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Re: [P2P-F] The emergence of peer production as challenge and opportunity for labour and unions
by Michel Bauwens 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

dear Pat, if you have any of these email contacts, thanks for forwarding privately! Michel On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Pat Conaty < pat.commonfutures(a)phonecoop.coop> wrote: > Dear Michel > > Congratulations Michel. I really look forward to reading this report. I > think it would be good idea to send this to Bruno Roelants at CECOP and > Simel Esim at the ILO. > Simel is leading ILO’s new project on Future Work and she has very good > labour union links. Also Margie has an ILO colleague, Roberto Meglio, who > has played a lead role > in their work on Social Solidarity Economy. > > I will let others know about this report and in partnership with ETUI. > > Best wishes > > Pat > > On 15 Mar 2017, at 16:39, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: > > Here is a much better link for that report: > > http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/ > European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/The- > emergence-of-peer-production-challenges-and-opportunities- > for-labour-and-unions > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net > > wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> Vasilis Niaros of the P2P Lab and myself (Michel Bauwens) produced a >> report on commons-oriented peer production and the collaborative economy, >> and what it could mean for labour and unions, commissioned by the European >> Trade Union federation as the EU level, i.e. ETUC/ETUI >> >> Thanks a lot for eventually tweeting and diffusing it as well: >> >> >> ETUI Policy Brief 3/2017: emergence of peer production: challenges >> and opportunities for labour and unions https://t.co/hNsiXoGOlb >> >> >> Key points and Conclusions >> >> >> Key Points: >> >> — The emergence of peer production is not a transient phenomenon but an >> essential part of the evolving economy since it is based on both >> technological capacity and social demand. — As this emergence is >> accompanied by many negative social and environmental externalities, it is >> vital that the labour movement and trade unions demand strong regulatory >> safeguards. >> — There are also important potential advantages, such as a greater >> opportunity to choose meaningful and autonomous work, as well as other >> ecological benefits. >> >> — Positive responses that have been emerging include the creation of >> generative entrepreneurial coalitions, platform cooperatives and labour >> mutuals. >> >> — This policy brief recommends approaches that support a new cohort of >> autonomous workers and consider them as an integral part of the existing >> labour and union movements. >> >> — A productive model that combines global open design communities with >> distributed manufacturing should be explored as a potential framework for >> local re-industrialisation and the creation of a substantial amount of >> blue-collar jobs >> >> >> Conclusions >> >> In conclusion, both CBPP and platform capitalism have positive and >> negative aspects. Given the interconnectedness of their emergence with >> current technological capacities, we propose that the labour movement and >> trade unions craft a policy response that: >> >> — strongly regulates against negative externalities that affect workers >> (e.g. the regulation of Uber and AirBnB); >> >> — strongly promotes the positive aspects by making a link between the new >> models and those corporate entities that take into account social justice >> and distribution; in other words, supports generative businesses that >> create livelihoods around peer production and member-owned or >> multi-stakeholder-managed ‘platform cooperatives’; >> >> — supports autonomous work, creates solidarity mechanisms that insert >> these workers into systems of social protection, and attempts to bridge the >> divide between the precariat and the salariat, without reducing autonomous >> work to a subordinate status; >> >> — supports the convergence of cooperative models with those of the social >> and solidarity economy around the commons and the ‘sharing’ economy; and >> >> — supports the creation of business incubators and the prototyping of >> policies that re-create local jobs with a view to promoting potential >> re-industrialisation through distributed manufacturing models. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > 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/ > > > -- 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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Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism
by Christian Fuchs 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism The 6th ICTs and Society Conference May 20-21 University of Westminster, London Hosted by the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies Speakers: Toni Negri, Jodi Dean, David Chandler, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Orit Halpern, Kylie Jarrett, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Antoinette Rouvroy, Etienne Turpin Registration, all abstracts and more info: http://icts-and-society.net/events/digital-objects-digital-subjects-a-sympo… Presenters at the symposium will engage with questions of the digital in respect to activism, research and critique. The conference will engage with the possibilities, potentials, pitfalls, limits, and ideologies of digital activism. It will reflect on whether computational social science, the digital humanities and ubiquitous datafication enable new research approaches or result in a digital positivism that threatens the independence of critical research and brings about the death of the social sciences and humanities. The conference will explore the futures, places and possibilities of critique in the age of digital subjects and digital objects. Talks: - Toni Negri: The Incorporation of the Digital Machine: A Metaphor? - Jodi Dean: Critique or Collectivity? - David Chandler: Governmentalities of the Digital: Mapping, Sensing and Hacking - Christian Fuchs: Karl Marx in the Age of Big Data Capitalism - Paolo Gerbaudo: The Platform Party: The Transformation of Political Organisation in the Digital Era - Orit Halpern: The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment, and “Resilient Hope” - Kylie Jarrett: The Digital Housewife: Labour at the Intersection of Culture and Economy - Jack Linchuan Qiu: Goodbye iSlave: Rethinking Smartphone, Activism, and Chinese Labour - Antoinette Rouvroy: Revitalizing Critique Against the Critical Sirens of Algorithmic Governmentality - Etienne Turpin: The Same River Twice: Torrential Formations of the Anthropocene

