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Fwd: Sky Above, Soil Below
by Michel Bauwens 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kosmos Journal <info(a)kosmosjournal.org> Date: Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 2:01 PM Subject: Sky Above, Soil Below To: michel <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Click here <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…> to read this newsletter on our website. [image: Kosmos Community Newsletter] Sky Above, Soil Below June 26th, 2018 Where is the collective transformation we are waiting for? Each day we see news about the suffering endured by people fleeing their homelands or we hear the latest climate reports, and we feel frustrated, angry, or sad. We also read about scientific breakthroughs – powerful telescopes and microscopes that reveal ‘new stories’ about our origins and even our consciousness. Yet, these marvels don’t feel connected to our daily lives. But, what if the breakthroughs *and* the converging crises are the exact elements we need – a *sacred fire* that is opening our human hearts? If so, collective transformation is not disconnected from daily living. We are experiencing it right now. Thomas Berry in Assisi, Italy in 1991 (photo: Drew Dellinger) In this newsletter, we share three stories that may seem, at first, unrelated. One is from ecologist and filmmaker John Liu and two are from the new edition of *Kosmos Quarterly*. In *Change the Worldview, Change the World*, Drew Dellinger writes about his relationship with cultural historian Thomas Berry, who believed new cosmological narratives can help us heal our disconnection from nature. In *The Migrant Quilt*, by Valarie Lee James, we learn about a project that weaves desperation and hope at the US border with Mexico, into tapestries of remembrance and love. And John Liu describes his vision for *Ecosystem Restoration Camps*, where bringing the soil back to life is a community vocation. The connection between these three stories is our *interconnection*. Berry’s cosmology shows us a view of Earth from space that reveals our miraculous aliveness, dependent as much on the thin layer of atmosphere that protects us, as on the even thinner crust of living soil that sustains us. And if we are so completely dependent on the fragile, intricate web of life around us, how much more so do we need each other – our brothers and sisters everywhere, of all species – to work out our common future together? *The team at Kosmos hopes you have been enjoying the Quarterly <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…>. To those who have subscribed, thank you!* *We continue to bring you a mix of resources year-round through this newsletter and the Quarterly. Yet, we can only continue with your support <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…>. We are vitally interconnected! Please Subscribe. <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…>* *Several stories from Kosmos Quarterly are available for non-subscribers to enjoy. You can find two of them here, and more by visiting our homepage – www.kosmosjournal.org <http://www.kosmosjournal.org> Only subscribers have access to the complete Quarterly.* The Migrant Quilt, by Valarie Lee James “The 17 quilts in the project bear the names of people who have died each year crossing the desert in the Tucson Sector since 2000—the year the county medical examiner’s office began documenting the names of the dead, including unidentified remains). Patched together with denim, work shirts, embroidered cloth, and bandanas left behind on the desert floor, the quilts are scrappy in design and raw with truth. Many of the *bordados* (embroidered cloths) stitched into the Migrant Quilts are inscribed with endearments. *Contigo en la Distancia* (With You Far Away) or *Duerme Amor Mio* (Sleep My Love) shock the viewer with familial intimacy. These personal embroideries, sometimes used as *servilletas* to carry food across the desert, are often blessed then sent along with a traveling family member. The embroideries have come a long way. Now they rest alongside the names of the deceased.” *Read the complete essay here <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…>* In the Light | *Kosmos* Contributor, Drew Dellinger *Drew Dellinger has been called a national treasure, by Joanna Macy, a deep and courageous poet, by Alice Walker and one of the most creative, courageous and prophetic voices of his generation, by Cornel West.* Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, writer, poet, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and interconnectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia—including Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, TEDWomen, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship. Dellinger’s award-winning book of poems, *love letter to the milky way*, was selected by *ForeWord Reviews *magazine as a 2011 Book of the Year Award Finalist. Now in its sixth printing, *love letter *has devoted readers in dozens of countries on six continents. Dellinger’s work has appeared in films, books, anthologies, and publications such as *The New York Times, Huffington Post, Mother Jones, YES!, Tikkun, Kosmos, *and others. His work has been cited and quoted in venues ranging from prison workshops to climate change hearings before the US Congress. *More…* <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…> Change the Worldview, Change the World By Drew Dellinger Kosmos Quarterly | SUMMER 2018 I was sitting in a classroom in Assisi, Italy, with one of the leading environmental thinkers of our time, and he was talking about the power of story. “It seems that we basically communicate meaning by narrative,” he said. “At least that’s my approach to things: that narrative is our basic mode of understanding.” In that summer of 1991, Thomas Berry was a 77-year-old sage; a Catholic priest—though never quite comfortably—a cultural historian, and a scholar of world religions, retired from teaching but at the height of his intellectual and prophetic powers. His central focus was addressing the deep roots of the ecological crisis. READ MORE → <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…> Ecosystem Restoration Camps By John Liu, via Permaculture International filmmaker John D. Liu describes a vision of how Ecosystem Restoration Camps can train people to regenerate land degraded by humans anywhere in the world. READ MORE → <https://kosmosjournal.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2e6f01f29f00e615c1…> Subscribe to Kosmos Quarterly When you subscribe to the new Kosmos Quarterly, you receive a great e-journal and much more. 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Fwd: 2018 Summer Newsletter
by Michel Bauwens 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas H Greco <thg(a)mindspring.com> Date: Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 6:50 PM Subject: 2018 Summer Newsletter To: Michel <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> - *My latest article* - *What we can and cannot afford* - *New Warrior Training Adventure and the Mankind Project (MKP)* - *The developing business of commercial trade exchanges* - *Other Items of interest* Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/ab1326f80020/2018-summer-newsletter?e=686d597d8c>. *My latest article* How has extreme centralization of power and concentration of wealth come about? What are the pillars upon which the global power structure rests? How can power be decentralized and dispersed more broadly to enable people to live in peace and freedom? These are questions I addresses in my latest article, Confronting the power elite <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, An abridged version was published a few days ago by Open Democracy in their online journal Transformation <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. It was then picked up by the Post Carbon Institute and republished in their journal Resilience <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. Here is an excerpt from the original: *The world today is controlled by a small elite group that has been increasingly concentrating power and wealth in their own hands. There are many observable facets to this power structure, including the military security complex that president Eisenhower warned against, the fossil fuel interests, and the neocons that are promoting U.S. hegemony around the world, but the most powerful and overarching force is “the money power” that controls money, banking, and finance worldwide. It is clear that those who control the creation and allocation of money through the banking system are able to control virtually every other aspect of global society.* *Having taken control of the political leadership in North America and western Europe, they are determined to use military force, if necessary, to create a unipolar world order in which the power elite enjoy “full spectrum dominance.” Based on a long established pattern of covert and overt interventions, it is evident that they are willing to employ, either directly or through proxies, a wide range of tactics, including propaganda, bribery, cooptation, deception, assassinations, false-flag attacks and war. Large segments of the media and entertainment industries, education, and the military power have been captured to help manufacture public consent.* *Be that as it may, I believe that the natural course of human evolution tends toward a multi-polar world order based on honesty, openness, compassion, cooperation, and fairness, but that requires a well-educated and informed populace and “broad spectrum” participation in the political process. Fortunately, the internet and world wide web have enabled people to be better informed than ever before and to engage with one another directly, bypassing intermediaries that control and limit what people can share. On the other hand, the political machinery has been so thoroughly taken over by the power elite that the will of the people has thus far been of little consequence in deciding the course of world affairs.