a)plutobooks.com> Sign up to the Pluto Press newsletter for new books, news and events: http://bit.ly/1PqkZJ6 ----------------- Paperback | 9780745399065|£17.99/ $30 / €25 Hardback | 9780745399089| £65/ $99 / €90 Kindle | 9781786800169| £17.99 / $30 EPUB | 9781786800152| £17.99 / $30 PDF | 9781786800145| £60 / $95 *www.jamiewoodcock.net <http://www.jamiewoodcock.net>** // @jamie_woodcock* -- *Click here for Peter's recent writings* <https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8s52g2y905rq6w/WatermanGmailSignaturePanel%20%20…> _______________________________________________ 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: Emailing: Artificial Intelligence + Algorithms = Assumptions!.htm
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hazel Henderson <hazel.henderson(a)ethicalmarkets.com> Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:43 PM Subject: Emailing: Artificial Intelligence + Algorithms = Assumptions!.htm To: parminder <parminder.js(a)gmail.com>, parminder <parminder(a)itforchange.net > Cc: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, "othernews(a)netcabo.pt" < othernews(a)netcabo.pt>, "Thalif Deen (thalifdeen(a)aol.com)" < thalifdeen(a)aol.com>, "kama(a)netcabo.pt" <kama(a)netcabo.pt>, "Kuttner, Robert ( kuttner(a)prospect.org)" <kuttner(a)prospect.org>, "Edward Fullbrook ( pae_news(a)btinternet.com)" <pae_news(a)btinternet.com>, LaRae Long < gogreen(a)ethicalmarkets.com> Hi Parminder : In case you missed this editorial I wrote in August, please feel free to circulate to ISF participants. Thanks , Hazel [image: CSRWire.com The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire] <http://www.csrwire.com/>[image: http://www.csrwire.com/images/search-btn.jpg][image: Icon_home_off] <http://www.csrwire.com/>Csrlive <http://www.csrwire.com/csrlive> ------------------------------ [image: email] <http://www.csrwire.com/manage_user/subscription_settings> [image: http://www.csrwire.com/images/bread_divider.gif?1456949413]Artificial Intelligence + Algorithms = Assumptions! <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/1753-artificial-intelligence-algorithms-a…> CSRwire Talkback | join the conversation [image: Print icon]Print [image: Alerts icon]Alerts <http://www.csrwire.com/manage_user/subscription_settings> Artificial Intelligence + Algorithms = Assumptions! Submitted by: Hazel Henderson <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/bloggers/23-hazel-henderson/posts> Posted: Aug 12, 2016 – 06:00 AM EST Tags: artificial intelligence <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/tag/artificial%20intelligence>, ai <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/tag/ai>, economy <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/tag/economy>, algorithm <http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/tag/algorithm> [image: Hazelhenderson] Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged in the public debate with Deep Mind’s recent win over a champion of the Chinese game GO. AI is all about computers getting better at solving problems formerly thought too difficult which should be left to humans. Since the 1970s, a small group of computer specialists and mathematicians based their hopes on teaching machines to follow the rule-based learning of human reasoning. They designed algorithms (coding these rules into software programs) which they hoped would enable computers to emulate human thought processes. Today, these algorithms run more and more of our everyday lives. They can decide whether our credit score is good, if we get hired for a job, whether we can board an airplane or get admitted to the country of our destination. Algorithms dominate the world’s stock exchanges, evaluating most companies and deciding whether to buy or sell, as well as causing “flash crashes”. Political campaigns are based on algorithms deciding which voters will turn out and which candidates they’ll favor. The much vaunted Internet of Things (IoT) uses algorithms to monitor our babies, open our locks, control our use of energy, steer our cars and oversee our fitness programs and diets. Algorithms control which ads we see online, monitor our buying habits and track our whereabouts by GPS and our smartphones. Increasingly, algorithms program drones and weapons systems. This brave new world of algorithms and big data has taken over the economies of most post-industrial societies and the lives of their citizens. Most relish the new connectivity, social media and instant, always-on lifestyles – happily