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The emergence of peer production as challenge and opportunity for labour and unions
by Michel Bauwens 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

Dear friends, Vasilis Niaros of the P2P Lab and myself (Michel Bauwens) produced a report on commons-oriented peer production and the collaborative economy, and what it could mean for labour and unions, commissioned by the European Trade Union federation as the EU level, i.e. ETUC/ETUI Thanks a lot for eventually tweeting and diffusing it as well: ETUI Policy Brief 3/2017: emergence of peer production: challenges and opportunities for labour and unions https://t.co/hNsiXoGOlb Key points and Conclusions Key Points: — The emergence of peer production is not a transient phenomenon but an essential part of the evolving economy since it is based on both technological capacity and social demand. — As this emergence is accompanied by many negative social and environmental externalities, it is vital that the labour movement and trade unions demand strong regulatory safeguards. — There are also important potential advantages, such as a greater opportunity to choose meaningful and autonomous work, as well as other ecological benefits. — Positive responses that have been emerging include the creation of generative entrepreneurial coalitions, platform cooperatives and labour mutuals. — This policy brief recommends approaches that support a new cohort of autonomous workers and consider them as an integral part of the existing labour and union movements. — A productive model that combines global open design communities with distributed manufacturing should be explored as a potential framework for local re-industrialisation and the creation of a substantial amount of blue-collar jobs Conclusions In conclusion, both CBPP and platform capitalism have positive and negative aspects. Given the interconnectedness of their emergence with current technological capacities, we propose that the labour movement and trade unions craft a policy response that: — strongly regulates against negative externalities that affect workers (e.g. the regulation of Uber and AirBnB); — strongly promotes the positive aspects by making a link between the new models and those corporate entities that take into account social justice and distribution; in other words, supports generative businesses that create livelihoods around peer production and member-owned or multi-stakeholder-managed ‘platform cooperatives’; — supports autonomous work, creates solidarity mechanisms that insert these workers into systems of social protection, and attempts to bridge the divide between the precariat and the salariat, without reducing autonomous work to a subordinate status; — supports the convergence of cooperative models with those of the social and solidarity economy around the commons and the ‘sharing’ economy; and — supports the creation of business incubators and the prototyping of policies that re-create local jobs with a view to promoting potential re-industrialisation through distributed manufacturing models. -- 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: Resistance
by Michel Bauwens 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Micah White <magus(a)activist.boutique> Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 5:03 AM Subject: Re: Resistance To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> We must seize patriotism from those who are destroying our democracies. please read & share <https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=180444840287&href=https%3A%2F%…> this strategy briefing before it is too late! direct link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/14/progressive- patriotism-rebels-revolution-micah-white [image: The Resistance Now] <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/14/progressive-patriotism-rebels…> 'Real Americans' have always been rebels: a guide for progressive patriotism After the collapse of Occupy Wall Street, my wife and I fled the progressive groupthink of Berkeley, California and resettled out here in Nehalem, in rural Oregon, close to unpoliced forests and far from the nearest university, airport or anarchist infoshop. All was reasonably well until I ran for mayor <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/06/activism-rural-america-occupy…> of my tiny town, provoking a backlash. When I received a racist death threat <https://www.keepnehalemnehalem.org/> shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, I was forced to see my rural community and my diverse country in a newly sinister light. The ugly truth is that many, if not most, of my neighbors voted for Trump’s authoritarian bigotry. And then – like the Brits upset by Brexit, the French disturbed by Marine Le Pen, and Filipinos furious about Rodrigo Duterte – I found myself torn by a civil war fought between the side of me that hates what my country has become, and the patriotic part of my spirit that loves what my country could be. After weeks of inner struggle, the patriotic side has won and I glimpse the path upward: we must seize patriotism from those who are destroying our democracies. We must reclaim patriotism Oftentimes, progressives are all too quick to abandon patriotism when their country strays dangerously from its ideals. The tenor of this anti-patriotism was most eloquently captured by Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who Donald Trump recently praised <https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/frederick-douglass-tru…> for doing an “amazing job”. Shortly before the Europe-wide revolution of 1848 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848> that violently dethroned