June 2017 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Fwd: Reminder: Children of Prometheus Private View
by Michel Bauwens 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Furtherfield <info(a)furtherfield.org> Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 2:06 AM Subject: Reminder: Children of Prometheus Private View To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com View e-mail in browser <http://crm.furtherfield.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=162> <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1184…> <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1185…> You are Invited to the Private View of *Children of Prometheus* ------------------------------ Friday 30 June, 6 - 8pm (Please RSVP by 29 June <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1189…> ) ------------------------------ *Featuring Anna Dumitriu (in collaboration with Melissa Grant and Rachel Sammons), Carla Gannis, AOS (Art is Open Source), Simon McLennan, and Alan Sondheim.* Humans have always exploited the raw materials this planet has to offer - with the power to change the nature of things, whether physical or virtual. With constant re-edits and enhancements we transform everything we touch as part of our evolutionary mutation. In Greek mythology Prometheus was a demigod and a Titan worshipped by craftsmen. Greek Titans were ultimately honoured as the ancestors of humans, who in turn were attributed with "the invention of the arts and magic" (Graves 1964). The artists featured in *Children of Prometheus* at Furtherfield Gallery explore the possible consequences of our scientific and technological imaginings for us as individuals, our society and the world at large. We look forward to introducing you to the artworks, the artists, and discussing the ideas and issues that they raise. If you haven't been to Furtherfield Gallery before, take a look at the map <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1186…> to plan your visit. The exhibition continues 1 July - 20 August 2017, every Saturday and Sunday, 11am - 5pm or by appointment. Marc Garrett, Furtherfield Co-director and Curator for *Children of Prometheus* ------------------------------ Location ------------------------------ Furtherfield Gallery McKenzie Pavilion, Finsbury Park London N4 2NQ MAP <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1186…> ------------------------------ Transport ------------------------------ Tube: Manor House, Finsbury Park Buses: 141, 341, 153, 253, 254, 259, 29, 4, N253, N279, N29 Train: Finsbury Park, Harringay, Harringay Green Lanes stations ------------------------------ About Furtherfield ------------------------------ Furtherfield <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1187…> was founded in 1997 by artists Marc Garrett and Ruth Catlow. Since then Furtherfield has created online and physical spaces and places for people to come together to address critical questions of art and technology their own terms. ------------------------------ *Furtherfield is supported by Haringey Council and Arts Council England through the National Portfolio funding programme.* ------------------------------ <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1188…> Furtherfield <http://crm.furtherfield.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1187…> - A living, breathing, thriving network for art, technology and social change since 1997 Click here <http://crm.furtherfield.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=742&qid=1526…> if you no longer wish to receive this newsletter. McKenzie Pavilion Finsbury Park London, N4 2NQ -- 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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Fwd: Eboo Patel interview
by Michel Bauwens 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Kyuman Kim <dkkim(a)conncoll.edu> Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:31 AM Subject: Eboo Patel interview To: Love-Drive Politics Collective <lovedriven(a)googlegroups.com>, Love Driven Politics Collective <love.driven.politics(a)gmail.com> Hi everyone. A quick note to let you know that we have rebooted the Love-Driven Politics podcast on MeaningofLife.tv with a new interview with Eboo Patel, the Founder of the Interfaith Youth Core. You can view the interview here: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38721 Feel free to share with your respective networks. As always, I hope this finds each of you well and thriving! 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 https://www.conncoll.edu/directories/faculty-profiles/david-kim/ Twitter: @davidkyumankim -- 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/777D2FB9-D1F4-4D6C-B415-C6D4137E952B%40conncoll.edu <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lovedriven/777D2FB9-D1F4-4D6C-B415-C6D413…> . 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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Fwd: Chat of the commons
by Michel Bauwens 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rémi Bocquet <rmibocquet(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM Subject: Chat of the commons To: commonswatch(a)lists.p2pfoundation.net Hi there ! The *chat of the commons* has for goal to gather all of the commoners in the world so they can *share *their experiences, and contribute easily to other commons. If you need a chat tool for your commons, here is the URL : *https://chat.lescommuns.org/channel/world_en <https://chat.lescommuns.org/channel/world_en>* This is the world channel, you can talk in live with other commoners of the world. If you want to create a channel to manage your commons more easily, just click on the "+" button in the left area, next to "CHANNELS". The syntax for the channels is really simple : "NameOfYourCommon"_"Territory". For example if I have a farm named "The common farm" created as a common near to San Franciso, the name of the channel would be : the.common.farm_san.francisco . What a chat enable for your common ? - A more united community : You can invite your community so they can discuss about how to improve the common, and share knowledge, idéas, whatever they want ! The links between the community getting stronger the more they share things together. - Opening on the world : people from the outside of the common can easily come into the chat. You can introduce yourselves and see if you can create things together. - It's perfect to create new project and manage them. - Lots of others things... Hope to see you there ! -- 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: [CommonGood] Fw: Tribute Francois Houtart