surrendering their most personal information and privacy. Few asked about the assumptions and biases that those human programmers may have installed in all these algorithms. New evidence is coming to light as to how these human biases unconsciously held by most people can skew algorithms, including gender and racial biases that affect job selection. In *New Scientist* (July 16, 2016), Aviva Rutkin describes how algorithms with such hidden assumptions have denied people credit, jobs and even parole, and hails the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) recently approved by the European Parliament. This GDPR calls for companies to prevent such discrimination, which filters through algorithms and is hidden in the guise of mathematical impartiality. Rutkin also cites the US White House symposium on AI which explored such issues and how Silicon Valley programmers and technocrats can arbitrarily dictate policies affecting the lives of citizens. An egregious example of a faulty algorithm was exposed by a team of Swedish scientists in *The Economist* (July 16, 2016) who discovered that 40,000 brain research studies based on using functional MRI scans of brains were invalid due to misinterpretation of blood flow patterns assumed in the algorithms they applied. Another is the business-as-usual assumptions in the International Energy Agency’s forecasts failing to track the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Debates about AI, robots, job losses and the privacy and security issues have surfaced in many countries, including who owns all this personal data being patterned into algorithms by spy agencies, social media companies, advertisers, marketers, insurance and banking firms, law enforcement. All this data is valuable and vital to our information-based economies. Microsoft’s former chief scientist, Jaron Lanier, in *Who Owns the Future* (2012), claims that Google, Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Instagram should pay every user for each and every bit of their personal information. Lanier notes their business models sell this data to advertisers, insurers, bankers, political campaigns, so each user should receive payment for their data – quite feasible with existing software. The public is awakening to this new threat of big data as “Big Brother” while acknowledging all its potential benefits. We do not need many of the idiocies promoted for profit in the Internet of Things. For example, the Parks Associates survey found that 47% of US broadband households have privacy or security concerns about smart home devices. Tom Kerber, Director of Research, cites recent media reports of hacking into baby monitors and connected cars and suggests that if firms offered a bill of rights to consumers, this might ease concerns. At least, a standard for all smart devices should allow users to switch off their connectivity and operate them manually. Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute’s paper by Deep Mind’s founder Demis Hassabis advocates such “off switches” for AI systems (*The Economist*, June 25, 2016). How would such safeguards work in electronic finance? We as consumers also need greater access to monitor all the assumptions in algorithms that run our lives. New Cities Foundation Greg Lindsay reports in Smart Homes and the Internet of Things <https://issuu.com/atlanticcouncil/docs/smart_homes_0317_web/1?e=23027907/34…> that 66% of smart phone users are afraid of these devices tracking their movements. The Atlantic Council’s March 2016 seminar on “Smart Homes and Cybersecurity” concluded it’s already too late to protect homeowners and other users. Google founder Larry Page is pouring billions into developing flying cars (“Propeller Heads”, *Businessweek*, June 6, 2016). Is this what the public wants? Automotive engineer Mary Louise Cummings of Duke University testified at a recent Senate hearing on driverless vehicles at which Google, General Motors and Ford were requesting over $3 billion in subsidies. She noted that these companies had done no real testing of driverless vehicles and doubted they could be both autonomous and safe. What would flying cars and drones for the 1% do to our already crowded skies and quality of life for the 99%? All this is why Ethical Markets proposes a new standard to shift the balance of power back to consumers and citizens: a new Information Habeas Corpus. Britain in 1215 adopted the rule of Habeas Corpus, which assured individuals’ rights over their own bodies, further codified by Parliament in 1679. Today, we need to extend this basic human right to our brains and all the information we generate in all our activities. Time for the Information Habeas Corpus! 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Fwd: Summary note on ECA and the First Meeting in Brussels