France’s King Louis Philippe, Douglass returned to the US from Britain where he had fled to escape the slave-catchers sent by his former master. In a powerful speech delivered in New York, Douglass called for a revolution <http://frederickdouglass.infoset.io/islandora/object/islandora:856%23page/4…>, declaring: I have no love for America, as such; I have no patriotism … I desire to see [America] overthrown as speedily as possible and its Constitution shivered in a thousand fragments, rather than that this foul curse should continue to remain as now. His words presaged the coming American civil war, a notoriously bloody conflict that revised the constitution <https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/how-the-civil-war-changed-…> to include the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to overturn slavery. Douglass rejected patriotism – narrowly defined as love of one’s country – in favor of a greater, universalist sentiment. “I love Humanity all over the globe. I am anxious to see Righteousness prevail in all directions,” he said in the same speech. While noble, this now common conceptual move of pitting love of country against love of humanity is a strategic revolutionary blunder. If the people wish to attain sovereignty, we must merge the particular love of our country with the universal love of humanity. This means celebrating what is best and eradicating what is worst in each nation until all people are free. It is not difficult to understand Douglass’s deep antipathy for America: a white supremacist nation where slavery was legal and socially acceptable while he was considered to be both chattel and a traitor. Similarly, it is perfectly understandable why cosmopolitan Americans today might see Trump’s travel ban against six Muslim countries, and the populace who support it, as justification for openly hating their American homeland. But in these dark times, when the ideals of democracy are being tested globally like never before, let us remember that the true patriots throughout history have traditionally been the rebels, insurrectionaries and revolutionaries who forcefully overturned the status quo in favor of a higher vision. Are you a loyalist or a patriot? There is perhaps no better example of this fact than the 18th century American revolution – the successful armed rebellion against the British monarchy and Parliament that led to the founding of the United States of America. During this people’s struggle for sovereignty, a very large number of Americans favored keeping the government the same. They loved their colony as it was and actively fought against change. These reactionary Americans were known as loyalists and they reasonably believed, as historian Sheila Skemp puts it <https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/viewFile/25468/25237>: “King and Parliament had made some mistakes but that surely it was possible to work things out, to reach an amicable compromise.” It sounds a lot like how many Republican and Democratic Americans, masquerading as patriots, say to appease Trump today. Loyalists were fiercely opposed by revolutionary Americans known as patriots. These patriotic rebels dreamed of a fundamental reorientation of political power in America. They demanded sovereignty and were adherents to an as-yet unrealized ideal of democracy – not the colony as-it-was. It is easy to assume that your friends and neighbors today would have been patriots during the American revolution, but the truth is far more nuanced. Instead, the conflict between patriots and loyalists was a civil war that divided families, friends and communities. For example, Benjamin Franklin, a founding father and leading patriot, never forgave his son, William Franklin, for being a loyalist. Again I’m reminded of the way Trump’s election has divided fathers against daughters <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/28/conversation-father-trump-s…> and neighbor against neighbor <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/07/california-donald-trump-job…> . Here we begin to see the paradox at the heart of authentic patriotism: true patriots are the people who reboot their country’s operating system in order to upgrade to a better, more democratic, version. Today’s jingoistic nationalists are truly false patriots: loyalists hiding behind patriotic rhetoric. ‘A little rebellion now and then is a good thing’ Despite the contemporary misconception that patriotism is inherently reactionary, the essential connection between patriotism and revolutionism has been vocally celebrated by American presidents since the founding of our democracy. Thomas Jefferson, an author of the Declaration of Independence, once wrote in a letter to James Madison <http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jef…>, architect of the US constitution and bill of rights, that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical”. Jefferson also advocated only mild punishment for rebellions so as to avoid discouraging them too much. And, in a wakeup call to today’s Americans, Jefferson famously advocated revolutions every two decades, writing in 1787 <http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jef…>: “God forbid we should be 20 years without a rebellion … What country can preserve its liberties if the rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?” Abraham Lincoln echoed Jefferson during his inaugural address in 1861 <http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln4/1:388.