by Michel Bauwens 24 Jun '17

24 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Birgit Daiber <bir.dai(a)hotmail.com> Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:06 PM Subject: [CommonGood] Fw: Tribute Francois Houtart To: "commongood(a)listi.jpberlin.de" <commongood(a)listi.jpberlin.de> Dear Friends and Colleagues, please find below the tribute to Francois by Tina Ebro - she added the design of the "Universal declaration for the Common Good of Humanity project" Francois and Antonio Salamanca where developing at IAEN in Quito. Yours, Birgit *bir.dai(a)hotmail.com <bir.dai(a)hotmail.com>* *www.birgitdaiber.eu <http://www.birgitdaiber.eu>* *Mobile: 0039-366-4207762 <+39%20366%20420%207762>* *Casella Postale No. 28, * *Uff. Posta, Via Vittorio **Emanuele* *I-98055 Lipari* ------------------------------ *From:* tina ebro <cgebro(a)gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 21, 2017 10:12 AM *To:* Birgit Daiber *Subject:* Fwd: Tribute Francois Houtart Dear Birgit, Below my tribute to Francois. Cheers and warm wishes, Tina * Focal Person for Asia * *Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF)* * Mobile: +63-9178146311 <+63%20917%20814%206311> * * www.aepf.info <http://www.aepf.info/> * * Tribute to Francois Houtart * Indeed Francois Houtart 's well-spent life is a source of inspiration to all of us. He was a n emeritus professor of sociology and theology and a well-known public intellectual . But his engagement s went far beyond the academ e. As an activist in this milleneum, he worked tirelessly to explain th e current multifaceted crisis and corporate-led globalisation , and has produced a path breaking document and project , *Universal Declaration for the* *Common Good* *.* It could serve as a valuable framework for social movements and provide more credibility, coheren ce and vitality to struggles for transformative change . H is influence has been significant to activist s in the South especially to those who advanced liberation theology and organised basic Christian communities. For them he was a fountain of humanity and compassion, and his humility and wisdom have inspir ed me and m any comrades in the Philippines and in the Asia-Pacific. ==================== *Universal Declaration * *for the Common Good of Humanity Project* *This nascent project whose elaboration is fruit of an international collaboration of jurists and social leaders, is presented by the World Forum for Alternatives to the social movements and organizations attending the “peoples’ summit” in Rio de Janeiro in June, 2012, to solicit their observations and proposals before a formal presentation of this document at the occasion of the 2013 World Social Forum in Tunisia. All contributions by groups and individuals are welcome; please send them to the following email address: **declara2012(a)gmail.com* <declara2012(a)gmail.com> *PREAMBLE* We live in a critical time for the survival of natural and human life. The attacks against the planet are multiplying, affecting all living species, ecosystems, biodiversity, even the climate. Peoples’ and communities’ lives are destroyed by land dispossession. The monopolistic concentration of capital, the hegemony of the financial sector, deforestation, monoculture agriculture, the massive use of toxic agents, wars, cultural imperialism, austerity policies and the destruction of social advances, are Humanity’s daily bread. We live in times of a multidimensional crisis; it is financial, economic, food, energetic, climactic. It is a systemic crisis, a crisis of values and civilization, with logics of death. This historic moment does not allow for partial answers, but demands a search for alternatives. We live in times marked by a demand for coherency. The Resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948 <1948>), the United Nations’ International Covenants on Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966 <1966>), the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (1974 <1974>), the World Charter for Nature (1982 <1982>), the Declaration on the Right to Development (1986 <1986>), the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992 <1992>), the Earth Charter (2000), the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), among others, demand the articulation of a holistic perspective and an integrated ecological, economic, political and cultural system for decision-making, in the service of life. We live in times in which human beings are realizing they constitute the conscious part of a Nature that can live without them and that they are progressively destroying the earth. This destruction results from the irrationality of their predatory actions guided by a logic which seeks profit and capitalist accumulation and is fed by an anthropocentric vision of linear infinite progress on a planet with inexhaustible resources. In order to survive, we must shift from anthropocentrism to biocentrism. We live in times when social and political movements’ actions are multiplying as