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nicole LEONARD <nicole.leonard(a)sciencespo.fr> Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 11:13 PM Subject: Summary note on ECA and the First Meeting in Brussels To: commonswatch(a)lists.p2pfoundation.net *Summary note on European Commons Assembly’s First meeting in Brussels, November 15 to 17 2016* There are now less than two weeks to go until the first meeting of our commencing European Commons Assembly process! Since there have been many people getting involved over the past weeks and months, it’s good to share some words on the background and process until now so that we have the same understanding heading into the event, even if not everyone can attend in person. *Preamble to the initiative* There was a preamble to our current gathering under the ECA call, which is hosted on the website and open for signatures (http:// europeancommonsassembly.eu/). It was drafted at a meeting called together on commons activism in Europe (then entitled Commons Watch), which took place from 18-20 May 2016 at an organic farm in Villarceaux, some 40km outside of Paris. The objective was then, as it continues to be today, to bring together in a trans-local coalition those engaged with commons and processes of commoning in different spheres. Among other things, we want to imagine together future concrete collective and collaborative actions and campaigns in Europe. Ultimately, the goal is to come to a strong and flourishing bottom up European political civil society movement for the commons, which is able to articulate the commons also as a new policy paradigm. You can find documentation of the Villarceaux meetings here: http://wiki.remixthecommons.org/index.php/CommonsWatch. *The ECA assembly at the European Parliament* In Villarceaux, we also discussed an opportunity to convene the ECA’s first meeting in Brussels, with a session at the European parliament to be organised in cooperation MEPS from the Intergroup on Common Goods and Public Services. Since the Villarceaux meetings, a lot has happened, including growing numbers of you on our commonswatch email list where we have been introducing ourselves (http://wiki.remixthecommons. org/index.php/Commons_Watch/Bios), in smaller groups working towards the Brussels meetings (including one on the ECA Assembly of Nov. 17th which takes us beyond the EP assembly moment), and on our Loomio and hackpad spaces, where we have among other things started to draft policy proposals on the themes we are working on as practitioners and/or researchers. Taking all this into account, our ECA assembly at the EP on the 16th is a moment in our process where we want to engage in a participatory meeting with MEPs, to point to the potential of the Commons as a policy paradigm. We will identify together a few themes and issues (as we only have a short time at the EP) that need to be addressed on an EU level, and how MEPs can engage in this. At large there is a will to point to the relevance of the ECA at the EP level, and to address possible cooperation between the MEPs and the ECA beyond the assembly on the 16th. And in the trans-local spirit, on the afternoon of Nov. 15 - before the Parliament session - activists in Brussels are organizing gatherings and workshops to welcome those traveling from around Europe so we can exchange and debate on our various struggles for the commons. *The ECA Assembly on the 17th in Brussels* Then, on the 17th in the morning, we take advantage of the commoners’ presence in Brussels to look into our ECA’s future and work to continue to give shape to our ECA process. How do we see the needs, objectives, priorities and structure of the ECA? How do we stand in solidarity around our diverse struggles and build a trans-local movement for the commons? How does the ECA relate to (already existing) local assemblies and existing Solidarity economy processes? How will we develop (further) policy proposals throughout our ECA? These are just some of the questions that we will want to address – for sure there are many others. Such is the process we are in for together! Thank you for being a part of it. -- 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: Special Invitation - What's Next for Ithacash?