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext> when he said: “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember, or overthrow it.” And so too did Ulysses S Grant in 1885 when he declared <http://www.bartleby.com/1011/16.html>: “The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of the oppression if they are strong enough, either by withdrawing from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.” The path upwards Concretely speaking, rebellious social movements are created from a contagious mood, a new tactic and a willing historical moment. The first two ingredients are within the control of social activists while the third, the right time for a spark to catch flame, is impossible to know for certain. The most effective patriotic mood has repeatedly proven to a contagious loss of fear: a sudden spirit of fearlessness that sweeps the people into a wave. People rush to join a social movement because of how it makes them feel to participate. The job of the social activist is to catalyze a fearless mood, combined with the communal faith that this time around the people’s protest will succeed. New tactics embolden the people and give them faith. The new tactic can be a novel gesture or collective behavior, such as Occupy’s consensus-based encampments, the anti-coup Rabia sign <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabia_sign> or the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games that was banned in Thailand <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/hunger-games-salute-banned-th…>; an in-group color, such as blaze pink <http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Blaze-Pink-An-E-402309465.html>; or a unique garment, like pussy hats <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/15/casting-off-trump-the-women-w…> or the Phrygian cap <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap>. Ultimately, all that matters is that the participants believe the tactic will bring about social change. That is enough for it to be perceived as a form of protest and become a challenge to the regime. Nowadays, the right of revolution is as inalienable as ever, yet it is rarely acknowledged by those in power. Unlike presidents Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant today’s leaders are loathe to concede that if their government is oppressive, then the people have a duty to revolt. Notice how Barack Obama is fond of praising protesters’s right of assembly <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/30/barack-obama-travel-ban-sta…> but stops far short of celebrating the right of revolution. All this leads to the final epiphany that we, the people, have a patriotic duty to defend our country whenever our governments conflicts with a higher, democratic ideal. 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Fwd: Why 20th century tools cannot be used to address 21st century income inequality
by Michel Bauwens 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <dailydigest(a)piqd.com> Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:00 AM Subject: Why 20th century tools cannot be used to address 21st century income inequality To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> [image: piqd] <http://www.piqd.com/> News from your channels Boom and bust <https://www.piqd.com/boom-bust> [image: Peter Whiteford] <https://www.piqd.com/users/peter.whiteford> piqer: <https://www.piqd.com/users/peter.whiteford> Peter Whiteford <https://www.piqd.com/users/peter.whiteford> 6.7 <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> Why 20th century tools cannot be used to address 21st century income inequality <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> Branko Milanovic (@brankomilan) is a development and inequality expert at the City University of New York Graduate Center and a senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study <http://www.lisdatacenter.org/>, where he works with @JanetGornick and @paulkrugman . He was formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department working on global estimates of income inequality, published most recently in Global inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization <https://piie.com/system/files/documents/milanovic20160509ppt.pdf>. The book (in its German translation) received the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the best political book of 2016. He is perhaps most famous for the "elephant chart" <https://medium.com/bull-market/globalisation-is-fraying-look-under-the-elep…> which shows how the incomes of the world’s poor and the richest people have grown sharply over time, but also identifies a group caught in the middle where incomes stagnated. And of course he blogs at http://glineq.blogspot.com.au/ The link is to his most recent blog post, where he argues that the period of reduced income and wealth inequality in rich countries, roughly from the end of the Second World War to the early 1980s (or more abbreviated to the French as *les trentes glorieuses <http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/divers/Trente_Glorieuses/185974>*) , relied on four pillars: strong trade unions, mass education, high taxes, and large government transfers. He argues that none of these factors are as effective going forwards. "The decline of trade union density, present in all rich countries and especially strong in the private sector, is not the product of more inimical government policies only. ... The underlying organization of labor changed." He argues that "high taxation of current income and high social transfers were crucial to reduce income inequality. But their further increases are politically difficult". To some extent this is the case - but do we have to increase spending or organize it better? He argues that "we cannot expect small increases in the average education levels to provide the equalizing effect on wages that the mass education once did". Personally I think that there is a long way to go to improve education outcomes. <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.piqd.com%2Fb…> <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why%2020th%20century%20tools%20cannot…> [image: > Read this article on piqd.com] <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> [image: Why 20th century tools cannot be used to address 21st century income inequality] <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> Source: Branko Milanovic glineq.blogspot.com.au <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> Why 20th century tools cannot be used to address 21st century income inequality? <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> Read article <https://www.piqd.com/tracking/boom-bust/why-20th-century-tools-cannot-be-us…> [image: Piqd email border 85e01894c7d51551c169e0286d31b6d1f51f3a1667cae0eab3a54c596edcd2f3] Your newsletter Not enough information in your newsletter? 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Fwd: Solidarity Rising Report published!