they fight from below for ecological justice and peoples’ collective rights. The perception that the life of Humanity is a common and shared project, conditional on the life of the planet is growing and is expressed in various documents such as: the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples (Algiers, 1976), the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women (Beijing, 1995) and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth (Cochabamba, 2010) is requiring an intense shared effort which respects differences. To reestablish the rights of nature and to construct interpersonal solidarity globally, tasks inseparably linked, a new initiative parallel to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is today necessary. Its aim is to redefine, from a holistic perspective, the essential elements of humanity’s collective life on the planet, in order to propose a new paradigm around which social and political movements can converge. The Declaration attempts (1) to shift from exploiting nature as a natural resource to respecting the earth as the source of all life; (2) to privilege use value over exchange value in economic activity; (3) to introduce the principle of spreading democracy in all human relations, including gender relations, and in all social institutions and (4) to promote interculturality to allow all cultures, knowledge, philosophies and religions to clarify the perception of reality, to participate in the construction of the ethic necessary for its permanent construction , and contribute to the anticipations that permit to say, “Another world is possible.” It is the paradigm of the “Common Good of Humanity” or the principle of the “Good Life” (Buen Vivir) that offers the possibility, capacity and responsibility to produce and reproduce the planet’s existence and the physical, cultural and spiritual life of all human beings in the world. Hence, the proposal of a Universal Declaration. *The Universal Declaration of the Common Good of Humanity* - *(1) To respect Nature as the source of physical, cultural and spiritual life * *Article 1 (To establish the symbiosis between the earth and the human gender, the conscious part of nature) * Nature is the origin of the multiple forms of life, including humanity, having the earth as its home. The core and crust, air, sunlight, atmosphere, water, soil; the rivers, oceans, forests, flora, fauna, biodiversity; the seeds and living species’ genomes are all elements which constitute her reality. Nature should be respected in her beauty and her fundamental integrity, her equilibriums and the richness of her ecosystems which produce and reproduce biodiversity, and in her capacity for regeneration. It is the responsibility of the human race to consciously respect ecological justice and the rights of nature, on which depend its existence and the Common Good of Humanity. All practices that destroy the regenerative capacities of “Mother Earth” such as the savage exploitation of natural resources, the destructive use of chemical products, the massive emission of greenhouse gases, the depletion of soils and aquatic reserves by monoculture agriculture, the irrational use of energy, and the production of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are inconsistent with humans’ responsibility to nature, the Common Good of Humanity and the Good Life (Buen Vivir) and for these reasons susceptible to sanctions. *Article 2 (To build the harmony between all elements of nature)* The peoples of the earth have the duty to live in harmony with all other elements of nature. They should not initiate any development intervention which could gravely or irreversibly endanger the life of nature which is also the basis for the reproduction of the physical, cultural and spiritual life of humanity.. The principles of information provision and prior consultation of communities or peoples concerned by mineral extraction projects, public works, and all other actions using natural riches should be the rule. All actions, institutions and environmental systems that implement development models contrary to the integrity and reproduction of the ecological system are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore will be submitted to sanctions. *Article 3 (To care for the earth, the foundation of all physical, cultural and spiritual life)* Nature is a unique and finite reality, the source of life for all species that inhabit her and all living entities not yet born. The earth can be administered by human beings with the necessary guarantees for the continuity of the administration, but it cannot be appropriated, commodified, or made a source of speculation. It cannot suffer irreversible systematic aggression for the purpose of any mode of production. Natural resources (mineral, oil, ocean, forest resources) are collective heritage and assets that cannot be appropriated by individuals, corporations or financial groups. The elements of the earth (soil, air, water, sea, rivers, jungles, forests, flora, fauna, spaces, genomes, etc.) should be administered, extracted and treated with the upmost respect for the reproduction of ecosystems, biodiversity, species’ lives, the wellfare of both current and future generations. The contamination of water, soil, the seas; the patenting of nature; the privatization of the earth; the commodification of natural riches and natural elements necessary for the reproduction of life among living species, particularly water, oxygen and seeds, are all inconsistent with a constructive respect for nature, the Common Good of Humanity, and are therefore prohibited and susceptible to sanctions. *Article 4 (To assure the regenerating capacity of the earth)* It is urgent that the regenerative capacity of the earth be restored. All peoples and individuals are obligated