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scott Morris <scott(a)ithacash.com> Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:02 AM Subject: Special Invitation - What's Next for Ithacash? To: Scott Morris <scott(a)ithacash.com> Cc: Roel Wolfert <roel.wolfert(a)qoin.com> Greetings all, TL;DR - Ithaca’s new digital complementary currency has begun its second year by launching a new app, and is shifting to a coalition-based approach with community institutions and partners. You are invited to RSVP to the call hosted by yours truly and Roel Wolfert of Qoin <http://www.doingtogether.splashthat.com/> to learn more. Firstly I’d like to *thank you all for all the incredible support you’ve shown for Ithacash so far*, and for the good work you do every day in and for the community. It has been a great honor to serve the community alongside you, getting to know you and your work where possible, and in bringing this new system to life. Thank you *very* much. Many are wondering exactly *how Ithacash performed over its first year*, and haven’t quite understood how we went from our initial offering of Ithacash to launching the new (groundbreaking) marketplace app: Main St. Market <http://www.mainst.market/>. That’s totally understandable! After moving to the new platform in the early months of this year, things rapidly snowballed and now we have *a truly next-generation way to bring people together through local commerce* in hand (and the app store). *But* we’re not getting into details just now. *I would like to personally and cordially invite you to join us for a very special presentation happening Nov 18th, 9-10am EST: *“Doing Together: How two Dutch municipalities are revolutionizing civic engagement with social currency" <http://www.doingtogether.splashthat.com/> *Roel Wolfert*, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer of Qoin and a former Board Member at Visa International, will be joining us to talk about the SamenDoen or “Doing Together” model and its impressive performance over its first two years. Through "Doing Together" many stakeholders have created a coalition based on win-win scenarios that benefit both their bottom lines and a greater sense of purpose; *SamenDoen has forged an extremely powerful model for how communities can take control over their own destinies.* *It is my humble opinion that we have a profound opportunity* *at hand *to be the very first community in America to emulate this high-powered model that has already born fruit for the courageous people who agreed to participation there in the Netherlands. I also happen to believe we don’t have much of a choice given the macro-economic climate we live in, but that’s another story. In any case, *we should set the example* *here in the US, and strengthen Ithaca’s profile and brand as a national thought-leading community in the process.* *Our proposal is simple*: Join us in creating new opportunities for people to meet needs and significantly improving economic security in our region. RSVP to the call <http://www.doingtogether.splashthat.com/> and join us to learn how by Doing Together we can achieve much more than by going alone! Yours truly, Scott Morris Founder, Ithacash Scott(a)ithacash.com 888-645-2409 Ithacash - i$ <http://ithacash.com/> - Money Made for Main St. Main St. Market <http://mainst.market/> - The Local Way to Buy, Sell, Pay & Save 1-- Check out my TEDx talk "Putting People and Planet Before Paper Wealth <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mWaoBhAEA>” (~16 mins) 2-- Watch Money & Life <http://www.moneyandlifemovie.com/> "A Story About Money That Will Change Your Life” (view on youtube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18LQt_e-OOg>) 3-- Read “Why Local Currencies Could be on the Rise in the U.S. -- And Why It Matters <http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiegilbert/2014/09/22/why-local-currencies-co…>” in Forbes Investing by Katie Gilbert 4-- See the Ithaca Dollar bill in “Bowie Bucks <https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2016/03/pdf/fd0316.pdf>” in the IMF’s *Finance & Development* quarterly by Marina Primorac This email and any attachments thereto may contain private, confidential, and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, copying, or distribution of this email (or any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited without the explicit authorization from its original sender. -- 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: Resilient Love in a Time of Hate