by Kevin Carson 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julie Matthaei <jmatthae(a)wellesley.edu> Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:49 PM Subject: Fwd: Solidarity Rising Report published! To: a.drehfal(a)gmail.com, Alfredo <alfredo(a)mayfirst.org>, "Ana Margarida Esteves, Brazil SE, Brown U" <anamargarida.esteves(a)gmail.com>, Anne McShiras <amcshiras(a)gmail.com>, Brian Van Slyke <brian(a)toolboxfored.org>, carl ratner <cr2(a)humboldt1.com>, Chris Morales <ccmoral(a)gmail.com>, "Christine Letts, SEN, Haverford" <christine.letts(a)gmail.com>, "Craig Borowiak, Haverford" <cborowia(a)haverford.edu>, "Dave Kane, SEN, Maryknoll" <dkane(a)maryknoll.org>, "Diana Tung, SEN Res & Pol" <dianatung.au(a)gmail.com>, "Djar Horn, SEN Res Pol WG" <dcarpa3(a)verizon.net>, Elandria <elandria(a)highlandercenter.org>, Emily Kawano <emily(a)gmail.com>, Eric Ebel <eebela2(a)comcast.net>, Eric Olin Wright <wright(a)ssc.wisc.edu>, "ethan miller, S09" <ethanmiller(a)riseup.net>, Frederique Apffel-Marglin <casa.sangapilla(a)hotmail.com>, Gabriela Russek <grussek(a)gmail.com>, Gary Sotnik <gsotnik(a)gmail.com>, Greg Coleridge <gcoleridge(a)afsc.org>, Isidor Wallimann <isidor.wallimann(a)sunrise.ch>, Jamie McClelland <jamie(a)mayfirst.org>, John Bloch <john(a)bugleg.com>, Jonathon Feinberg <jonathon.feinberg(a)gmail.com>, josue guillen <josue(a)mayfirst.org>, jude fernando <JFernando(a)clarku.edu>, "Julie A. Matthaei" <jmatthae(a)wellesley.edu>, "Julie Rice, SEN Res & Policy" <ja_rice(a)nmsu.edu>, "Kelly Teamey, Bath, UK" <k.teamey(a)bath.ac.uk>, Kevin Carson <free.market.anticapitalist(a)gmail.com>, Khalil Shahyd <khalil05(a)aol.com>, Len Krimerman <lenmvgeo(a)mindspring.com>, Leo Hwang-Carlos <Hwang-Carlos(a)gcc.mass.edu>, Lindsay Adams <ladams9(a)gmail.com>, "Loretta Pyles, USSEN Res&Pol Group" <llpyles(a)gmail.com>, "Lorette Picciano, Rural Coalition" <lpicciano(a)ruralco.org>, Maliha Safri <msafri(a)drew.edu>, Marianna Pavlovskaya <mpavlov(a)hunter.cuny.edu>, Marina Karides <mkarides(a)fau.edu>, "Myrna Lascano, BASEN" <crfml(a)massed.net>, Norman Bie <norman_bie(a)yahoo.com>, Paola Lemus <pao.lemuss(a)gmail.com>, Pat Woemer <pat.woerner(a)gmail.com>, Penn Loh <penntufts(a)comcast.net>, Rachel Wallis <Rachel.a.wallis(a)gmail.com>, "Rafael O. Morales, CDCU, SEN Bd" <RMorales(a)cdcu.coop>, Rebecca Todd Peters <rpeters(a)elon.edu>, Sarah Snider <sarah.a.snider(a)gmail.com>, Stephen Healy Community Economies <stephen.healy(a)gmail.com>, "Tamara Stenn, SEN RPWG, fair trade" <tstenn(a)keene.edu>, Tim Gage <timothymgage(a)gmail.com>, Timothy Dzurilla <timothy.dzurilla(a)gmail.com>, "Wolfgang Hoesch, SEN ResPol, Truman" <whoeschele(a)commonsabundance.net> Greetings! FYI, a new report on solidarity economy in Massachusetts! See link below and attached. Please forward to anyone who might be interested. In peace and solidarity, Julie Julie Matthaei Professor of Economics, Wellesley College Boardmember, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network Co-Coordinator, Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN) Cornerstone Cohousing "The Time for a New Economics is at Hand" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Penn Loh <penntufts(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:18 PM Subject: Solidarity Rising Report published! To: Julie Matthaei <jmatthae(a)wellesley.edu>, Stephen Healy <stephen.healy(a)gmail.com>, Craig Borowiak <cborowia(a)haverford.edu> Cc: Emily Kawano <emilykawano(a)gmail.com> Dear Stephen, Craig, Julie, Our long awaited report on Solidarity Rising in Massachusetts is finally ready! I’m attaching the PDF. I’ve also posted it to my Practical Visionaries blog site: https://pennloh.