* *So what can be done to turn the tide? How can we the people empower ourselves to effectively assert our desires for a more fair, humane and peaceful world order? Is it possible to influence the behavior of those in power? Or is it possible to install new leaders who will act more responsibly and in accordance with the popular will? Or is it necessary, or even possible, to reinvent and deploy political and economic structures by which people can more directly assert themselves?* … Read the entire article here. <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> ___________________________________ What we can and cannot afford <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> is another article that I published on my website about the same time. This is a subject that gets far too little attention in the political debate and thus we remain burdened with “sacred cows” that are driving us to destruction. 1. We cannot afford continuation of the Empire with its deployment of military forces around the world and endless overt and covert warfare. 2. We cannot afford continuation of the interest-based, debt-money regime that forces unnecessary expansion of economic activity and centralizes power and concentrates wealth in the hands of a super elite. 3. We cannot afford continuation of the environmental destruction and climate change that is caused by the fossil fuel based economy. Read the full article here <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> . ___________________________________ *New Warrior Training Adventure and the Mankind Project (MKP)* For almost a year now I’ve been participating in a biweekly men’s circle associated with the Mankind Project <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, a community in which men support one another in achieving self-awareness, finding purpose, taking responsibility, and becoming compassionate servants to their communities and the planet. The first weekend in May I participated in the New Warrior Training Adventure <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> at a ranch in central Arizona. It was a significant experience that helped to boost my confidence, self-esteem, and emotional maturity—just what I needed at a time when I was feeling a bit lost and dissatisfied with the results of my work. The training helped me to identify imbalances in my life, accept reality, and clarify my purpose going forward. I now feel more grounded and motivated, and connected and supported by a growing brotherhood of "new warriors." I highly recommend the NWTA to any man who seeks to improve himself and his relationships. It was no surprise that I was the oldest man there, but I can testify that self-inquiry and stretching ones’ limits are appropriate endeavors at any stage in life. ___________________________________ *The developing business of commercial trade exchanges* Recently, I came across an article about what seems to be a significant development in the commercial trade exchange industry: *Trade Authority rebrands as Moxey with new digital currency, national expansion plans* <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. I’ve been aware of the Trade Authority exchange for several years but had not taken a close look at it. I've lately been dialoging with Chip Davis, founder of Trade Authority and currently Executive Vice President of Moxey <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, and with others in the Moxey executive team. Moxey, a network of 14 trade exchanges operating around the Gulf coast, is unique in the industry in that the various exchanges in the network are each member-owned. Based on the answers to my questions that I have received so far, it appears that Moxey has avoided the common mistakes that have limited the effectiveness of some other trade exchanges and prevented them from realizing their full potential (For more about that see this excerpt from my book, Chapter 15 Limiting Factors in the Operation of Commercial Trade Exchanges <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>). At some point in the near future, I will publish my interview with the Moxey leadership. Watch for it on https://beyondmoney.net/ <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> . ___________________________________ *Other Items of interest* *The Bank Bailout* The Big Bank Bailout <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> appeared in Forbes magazine a couple years ago. As another financial crisis looms on the horizon, it is still relevant, describing in detail the forms and extent of the bank bailout that began in 2008 and continues to this day. *Malaysia* Over the past 11 years, I’ve spent a lot of time in Malaysia. Upon my first visit I discovered that Malaysia is not some poor, insignificant Asian backwater but a country with a well-developed infrastructure and geo-political importance—a country worth getting to know. The recent election unseated the party that has governed Malaysia since its founding in 1957 and saw the surprising return to power, at age 92, of Mahathir Mohamad, the man responsible for Malaysia’s modernization. This New York Times article tells the story, A Stunning, Sudden Fall for Najib Razak, Malaysia’s ‘Man of Steal’ <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. And this comment, Endearing courage of Malaysians rescued country from the