by Michel Bauwens 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Kyuman Kim <dkkim(a)conncoll.edu> Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 2:19 AM Subject: Resilient Love in a Time of Hate To: Love-Drive Politics Collective <lovedriven(a)googlegroups.com>, Love Driven Politics Collective <love.driven.politics(a)gmail.com> Cc: David Kyuman Kim <qmanpvd(a)gmail.com> Hi folks Last month, I had the great, good fortune to be in a public forum at UC Santa Barbara with Sunni Patterson and George Lipsitz. George and Vice Chancellor Margaret Klawunn have organized a year-long theme for UCSB of “Resilient Love in a Time of Hate”. It’s a remarkable effort, one we hope to contribute to in the coming months. You can watch the forum here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDGFaHX9Kg There are some other projects in the works—details to come! Take good care, DKK ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ ☸ ☼ david kyuman kim Professor & Chair, Department of Religious Studies Core Faculty, Program in American Studies Connecticut College 860-439-5075; dkkim(a)conncoll.edu Twitter: @qmanpvd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lovedriven" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lovedriven+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lovedriven(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/lovedriven. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/lovedriven/2C0E5B75-17A6-47AB-84FC-48983DF9D8A1%40conncoll.edu <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lovedriven/2C0E5B75-17A6-47AB-84FC-48983D…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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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Re: [P2P-F] AN IMPORTANT PIVOT MOMENT TOWARDS A THE EMERGENCE OF A COLLECTIVE ORGANIC INTELLECTUAL FOR THE COMMONS MOVEMENT
by Michel Bauwens 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

but actually, many former members say exactly that, that the Impact Hub is extractive. The general complaint is that the venture-based ownership model is generating too much pressure on what should be a collaborative and participative model .. Personally, I have witnessed the forced smiles of many of hostesses (often the hubs are led by female members and employees), who are under great pressure to 'perform' their participative duties (number of events organized, number of new clients recruited, etc ..); and heard from outsiders, that an enormous amount of skills are required for relatively low pay, I haven't verified any of this, but this is based on testimonies, Michel On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 6:35 PM, David de Ugarte <david(a)lasindias.coop> wrote: > I did not mean they were extractive, they are just a network of coworking > spaces, what I pointed is the difference of this kind of transnational > network and phyles: having a common identity alternative to that of > nationalism and taking care of there members in case of necessity. > Impacthub does not provide other identity different to the one that > provides you to be client of a nice transnational landlord nor takes care > of you more than any firm takes care of a client. > > > > On 2016-10-23 13:29, Bob Haugen wrote: > >> I'm not familiar with ImpactHub (just looked at their website a bit, >> though). In what way are they extractive? >> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Michel Bauwens >> <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:13 PM, David de Ugarte <david(a)lasindias.coop> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> but essentiallly for me a phyle is a trans-national business eco-system >>>> for a community and its commons >>>> >>>> >>>> I agree, but could have sense to be more specific in order to separate >>>> it >>>> from pure transnational ecosystems as ImpactHub including something >>>> about >>>> identity or responsability on the welfare of the individual partners? >>>> What >>>> do you think? >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I agree that is a part of the definition, to distinguish it from the >>> extractive models, which I think the ImpactHub actually is, despite its >>> original good intentions .. >>> >>> by the way, all assistance in mapping the new global nomadic networks >>> would >>> be very welcome: >>> >>> https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Nomadic_Infrastructures >>> >>> Michel >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> for me las indias, enspiral, sensorica, ethos VO go in that direction >>>> ... >>>> >>>> >>>> Great! >>>> >>>> Big hug >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:11 PM, David de Ugarte <david(a)lasindias.coop> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Great Michael! >>>>> >>>>> So... it could be interesting to have a common, and a little bit >>>>> detailed, definition of phyle understanding proto-phyle as all the >>>>> nucleus >>>>> going in that direction. >>>>> >>>>> Would you make the honours? :-D >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2016-10-18 14:03, Michel Bauwens wrote: >>>>> >>>>> personally, I am talking about some coordination and cooperation >>>>> between >>>>> proto-phyles ... >>>>> >>>>> coordinating commons-based production is a different topic, equally >>>>> interesting but this was not the topic of the original invite, >>>>> >>>>> of course, phyles could <also> coordinate their production, if they >>>>> were >>>>> more fully developed etc .. >>>>> >>>>> Michel >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 6:58 PM, David de Ugarte <david(a)lasindias.coop >>>>> > >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ah! OK, this is about coordinating commons based projects, not about >>>>>> phyle making. So, the question should be then how phyle nucleus as >>>>>> ours, can >>>>>> contribute to these