to contribute to this end. Environmental impact inventories and audits must be implemented, assessments and reparations for damages administered. All peoples and individuals and especially industries, corporations and governments, have the responsibility to reduce, reuse and recycle the materials used in the production, circulation and consumption of goods. Practices of planned obsolescence, the waste of energy and other primary materials, irresponsible disposal of hazardous waste, and the omission or avoidance of ecological restoration are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity, and therefore susceptible to sanctions. - *(2) Economic production at the service of life and her continuity* *Article 5 (To organize social forms of production and, without private accumulation)* It is necessary for the Common Good of Humanity and the Good Life (Buen Vivir) that people, institutions and economic systems prioritize social forms of ownership of the principal means of production and economic circulation: community, family, communal, cooperative, citizen, and public, thus avoiding processes of individual or cooperative accumulation that provoke unjust social inequality. Workers’ and consumers’ control of the production and circulation of goods and services will be organized according to adequate social forms, from cooperative to processes of citizen participation and nationalization. The appropriation of the means of production and circulation by individuals or corporations for the purposes of private capitalist accumulation is contrary to the Common Good of Humanity and the Good Life (Buen Vivir) and is therefore prohibited. *Article 6 (To give priority of use value over exchange value)* The economic system of production and circulation is destined to satisfy the needs and capacities of all peoples and all individuals on the planet. Accessing use values is a fundamental right necessary for the production and reproduction of life. The exchange value, product of commercialization, should be subjected to use value rather than serving private capital accumulation and creating financial bubbles resulting from speculation and being a source of large social inequalities. All individual or corporate actions that commodify use values as mere exchange values, that instrumentalize them with advertising for irrational consumption by consumers, and that encourage speculation for the private accumulation of capital, are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity. Also inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity are: tax havens; banking secrecy; speculation on food commodities, natural resources and energy sources. Public and private “odious debts” and poverty as the result of socially unjust relations, are declared illegal. *Article 7 (To promote dignified and non-exploitative labor)* Processes of production and circulation should ensure workers a dignified, participatory job that is adaptive to family and cultural life, that fosters their skills and ensures them an adequate material existence. All modern forms of slavery, servitude and labor exploitation, especially of children, for the purposes of individual profit or private accumulation of surplus value as well as limitations on labor organizing are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and Good Life (Buen Vivir) and are therefore prohibited. *Article 8 (To reconstruct territories) * Facing “globalization” which has favored a unipolar economy, the concentration of decision-making powers, the hegemony of financial capital and the irrational circulation of goods and services, it is indispensible to reconstruct territories as a base for food, energetic sovereignty and for the main exchanges, to regionalize economies and base them on principles of complementarity and solidarity; and for the peripheral regions, to “delink” from the hegemonic economic center, in order to assure commercial, financial and productive autonomy.. The constitution of monopolies and oligopolies, whatever their area of productive or financial activity, are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore prohibited. *Article 9 (To guarantee access to common goods and universal social protection)* There are certain common goods that are indispensible for the collective life of individuals and peoples and that constitute inalienable rights. These are: food, housing, health, education, and material and immaterial communication. Various forms of citizen control or social property exist for the effective organization of access to these goods. “Universal protection” is a right of all peoples and individuals, a responsibility of public authorities that should be assured by an adequate fiscal policy. The privatization of public services in order to contribute to capital accumulation is inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and is therefore prohibited. The following are susceptible for sanctions: speculating on food, housing, health, education, communication as is corruption while exercising these rights. - *(3) Collective democratic organization based on participation* *Article 10 (To generalize democracy and the construction of the subject)* All peoples and human beings are subjects of their histories and have the right to a collective social and political organization that guarantees this. This organization must ensure harmony with nature and access to the material needs of life trough production and circulation systems built on social justice principles. To achieve these goals, collective organization should allow everyone’s participation in the production and reproduction of the life of the planet and human beings, i.e., of the Common Good of Humanity. The organizing principle of this goal is to spread democracy into all social relationships: family, gender, work, political authority, between peoples and nations and in all social, political, economic, cultural and religious institutions. Along with political forms of participatory democracy, participation should be organized in all sectors of common life, economic, social, cultural. All non-democratic forms of organizing society’s political, economic, social and cultural life are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and the Good Life (Buen Vivir) and are therefore prohibited. Genocides are condemned as irreparable acts of discrimination. Susceptible to sanctions are all discriminations based on gender, race, nation, culture, sexual orientation, physical or mental capacity, religion or ideological affiliation. Along with political forms of participatory democracy, participation should be encouraged in all sectors of common life. *Article 11 (To buid equality between men and women)* Particular importance will be given to relations between men and women, unequal since time immemorial in the various types of societies that have existed during human history. All institutions and all social and cultural systems should recognize, respect and promote the right to a life in plentitude for women in equality with men. Social and economic practices, institutions and cultural or religious systems that defend discrimination or actively discriminate against women are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity. All forms of masculine domination, particularly differences in wage income and the non-recognition of family domestic work linked to the reproduction of life, are susceptible to sanctions. *Article 12 (To prohibit war)* Democratic international relations do not allow the use of war to resolve conflicts. In this day and age, peace is not guaranteed by an arms race. The availability of nuclear, biological, chemical weapons directly jeopardizes the life of Humanity. Arms have become a business. Their production causes an enormous waste of energy, natural resources and human talents; their use means, aside from the loss of lifes, serious environmental destruction. The manufacture, possession and use of weapons of mass destruction, the accumulation of conventional weapons to guarantee regional hegemony and control of natural resources, hegemonic regional pacts, military solutions to solve internal political problems are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore prohibited. *Article 13 (To build the State on the basis of Common Good)* The role of the State, as collective administrator, is to guarantee the Common Good, i.e. the public interest, as compared to individual or private interests. Democratic participation is therefore needed to define the Common Good (constitutions) and how it will be applied. All peoples and communities of the earth, in the plurality of each of their members, organizations and social movements, have the right to political systems of direct or delegated participation with a revocable mandate. Regional governments and international organizations, particularly the United Nations, must be constructed on democratic principles. The same is true for all institutions that represent specific interests or economic sectors, such as industrial companies, estates, financial or commercial organisms, political parties, religious institutions or trade unions, NGOs, sports or cultural groups, humanitarian organizations. All dictatorial or authoritarian forms of exercising political or economic power, where no representative minorities, formal or informal, monopolize decisions without participation, initiative or popular control, are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore prohibited. Also prohibited are public subsidies for organizations, social movements, political parties or religious institutions that do not respect democratic principles or that practice gender or racial discrimination. *Article 14 (To respect the rights of indigenous peoples)* Native peoples have the right to be recognized in their differences. For this they need the material and institutional foundations necessary for the reproduction of their customs, languages, worldviews and communal institutions: a protected territory of reference, a bilingual education, the ability to have their own judicial system, public representation, etc. They make important contributions to the contemporary world: the protection of Mother Earth, resistance to the extractive-export mode of production and accumulation, and a holistic vision of the natural and social reality. Actions, institutions and economic, political and cultural systems that destroy, segregate, discriminate against or hinder the physical, cultural and spiritual life of native peoples are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore prohibited. *Article 15 (The recognize the right to resistance)* All peoples and social groups have the right to develop critical thought, to practice peaceful resistance and if necessary, insurrection against destructive actions taken against nature, human life, collective or individual liberties. Thought censorship, the criminalization of resistance and the violent repression of liberation movements, are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are prohibited. - *(4) The intercultural as a dynamic of thought and social ethics* *Article 16 (To build Interculturality)* The Common Good of Humanity requires the participation of all cultures, knowledge, arts, philosophies, religions, and folklore in interpreting reality and in the development of the ethics necessary to its construction, the production of its symbolic, linguistic and aesthetic expressions, as well as the formulation of utopias. The cultural richness of humanity, which throughout history has become patrimony, cannot be destroyed. Interculturality assumes the