brink... <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, provides additional background and insight into the significance of the election outcome. *Russia and Syria* Anyone who wishes to understand geopolitics needs to have a broad purview and not rely simply upon mainstream media sources which seldom provide more than a one sided and biased perspective. This is especially true of the coverage relating to Russia and Syria. Despite President Trump’s repeated statements about his desire to normalize relations with Russia, others in his administration and the mainstream media continue their barrage of unsubstantiated allegations against both the Russian and Syrian governments. In his Nation article <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at NYU and Princeton, provides some counterweight to the anti-Russian hysteria arguing that, “Given a chance, Russia can be a vital peacemaker, and there is ample reason to think that the Kremlin is ready to do so if again met halfway by Washington.” Will Trump’s handlers and the deep state allow that to happen? That seems unlikely but time will tell. Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs tells the truth about US involvement in the Syria catastrophe on The Jimmy Dore Show, Bombshell: Professor Stuns MSNBC Panel On Syria <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, and in this excellent interview Between the Lines <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> . ___________________________________ There is much more that I could include in this message but I know you have many other things vying for your attention so I will leave it at that. Regarding travel, other than my brief visit to family on the east coast in early June, I’ve not been travelling since my journey to Greece a year ago. I’m still hoping to get away for a few weeks this summer but my plans remain open. Wishing you all a pleasant summer, Thomas follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook <#m_6528061695901385540_> | forward to a friend <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=ae0…> *Copyright © 2018 CIRC, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because we have corresponded in the past or you have asked to receive my occasional mailings. *Our mailing address is:* CIRC PO Box 42663 Tucson, AZ 85733 Add us to your address book <//beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=acfb6d92b5> [image: Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp] <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> unsubscribe from this list <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> | update subscription preferences <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959…> -- 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: FW: Facebook Board Adopts New Focus on ‘Privacy and Data Use’, ‘Community Safety’ and Cybersecurity Risks
by Michel Bauwens 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hazel Henderson <hazel.henderson(a)ethicalmarkets.com> Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 PM Subject: FW: Facebook Board Adopts New Focus on ‘Privacy and Data Use’, ‘Community Safety’ and Cybersecurity Risks To: Julie Jones <em(a)designextensions.com> Cc: Michael Connor <mconnor(a)openmic.org>, parminder < parminder(a)itforchange.net>, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Hi Julie :Please post this on our daily “Latest Headlines’ an on our Wealth of networks page, thanks *From:* Open MIC <mconnor(a)openmic.org> *Sent:* Monday, June 18, 2018 8:48 AM *To:* Hazel Henderson <hazel.henderson(a)ethicalmarkets.com> *Subject:* Facebook Board Adopts New Focus on ‘Privacy and Data Use’, ‘Community Safety’ and Cybersecurity Risks * For Immediate Release* * June 18, 2018* *Following Pressure From Shareholders, Facebook Board Adopts New Focus on ‘Privacy and Data Use’, ‘Community Safety’ and Cybersecurity Risks* *Move by company nearly mirrors recommendations made by shareholders and activists; critical board committee is now responsible for ‘Audit & Risk Oversight’* New York - June 18 - Facebook Inc.’s Board of Directors responded to pressure from shareholders and quietly adopted important and substantial changes to the charter of one of the board’s key committees, renaming the committee and broadening its mission to include oversight of issues that have placed the social media platform at the center of global controversy, including privacy, data use, community safety and cybersecurity. The changes are included in a posting on Facebook’s corporate website <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLMmS1wOzDaV7uvOhB…>. They became effective June 14 and were not otherwise announced publicly. The actions taken by Facebook's board closely match those recommended in a shareholder proposal that was voted on at the company’s annual meeting two weeks ago. That proposal, filed by Trillium Asset Management <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSVlpJBCr-2FAasyflM8…> and the Park Foundation <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=MtXSAxnq8-2FsS2NLN78MecCvkgkRrfCqptrYPF…>, and developed with support from Open MIC, called for the board to appoint a