movement towards territorial coordination of >>>>>> commons >>>>>> based projects, Am I right? >>>>>> >>>>>> We agree with that idea/project and we will give our best to it, no >>>>>> doubt. But, please lets use the word phyle with its meaning. From its >>>>>> very >>>>>> origins the phyle idea had a very concrete goal: to create an >>>>>> alternative to >>>>>> national identity able to complement the fading (¿collapsing?) >>>>>> welfare state >>>>>> and take responsibility for its own members (social security, health, >>>>>> guarantee of job and trade inside, safety and freedom of movements, >>>>>> etc.) >>>>>> what made mandatory to the few phyle nucleus existing then, to have a >>>>>> presence and a real autonomy in the open market while constructing a >>>>>> money-free economy in its interior. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2016-10-18 12:58, David de Ugarte wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Great thanks to you both!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2016-10-18 12:57, Stacco Troncoso wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's the Commons Association text in our blog, if you don't like >>>>>> PDFs >>>>>> ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/unifying-commons-based-projec >>>>>> ts-in-a-self-organised-solidarity-economy/2016/09/09 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Bob Haugen <bob.haugen(a)gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> You all might find the pdfs below to be relevant: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: Christian Siefkes via Commonsverbuende >>>>>>> <commonsverbuende(a)lists.commons-institut.org> >>>>>>> Date: 2016-10-18 5:06 GMT-05:00 >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [commonsverbuende] Commons Associations jetzt auch in >>>>>>> Englisch >>>>>>> To: commonsverbuende(a)lists.commons-institut.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hallo Hannes und alle, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 08/10/16 15:41, Christian Siefkes via Commonsverbuende wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> OK, ich werde PDFs erzeugen und hochladen und dann hier nochmal >>>>>>>> Bescheid sagen. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ich habe die PDfs jetzt erstellt und bei Keimform hochgeladen. Sie >>>>>>> sind >>>>>>> vom >>>>>>> deutsch- bzw. englischsprachigen Artikel aus verlinkt oder direkt >>>>>>> unter >>>>>>> folgenden URLs zu finden: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Deutsch: >>>>>>> http://keimform.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/commonsverbund.pdf >>>>>>> Englisch: >>>>>>> http://keimform.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/commons-associ >>>>>>> ation.pdf >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Herzliche Grüße >>>>>>> Christian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> |--------- Dr. Christian Siefkes --------- christian(a)siefkes.net >>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>> | Homepage: http://www.siefkes.net/ | Blog: >>>>>>> http://www.keimform.de/ >>>>>>> | Wie Produktion zur Nebensache wurde: >>>>>>> www.keimform.de/2013/freie-quellen-1/ >>>>>>> | Why Production No Longer Worries Us: >>>>>>> www.keimform.de/2013/free-sources-1/ >>>>>>> |------------------------------------------- OpenPGP Key ID: >>>>>>> 0x980FA6ED >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Was darf die Satire? >>>>>>> Alles. >>>>>>> -- Kurt Tucholsky >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Commonsverbuende mailing list >>>>>>> Commonsverbuende(a)lists.commons-institut.org >>>>>>> https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/commonsverbuende >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Bob Haugen <bob.haugen(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Responses inline. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:06 AM, David de Ugarte >>>>>>>> <david(a)lasindias.coop> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dear Bob, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> it is a really interesting theoretical approach but... I guess we >>>>>>>>> are still >>>>>>>>> far from the point when we could attend basic consumption demands. >>>>>>>>> The real >>>>>>>>> existing fabric of p2p production is unproportionally based in >>>>>>>>> services (as >>>>>>>>> it is natural because p2p production was born in the digital >>>>>>>>> economy). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am aware it's mostly services now, except for food, which could be >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> place to start on material goods, at least in regional networks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Software, however, is the heart of p2p production now, and that is >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> coordinated very well between groups or often not even within >>>>>>>> groups. >>>>>>>> The Mutual Aid Networks, for example, use several apps that do not >>>>>>>> talk to each other. And several Mutual Aid Networks are starting up, >>>>>>>> that will multiply the same problem. Same for Fair Coop. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Designs for material goods is another possibility. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Increasing diversity of production is today a trend and a goal, but >>>>>>>>> I guess >>>>>>>>> diversity is not still big enough even for supporting a viable >>>>>>>>> productive >>>>>>>>> coin. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Because of it, from the very beggining we envisioned mutualism as >>>>>>>>> the path >>>>>>>>> of making phyles grow inside a wider vision we call post-laborism. >>>>>>>>> Please >>>>>>>>> have a look to this post (you will probably have to use google >>>>>>>>> translate) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://lasindias.com/post-laborismo >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, will study. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2016-10-16 11:56, Bob Haugen wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sorry, cutnpaste error. Should have been section entitled "How we >>>>>>>>>> can >>>>>>>>>> implement a Mutual Coordination Economy based on existing >>>>>>>>>> organizations". >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Bob Haugen <bob.haugen(a)gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> then see from there if it makes sense to have some extra layer of >>>>>>>>>>>> alignment between 'proto-phyles' >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Could this be it? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-signals-used-by-capit >>>>>>>>>>> alist-supply-chains-could-serve-a-mutual-coordination- >>>>>>>>>>> economy/2016/02/10 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> See the section entitled >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> "https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-signals-used-by-capi >>>>>>>>>>> talist-supply-chains-could-serve-a-mutual-coordination- >>>>>>>>>>> economy/2016/02/10" >>>>>>>>>>> and my comment below: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-signals-used-by-capit >>>>>>>>>>> alist-supply-chains-could-serve-a-mutual-coordination- >>>>>>>>>>> economy/2016/02/10#comment-1551200 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Michel Bauwens >>>>>>>>>>> <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> dear David, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I have great difficulties lately to monitor my emails, 5755 to >>>>>>>>>>>> go >>>>>>>>>>>> <g>, >>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>> so I missed this important response, and the ones following >>>>>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>>>>> I will >>>>>>>>>>>> process in a moment. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The first thing for me, is perhaps that we can organize a common >>>>>>>>>>>> skype >>>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>>>> joshua vial / Alanna Krause for Enspiral, Robert Pye for Ethos, >>>>>>>>>>>> you and >>>>>>>>>>>> Natalia for lasindias, tibi from Sensorica, perhaps others ? And >>>>>>>>>>>> then >>>>>>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>>>>>> from there if it makes sense to have some extra layer of >>>>>>>>>>>> alignment >>>>>>>>>>>> between >>>>>>>>>>>> 'proto-phyles' >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I copy Ann-Marie for the p2p foundation, for assistance in >>>>>>>>>>>> coordinating >>>>>>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>>>>>> such meetup if there is agreement on doing it. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Since the previous email in this thread is an email from our >>>>>>>>>>>> recently >>>>>>>>>>>> deceased P2P colleague Jean Lievens, I am sharing a special >>>>>>>>>>>> thought in >>>>>>>>>>>> his >>>>>>>>>>>> remembrance, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Michel >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 6:12 PM, David de Ugarte >>>>>>>>>>>> <david(a)lasindias.coop> >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> We completely agree!! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> It is a nodal moment because this convergence, I guess, >>>>>>>>>>>>> reflects >>>>>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>>>>> deepening concern in wide social sectors. In our case, we are >>>>>>>>>>>>> experiencing >>>>>>>>>>>>> since October's Somero a widening of our audience and a closer >>>>>>>>>>>>> relation >>>>>>>>>>>>> with other communities. Last week, in example, we had by first >>>>>>>>>>>>> time in >>>>>>>>>>>>> many >>>>>>>>>>>>> years, more than 10.000 unique visitors in our blog in only a >>>>>>>>>>>>> day, and >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> Communard Manifesto is spreading a lot faster than we thought: >>>>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>>>>> are in >>>>>>>>>>>>> example volunteers -we did not know before- translating it in >>>>>>>>>>>>> Switzerland >>>>>>>>>>>>> and Portugal to German and Portuguese languages. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So, we are sensing not only the appearance of a «P2P >>>>>>>>>>>>> theoritical >>>>>>>>>>>>> camp», >>>>>>>>>>>>> but the emergence of a «P2P audience» probably product of the >>>>>>>>>>>>> disenchanted >>>>>>>>>>>>> with the political hopes hegemonic only a year ago between the >>>>>>>>>>>>> majority >>>>>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>>>>> the activists in countries like Spain or Greece. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So, Michel, what comes now? How could we contribute? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016-05-21 22:06, Michel Bauwens wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> AN IMPORTANT PIVOT MOMENT TOWARDS A THE EMERGENCE OF A >>>>>>>>>>>>> COLLECTIVE >>>>>>>>>>>>> ORGANIC >>>>>>>>>>>>> INTELLECTUAL FOR THE COMMONS MOVEMENT >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The above has always been the ambition of the P2P Foundation, >>>>>>>>>>>>> and I >>>>>>>>>>>>> believe this is now coalescing .. some signs >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) Las Indias has consolidated all its original insights in the >>>>>>>>>>>>> just >>>>>>>>>>>>> published Communard Manifesto (Steve Herrick: you can perhaps >>>>>>>>>>>>> let them >>>>>>>>>>>>> know >>>>>>>>>>>>> about this posting here as they are not on fb) >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) the last video by Dmytri Kleiner, which I posted here, also >>>>>>>>>>>>> shows a >>>>>>>>>>>>> convergence towards this multi-modal approach (working for the >>>>>>>>>>>>> strengthening >>>>>>>>>>>>> of the new economy within the existing one) and has a very >>>>>>>>>>>>> precise >>>>>>>>>>>>> strategy >>>>>>>>>>>>> and many innovative concepts >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 3) the critique by Alanna Krause on the blockchain which I >>>>>>>>>>>>> posited, >>>>>>>>>>>>> along >>>>>>>>>>>>> with the 'transvestment' practices, show that both the >>>>>>>>>>>>> practice, >>>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> theory, and the subjectivity of Enspiral is moving in the same >>>>>>>>>>>>> direction >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 4) as for myself, I am working on a more theoretical book in >>>>>>>>>>>>> which I'm >>>>>>>>>>>>> aligning all our pasts insights following the overview of Kojin >>>>>>>>>>>>> Karatini .. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I may be forgetting some other elements, but here we are, there >>>>>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>>>>> effectively, a collective organic intellectual at work, which >>>>>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>>>>> thinking >>>>>>>>>>>>> through the strategies to be followed by the forces of the >>>>>>>>>>>>> commons, in >>>>>>>>>>>>> a way >>>>>>>>>>>>> that may have been there in seed form, but is about to flower >>>>>>>>>>>>> and .. >>>>>>>>>>>>> THIS IS >>>>>>>>>>>>> HUGELY IMPORTANT >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I am not implying here of course that there are no differences >>>>>>>>>>>>> between >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> approaches of these groups, but that they are moving broadly in >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> same >>>>>>>>>>>>> direction . >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> At present, there are not any formal bridges between these >>>>>>>>>>>>> groups, but >>>>>>>>>>>>> there are occasional informal contacts, and the memes do seem >>>>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>>> travel >>>>>>>>>>>>> .. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> With Dmytri Kleiner, we are discussing a 'Transvestment' >>>>>>>>>>>>> conference in >>>>>>>>>>>>> Berlin at the end of this year, no funding yet, this could be >>>>>>>>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>>>>>> occasion >>>>>>>>>>>>> for these groups to enter into more coherent dialogue, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Michel >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://commonstransition.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >>>>>>>>>>>> http://commonstransition.org >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>>>>>>>>>>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; >>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: >>>>>>>>>>>> http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Strategic direction steward P2P Foundation. Director of content >>>>>> commonstransition.org >>>>>> Co-founder guerrillatranslation.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >>>>> http://commonstransition.org >>>>> >>>>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>>>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>>>> >>>>> Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>>>> >>>>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >>>> http://commonstransition.org >>>> >>>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>>> >>>> Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>>> >>>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >>> http://commonstransition.org >>> >>> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >>> >>> Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >>> >>> #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >>> >> > -- 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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