mixed contribution of all cultures, with their diversity, to the various dimensions of the Common Good of Humanity: respect for nature as the source of life, the priority of use value over exchange value within processes of justice, widespread democratization and diversity and cultural exchange. Cultural ethnocide, the practices, institutions and economic, political and cultural systems that hide, discriminate against or commodify cultural achievements of peoples and those that impose a mono-cultural homogenization, identifying human development with Western culture, are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and therefore prohibited. Also prohibited are the practices, institutions, and political-cultural systems that demand the return of an illusory past, often endorsing violence or discrimination against other peoples. *Article 17 (To assure the right to information and the circulation of knowledge)* All peoples of the earth have the right to information, to exchange knowledge, expertise and information useful for constructing the Common Good of Humanity. Monopolies of the media by groups with financial or industrial power, commodification of the public by advertising agencies, exclusive and non-participatory control by States over the content of information, and patents of scientific knowledge that impede the circulation of knowledges useful for the well-being of peoples are inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and are therefore prohibited. - *(5) Obligations and sanctions for noncompliance with the declaration * *Article 18 (Applying the paradigm of the Common Good of Humanity)* All peoples of the earth have the right that any noncompliance with or violation of the rights set forth in this Declaration, that in its entirety aims to construct permanently the Common Good of Humanity, or the non-execution of the mechanisms set forth herein, shall be known, prosecuted, punished and redressed according to the scale and impact of the damage caused, in agreement with, when they do exist, with the dispositions of domestic or international law. Short or middle range transition measures (reforms and regulations) are allowing to change the relations with nature, to establish the priority of use value, to generalize democracy and to create multiculturality. However they should not become only adaptations of the existing mode of accumulation to new ecological and social demands. All impunity and all full stop laws, amnesty or any other dealing that denies victims justice, that is, to nature and her conscious part humankind, is inconsistent with the Common Good of Humanity and the Good Life (Buen Vivir) and are consequently null and void. _______________________________________________ CommonGood Mailingliste JPBerlin - Politischer Provider CommonGood(a)listi.jpberlin.de https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commongood -- 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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June 28: Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production
by Christian Fuchs 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production Wed, June 28, 2017, 18:00 WIAS Seminar University of Westminster 309 Regent St, Room UG.04 Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-theory-in-the-digital-context-searc… How are major search algorithms produced? How is their global relevance sustained and promoted? What is the role of creativity in digital games production? How do creative producers cope with contradictions in their precarious workplaces? Focusing on search engines and the digital games industry, Ergin Bulut and Paško Bilić will in two talks explore various angles of critical theory. Concepts such as technological rationality, alienation, bio-political production and exploitation will be evoked to understand the specifics of labour processes in digital contexts. Paško Bilić is Research Associate at the Department for Culture and Communication, Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia. Ergin Bulut is Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Visual Arts at Koc University, Istanbul.

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The Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent has been delivered and accepted
by Michel Bauwens 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

- Dear all, we have just finished crafting the first Commons Transition Plan for the city of Ghent, which will be published officially next thursday, so far in Dutch only but it will be translated into english later. It has been accepted by the city officials and the red-green-blue coalition, and the mayor has declared that this would be the way forward. The study is based on 80 conversations with commoners, an extended questionnaire filled in by 70 projects, and 9 workshops on the different provisioning systems seen as a commons as well as a workshop using the Commons Finance Canvas to explore ethical and generative livelihoods.The commoners in Ghent (500 projects have been identified) have also welcomed the proposal. This fall, a Assembly of the Commons, not unlike procomuns.net or the french Assemblies that alreadhy exist, will be organized for a dialogue with the city on how to move forward on the basis of this report. Barcelona, along with Bologna, Frome and others, have of course inspired that work, An appendix, written by Vasilis Niaros of the P2P Lab, is a comparative study of the approches of Bologna, Barcelona and others, for example, the Impetus Plan in BCN. Yurek Onzia was the coordinator of the project, with myself as researcher. The dutch-language press release is here: https://stad.gent/over- gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/nieuws-evenementen/een-commons-transitie-plan-voor- gent. I have english