Risk Oversight Committee <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSVlpJBCr-2FAasyflM8…>. Facebook strongly opposed the proposal, which nonetheless attracted support of more than 45% of the company’s independent shareholders, according to an Open MIC analysis <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSWR-2BF6S36WmXlzFPK…> . “This is an important step by Facebook’s board toward improving corporate accountability and attempting to address the many controversies plaguing the company,” said Michael Connor, Executive Director of Open MIC, a group that has worked with Facebook shareholders for years to bring about better transparency and accountability at the company. “Acknowledging the responsibility of the board is a critical step toward accountability, but the real work is for Facebook to become truly responsive to the people who are most impacted by its privacy, data use, community safety, and cybersecurity policies. Facebook will continue to be judged by how it actually avoids risks and harms to its billions of users, not by what it promises.” “The people who use Facebook deserve better assurances that their privacy will be protected,” said Jon Jensen, Executive Director of the Park Foundation. Jonas Kron, Senior Vice President at Trillium Asset Management, said: “The Facebook board has made an important and necessary change by expressly articulating these responsibilities for overseeing privacy, impacts on the public interest, and other areas. It reflects more robust and big picture risk oversight and depending on implementation, we expect it should help to stem the flow of serious controversies facing Facebook.” In its latest action, Facebook’s board does not establish a new committee but instead renames its prior Audit Committee as the “Audit & Risk Oversight Committee,” with a focus on many of the responsibilities in the shareholder proposal. The new charter specifically charges that the committee will meet at least annually with Facebook management to review: - *Privacy and Data Use*, including “a) the Company’s privacy program, (b) the Company’s compliance with its consent order with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation and other applicable privacy and data use laws, and (c) the Company’s major privacy and data use risk exposures…”; - *Community Safety and Security*, including “assessment of the major ways in which (the Company’s) services can be used to facilitate harm or undermine public safety or the public interest, as well as the steps the Company has taken to monitor or mitigate such abuse...”; - *Cybersecurity*, including “the Company’s cybersecurity risk exposures and the steps the Company has taken to monitor or mitigate such exposures...”. Members of Facebook’s newly-named Audit & Risk Oversight committee include four of the company’s independent directors: Erskine B. Bowles, Marc Andreessen, Kenneth I. Chenault and Jeffrey Zients. *About Open MIC* Open MIC works to foster greater corporate accountability at media and technology companies. Our primary tool is shareholder engagement. Working with impact investors, Open MIC identifies, develops and supports campaigns that promote values of openness, equity, privacy, and diversity – values that provide long-term benefits for individuals, companies, the economy and the health of democratic society. Open MIC believes shareholders have a right and responsibility to add their voices to discussions affecting both traditional and emerging media forms. We aim to deploy the collective power of investment management and advisory firms, mutual fund companies, foundations, pension funds and advocacy groups to help shape corporate media policies and practices. *Contact Us* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSSUwgvYY-2FbVtgNDro…> *Michael Connor, Executive Director* *mconnor(a)openmic.org <mconnor(a)openmic.org> | www.openmic.org <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSTmR65NihgMKzmE7n5N…>* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLJqy8357h5iY2q08Y…> <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLAgPaQSQr-2FcnO1d…> [image: footer image] This email was sent to hazel.henderson(a)ethicalmarkets.com *why did I get this?* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLGm4p7jwxZmDHn6-2…> *unsubscribe from this list* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLA-2B2p6IoOC5CY8J…> *update subscription preferences* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLFz-2F3ZUDNMZFhDu…> Open MIC · PO Box 231572 · New York · New York · 10023 *www.openmic.org* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=7FZtwluC3SJadaPUwFZdSTmR65NihgMKzmE7n5N…> [image: Robly Email Marketing] <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=eHZRt66mIn-2B7BeUOAlYXQDaH80fMvZr1Kdd5I…> *Click here to view the online version.* <http://email.robly.com/wf/click?upn=T8Y6V-2BZKAO32X7UJIYRgLIzzgCvaMRakXRXRS…> [image: google analytics] -- 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: News on situation in France