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/solidarity-rising-in-massachusetts/ Thanks to all of you for sharing your experience and the data and interviews from the Solidarity Economy Mapping Project. Now, we need help getting this report out. Here’s what you can do: * Post the blog link to your social media outlets * Post the report to your organization website * Forward the report to anyone who you think should have it Please let me know if you have any other ideas for distribution. We are working on a more public launch, including some kind of event later this spring which we’d like to invite you all to. In solidarity, Penn *************************** Penn Loh penn.loh(a)tufts.edu 617 627-4608 http://ase.tufts.edu/uep Practical Visionaries blog @ http://pennloh.wordpress.com Lecturer and Director of Community Practice Tufts University Dept of Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning 97 Talbot Avenue Medford MA 02155 Preferred Pronouns: He, Him, His -- Kevin Carson Senior Fellow, Karl Hess Scholar in Social Theory Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org "You have no authority that we are bound to respect" -- John Perry Barlow "We are legion. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us" -- Anonymous Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com Desktop Regulatory State http://desktopregulatorystate.wordpress.com

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Fwd: Kevin, please add me to your LinkedIn network
by Kevin Carson 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas H. Greco <invitations(a)linkedin.com> Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:43 PM Subject: Kevin, please add me to your LinkedIn network To: Kevin Carson <free.market.anticapitalist(a)gmail.com> Hi Kevin, Thanks for all your good work. We ought to connect directly. Please help spread the word of my upcoming workshop in Greece, 16 to 23 June, 2017. Details and registation at http://www.kalikalos.com/ community/x/exchange-finance-new-economy-thomas-greco/. [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/nhome/?midToken=AQEibqPYbEhqbw&trk=eml-email_…> Kevin Carson <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAFf14MB8lsD6_vLVYN1DlZKE…> <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAFf14MB8lsD6_vLVYN1DlZKE…> Hi Kevin, Thanks for all your good work. We ought to connect directly. Please help spread the word of my upcoming workshop in Greece, 16 to 23 June, 2017. Details and registation at http://www.kalikalos.com/ community/x/exchange-finance-new-economy-thomas-greco/. <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAAAQoUBLtgIkmUQFTidKKChG…> Thomas H. Greco <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAAAQoUBLtgIkmUQFTidKKChG…> Director at Community Information Resource Center Tucson, Arizona Area Accept <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/people/invite-accept?sharedKey=yZnx8IXM&fr=fa…> <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/people/invite-accept?sharedKey=yZnx8IXM&fr=fa…> View profile <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAAAQoUBLtgIkmUQFTidKKChG…> <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/profile/view?id=AAsAAAAAQoUBLtgIkmUQFTidKKChG…> Unsubscribe <https://www.linkedin.com/e/v2?e=dq7wj-j08edz6m-yv&a=nsettings-loid-email-un…> | Help <https://www.linkedin.com/e/v2?e=dq7wj-j08edz6m-yv&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Aem…> You are receiving Invitation emails. This email was intended for Kevin Carson (Research Associate at Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS), Freelance Writer). Learn why we included this. <https://www.linkedin.com/e/v2?e=dq7wj-j08edz6m-yv&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Aem…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/nhome/?midToken=AQEibqPYbEhqbw&trk=eml-email_…> © 2017 LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View CA 94043. LinkedIn and the LinkedIn logo are registered trademarks of LinkedIn. -- Kevin Carson Senior Fellow, Karl Hess Scholar in Social Theory Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org "You have no authority that we are bound to respect" -- John Perry Barlow "We are legion. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us" -- Anonymous Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com Desktop Regulatory State http://desktopregulatorystate.wordpress.com

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commons policy in france, hamon