presentation slides which can be obtained on request, Vasilis in cc can also share the english language summary of european urban commons approaches, Michel Bauwens On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Mayo Fuster Morell <mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu> wrote: > Procomuns is a forum for the cocreation of public policies for a > commons-oriented collaborative economy. Collaborative policies for > collaborative economy. A space for the codesign and development of > proposals, and public-commons solutions for a commons collaborative > economy. > > > > The collaborative economy based on digital platforms is growing > exponentially, creating challenges and opportunities. It has turned into a > top priority for the political agenda around the world, and the involvement > of citizenship is key, as well as the differentiation of models and to > impulse of the commons model and platform cooperativism as an opportunity > to democratize economy at a large scale. > > > > This year 2017 is the year of the regulations of the collaborative > economy: we will discuss with representatives of the European Parliament, > the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council about which > policies could support the commons, and we will define guidelines for > cities. We will reflect with Yochai Benkler, expert in digital commons, > on the deep transformations underway, as well as define strategies of > passing from an oligarchical economy to open social economy. We will > present resources for entrepreneurship, economic models and technologies > for the scalability of initiatives, and co-design solutions for city > challenges, regarding housing, care, precarity and exclusion. > > > > 27 & 28 of June (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Barcelona Activa (C / Laguna > 162-164) from 9am to 19pm every day, and final party at 28th at La T. > Registration is open and free. . > > > > Program: http://procomuns.net/ca/programa-2017/ > > Registration: http://procomuns.net/ca/inscripcio/ > -- 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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Fwd: Getting the Hang of Super-Smart Democracies. Episode Four
by Michel Bauwens 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roy Madron <roymadron2(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 1:18 AM Subject: Fwd: Getting the Hang of Super-Smart Democracies. Episode Four To: Herewith my latest piece on Medium.com Again, please share, comment, recommend and like. Getting the Hang of Super-Smart Democracies. <https://medium.com/@ROY_MADRON/getting-the-hang-of-super-smart-democracies-…> Episode Four. Liberating Leaders and Paulo Freire. Cheers Roy -- 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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netCommons survey
by Christian Fuchs 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

Dear members of the P2P mailing list, We are a team of researchers based at the University of Westminster in London and working for the netCommons Project (EU Horizon 2020 project netCommons: Network Infrastructure as Commons, http://netcommons.eu) As part of the project, we are conducting an online survey to examine users’ concerns about Internet use and at the same time explore the potential of alternative Internet provision. Such concerns will provide useful input to policy makers and regulators who hold significant responsibilities over the telecommunications and Internet landscape, and consequently need to take informed steps towards the evolution of this landscape. We are looking in particular for respondents (Internet users) who are academic/research staff, students, IT product/services professionals or administrative/clerical staff at Universities or research institutes. We would be grateful if you could take some time (about 20 minutes) to complete the survey. The survey link is: https://d52netcommons.limequery.com/357528?lang=en The survey will be available online until 30 June 2017. Many thanks for your collaboration. Kind regards Prof Christian Fuchs Dr Maria Michalis, Reader Dr Dimitris Boucas, Research Fellow University of Westminster, UK

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Fwd: CIRIEC - 32nd International Congress - 30/05-01/06/2018 - Liège (Belgium) / Call for papers
by Michel Bauwens 17 Jun '17

17 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: fiona <fdove(a)tni.org> Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 9:13 PM Subject: Fwd: CIRIEC - 32nd International Congress - 30/05-01/06/2018 - Liège (Belgium) / Call for papers To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, " staccotroncoso(a)p2pfoundation.net" <staccotroncoso(a)p2pfoundation.net> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: CIRIEC - 32nd International Congress - 30/05-01/06/2018 - Liège (Belgium) / Call for papers Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:06:53 +0000 From: CIRIEC <ciriec(a)ulg.ac.be> <ciriec(a)ulg.ac.be> Reply-To: CIRIEC <ciriec(a)ulg.ac.be> <ciriec(a)ulg.ac.be> To: fdove(a)tni.org CIRIEC EVENTS 15/06/2017 Afficher dans le navigateur <http://mailchi.mp/ulg/ciriec-32nd-international-congress-3005-01062018-lige…> Show in browser <http://mailchi.mp/ulg/ciriec-32nd-international-congress-3005-01062018-lige…> [image: Ciriec events] évènements/event 32nd CIRIEC International Congress *Liège, 30-31 May – 1st June 2018* ------------------------------ *The Public, Social and Cooperative Economy in the Digital Revolution * *The digital transformation at work in recent years offers new means of communication and exchange and has radically changed the forms of ownership, production, distribution and consumption. It challenges the working conditions, raises new issues and opportunities on taxation, offers extraordinary increases in productivity, opens new horizons for citizen action,… The public, social and cooperative economy is in many ways actor in this revolution. CIRIEC's next congress will approach this theme, examining the analyses and reflections of scientific experts and political, economic and social leaders from all over the world.