by Michel Bauwens 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LAU Kin Chi <laukc(a)ln.edu.hk> Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:14 AM Subject: News on situation in France To: GlobalUFoundingMembers <GlobalUFoundingMembers(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: "our.global.u(a)gmail.com" <our.global.u(a)gmail.com>, Tsui < sittsui(a)gmail.com>, LAU Kin Chi <laukc(a)ln.edu.hk> Please note this email from Remy Herrera. Please feel free to use the googlegroup list to post relevant materials. ------------------------------ *From:* remyherrera(a)aol.com <remyherrera(a)aol.com> *Sent:* Friday, June 22, 2018 9:26 PM Here are some papers on the situation in France for the comrades: https://www.workers.org/2018/04/15/labor-in-france- confronts-president-macron-tool-of-the-oligarchs/ https://www.workers.org/2018/04/21/on-the-march-toward-a-new-may-68/ https://www.workers.org/2018/04/24/class-war-and-imperialist-war/ https://www.workers.org/2018/04/29/the-french-u-s-merger/ http://www.redroja.net/index.php/noticias-red-roja/cronicas/4859-he-aqui-el- hermoso-mes-de-mayo https://www.workers.org/2018/05/31/energy-workers-in-france-take-robin-hood- actions/ https://www.workers.org/2018/06/03/french-rulers-tell- youth-act-your-age-and-shut-up/ https://www.workers.org/2018/06/17/strikes-on-all-fronts-in-france/ Fraternité Rémy [image: Lingnan University Hong Kong] <http://www.ln.edu.hk> [image: Transformation For Life] <http://www.ln.edu.hk/transformation-for-life> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlobalUFoundingMembers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to GlobalUFoundingMembers+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/GlobalUFoundingMembers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/HK0PR02MB2611FEC1F935ECA00208D 700FF4A0%40HK0PR02MB2611.apcprd02.prod.outlook.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/HK0PR02MB2611FEC1F…> . 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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Launch event: CAMRI Policy Brief Series - From Tax Avoidance to AI: Policy Challenges in the Age of Big Data and Digital Monopolies
by Christian Fuchs 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

From Tax Avoidance to AI: Policy Challenges in the Age of Big Data and Digital Monopolies Communication and Media Research Institute Tuesday, July 3, 2018 18:30-20:00 Venue: The Boardroom at University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus (309 Regent Street London W1B 2H) Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-tax-avoidance-to-ai-policy-challenges-i… Launch of the CAMRI Policy Brief Series The event will feature two presentations: Christian Fuchs will present his research on tax avoidance by Facebook and Google and what can be done about it, based on his policy brief ‘The online advertising tax: A digital policy innovation’ and the report 'The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet'. Mercedes Bunz will highlight the challenges brought about by artificial intelligence and review related policy strategies from the UK, US, Canada, China and EU, based on her policy brief ‘Artificial intelligence and the internet of things: UK Policy Opportunities and Challenges’. The presentations will be followed by a drinks reception. The CAMRI Policy Brief series provides rigorous and evidence-based policy advice and policy analysis on a variety of media and communication related topics. In an age where the accelerated development of media and communications creates profound opportunities and challenges for society, politics and the economy, this series cuts through the noise and offers up-to-date knowledge and evidence grounded in original research in order to respond to these changes in all their complexity. By using Open Access and a concise, easy-to-read format, this peer reviewed series aims to make new research from the University of Westminster available to the public, to policymakers, practitioners, journalists, activists and scholars both nationally and internationally. https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/camri-policy-briefs/

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Re: [P2P-F] Participatory Government
by Michel Bauwens 20 Jun '18

20 Jun '18

Dear Steve, I haven't seen it but do not moderate the list and am not sure if anyone does after the departure of James Burke, I copy the list, and put our tech coordinator javier in cc to see what happens, Michel On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Steve Ediger <steveediger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Michel, > > I sent the forwarded email to the p2p-foundation list last week, but have > not seen it. Was it rejected by the moderator(s)? > > Steve Ediger > 773-920-7350 (google voice) > 505-426-7088 (mobile) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steve Ediger <steveediger(a)gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:33 AM > Subject: Participatory Government > To: P2P Foundation mailing list <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> > > > Hello, > > I've been appointed to serve on my county's Strategic Planning Committee > for Public Infrastructure via my connection to the Civic Tech. I would > like some feedback on points