by Michel Bauwens 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lionel Maurel <calimaq(a)gmail.com> Date: 2017-03-13 17:36 GMT+07:00 Subject: Re: [echanges] [ess-communs] les communs, cet inconnu To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Cc: ess-communs(a)bienscommuns.org, réseau communs <echanges(a)bienscommuns.org>, Finance et communs <finance(a)bienscommuns.org>, Rennes en commun < rennesencommuns(a)yahoo.com>, Sciences et communs < sciencesencommuns(a)bienscommuns.org> Bonjour, La notion de "Communs" est sans doute encore loin d'avoir percé au niveau du grand public, même si des progrès significatifs peuvent être constatés en France. Mais le candidat Hamon a fait lui-même des propositions assez fortes concernant la reconnaissance des "biens communs" dans son programme. Il développe une approche un peu "à l'italienne", dans laquelle il veut "constitutionnaliser l'eau, l'air, la terre et la biodiversité comme biens communs" (voir cette capture d'écran tirée de son programme en ligne). Cela reste relativement imprécis (voir même problématique comme approche, comme j'ai essayé de le montrer ici https://scinfolex.com/2017/01/ 25/hamon-veut-constitutionnaliser-les-biens-communs-pour-quoi-faire/). Mais pour vous, cela peut constituer un point d'accroche fort pour inciter les membres de ce conseil citoyen à se pencher sur la question des communs. A noter par contre que Hamon laisse de côté toute la question des Communs de la connaissance et numériques, sur lesquels il a même une approche passablement rigide : http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/benoit-hamon-la- culture-comme-objet-social-et-educatif Bien cordialement, Lionel Maurel

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Fwd: RSVP: March 15 reception for Rajani Kanth
by Michel Bauwens 12 Mar '17

12 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lynn Parramore <lynn(a)lynnparramore.com> Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:58 AM Subject: RSVP: March 15 reception for Rajani Kanth To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com Please join the Institute for New Economic Thinking to launch a revolutionary new work calling into question all of received knowledge since the Enlightenment. *Social philosopher, political economist and poet Rajani Kanth, affiliate of Harvard University, will discuss his new book, "Farewell to Modernism: On Human Devolution in the Twenty-First Century" (NY. Peter Lang, 2017), exploring modernist ideas shared by both Left and Right that have distorted the way we live and view the world.* Neither philosophy nor social science, Kanth argues, can help us break out of a painful 400-year program without a true appreciation for the real anthropological essence of the human species that has been hidden from us by modernist theorizing. *When: Wednesday, March 15, 6-8pm* *Where: The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NY, NY* *Wine & snacks will be served *Business casual attire *RSVP at your earliest convenience as spaces are limited Hope to see you there! Very best, Lynn Parramore -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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2nd edition: Social Media: A Critical Introduction
by Christian Fuchs 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Fuchs, Christian. 2017. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. 2nd edition. More info, classroom materials and the sample chapter "What are Social Media and Big Data?" can be found at: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/2nd-edition-social-media-a-critical-introduction/ With social media changing how we use and understand everything from communication and the news to transport, more than ever it is essential to ask the right kinds of questions about the business and politics of social media. This book equips students with the critical thinking they need to understand the complexities and contradictions and make informed judgements. This Second Edition: - Lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape. - Explores the sharing economy of Uber and Airbnb in a brand new chapter. - Takes us into the politics and economy of social media in China - Puts forward powerful arguments for how to achieve a social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world -- Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism, May 20-21 @ University of Westminster, Registration: http://icts-and-society.net/events/digital-objects-digital-subjects-a-sympo…

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