* Thematic issues: *- The digital revolution in the service of democracy and the citizen* *- Digital inclusion versus social exclusion* *- Public policy and the digital revolution's issues* *- The collaborative economy* *- The health sector in the digital revolution* *- The water, gas and electricity sectors and the new benefits of going digital* *- Cities and Local Authorities in the digital revolution (smart cities, e-government,…)* [image: Plus d'infos] + infos <http://ulg.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id…> ------------------------------ Date 30-31 May-1st June 2018 Venue Liège, Belgium ------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2017 Download <http://ulg.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id=…> ------------------------------ French version here <http://ulg.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id=…> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Ciriec events <http://ulg.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id=…> <http://ulg.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id=…> UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE QUARTIER AGORA PLACE DES ORATEURS 1, BÂT B33 - BOÎTE 6 BE-4000 LIÈGE ciriec(a)ulg.ac.be Unsubscribe <http://ulg.us12.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id…> se désinscrire <http://ulg.us12.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=ba685747ffe35ef90c58ca986&id…> -- 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: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST • After Growth Symposium
by Michel Bauwens 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kenneth McLeod <kenneth.mcleod(a)uts.edu.au> Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:43 PM Subject: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST • After Growth Symposium To: kenneth.mcleod(a)uts.edu.au Anthropocene Transition Project 2017 • UTS BUSINESS SCHOOL ------------------------------ After Growth • Re-imagining Economies for the Anthropocene A One-Day Transdisciplinary Symposium • 17th July 2017 Call for Expressions of Interest On Monday 17th July the Anthropocene Transition Project will convene a one-day transdisciplinary symposium entitled *After Growth: Re-imagining Economies for the Anthropocene*. After Growth will be a participatory gathering with more than half the day in facilitated working groups. *Participation will be free* but numbers will be strictly limited by the capacity of the venue and the participatory nature of the event. In order to ensure the widest possible representation of disciplines and fields of practice and research we are calling for expressions of interest. *If you would like to be part of this event please submit your expression of interest before close of business on Friday 30th June. **Invitations will be issued the following week.* An After Growth e-flyer is attached. ------------------------------ *Your expression of Interest should include:* YOUR NAME: EMAIL ADDRESS: YOUR DISCIPLINARY AND/OR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND: RELEVANT RESEARCH INTERESTS (if applicable): PRINCIPAL AREAS OF COMMUNITY/SOCIAL/POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT: INSTITUTIONAL OR ORGANISATIONAL AFFILIATION (if applicable): *Please submit your EoI by replying to this email with the above information.* ------------------------------ The Shape of the Day The symposium will be structured around four main 'platform' sessions: - Framing the Anthropocene Transition - *What key ideas are integral to the concept of the Anthropocene Transition? * ATP audio-visual presentation followed by audience table discussions. - Envisioning Economic Vitality Without Growth - *What would generative economies look like without the engine of growth? * Three speakers followed by audience Q&A: Keynote: Professor Robert Costanza, environmental economist, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dr Jose Ramos, futurist and P2P/commoning animateur and ActionForesight Dr Michelle Maloney, lawyer and convenor of Australian Earth Laws Alliance and New Economy Network - Re-inventing Value for the Anthropocene - *What value regime in needed to support a life-sustaining economy? * Cross-disciplinary roundtable discussion followed by audience table discussions: Professor Margaret Somerville, educationist, Western Sydney University Eva Cox, sociologist and civil society researcher/activist, Centre for Policy Development Dr Susan Ballard, contemporary arts, University of Wollongong (tbc) Dr Scott Kelly, economist, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures Dr Astrida Neimanis, gender and cultural studies, University of Sydney Dr Jeremy Walker, environmental philosopher, UTS Social and Political Sciences Program - Guiding Principles for Economic Transition – *What principles should guide economic thinking through a period of profound social, cultural and environmental transition? * The greater part of the afternoon will be devoted to World Cafe and/or open space discussion in small groups. *Synthesis panel:* Robert Costanza, Jose Ramos, Michelle Maloney, Margaret Somerville I hope you will consider participating in this symposium and look forward to receiving your expression of interest. All good wishes, Ken McLeod -- ------------------------------ UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- 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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