that I'm (and my civic tech community) making. > > We started off by asking the county to implement a public, fiber optic, > Internet backbone with a gateway to the Internet. > > That lead to discussions about the public infrastructure, (transportation, > land/buildings, health services, economic development, information > technology, etc.) In these conversations, I stressed that we need to > redefine government. Great opening, huh? > > I would appreciate your experience and feedback on how the following > points will play, and how to make them play better: > > 1. Yes, we need full transparency. Reporting out must be full and > curated for any specific audience from casual browser to full participant. > 2. Plus, we need feedback mechanisms that actually work. This means > collecting feedback at every stage from idea through to evaluation and > having that feedback inform decisions at every stage and level. > 3. In addition, we need multi-lateral conversations > government/citizens (I use that word advisedly)/business. This means that > in addition to reporting, informing decisions based on feedback, the > governement needs to facilitate communications about government issues that > take place between citizens and businesses. > 4. The whole process looks more like a conversation about ideas and > their implementation than a set of regulations and services. > 5. I've also pushed for and received general agreement that we need to > accommodate people who don't have access to technology, by creating clear > multi-lateral communications at government buildings and throughout all > agencies. > > So what are your thoughts? Is this a good tactic for bringing this to the > county's attention in a manner that might result in some forward movement? > > Steve Ediger > > > > -- 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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overview text about the evolution of the commons and what it means for today and tomorrow
by Michel Bauwens 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

I'm really happy about this overview text introducing the commons in a evolutionary context (how they change over time in different type of civilizations)" https://countercurrents.org/2017/09/19/the-history-and-evolution-of-the-com… -- 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: From Rajani: Envisioning Redemption
by Michel Bauwens 18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: r kanth <involutegandhian(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:09 PM Subject: Fwd: From Rajani: Envisioning Redemption To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> * The Human Condition and Spontaneous Order* *Continuing Arguments Against EuroModernism* For some three decades, now, I have written/spoken against the ruling ethos of the *EM* –* EuroModernist* - Paradigm ( I have detailed this phenomenon in several Works, the most recent of which is my *Farewell to Modernism,* 2017. Suffice it to say here that ‘*EM’ is the highly specific form of Modernism that Europe first invented, imposed on itself, and then ‘gifted’ it, under duress, to the rest of the world*) that dominates the Modernist spectrum, Left or Right, East or West, today. Other than Immanuel Wallerstein – *from whom nothing is* *hid* !– I doubt any of my readers have really understood its meaning or import. That is just one measure of the insularity of academe, which is a self-serving enterprise well-funded by the powers that *shouldn’t *be, and charged with ‘managing’ acceptable discourse. Whilst this *malaise *is near universal in the modern world , the US academy possibly takes the cake, in this regard, since it operates also within a broader societal milieu of *near*-barbarism in intellectual matters ( a *critical * intelligentsia, other than academe-based ,being virtually non-existent). One might say, where there is opulence there is its inevitable concomitant - *corruption.* I am not the only one who has noticed this: a long time ago, Oscar Wilde noted it with the comment that the US had gone straight from barbarism to decadence, bypassing the stage of civilization. He was not joking. A century later, Henry Miller devoted passionate pages to the exposition of what he called *‘the air-conditioned nightmare’ *(also the title of the book). * The underlying* motif* of EM is the notion of *societal engineering.* *Via* its prophets and seers, it virtually rewrote the human condition – to suit its corrupt ends. The ‘Hobbesian world’, which Hobbes understood to be exemplifying the state of nature, it visualised as the normal social condition. It projected society as atomized, individualized, fragmented, and driven by distrust, competition, and one-upmanship: and most of all by *greed unbound* . *Not merely ‘projected’, ideologically, but institutionalized, concretely.* As the centuries unfolded , from the marker of the so-called ‘ *enlightenment*’ , it turned into a composite, inchoate, mix of often contradictory ideas: from a relatively benign *laissez-faire* stance (Smith) to virulent Social Darwinism (Malthus, Spencer). Gone was the antic, mutualist, *social compact:* in its stead, it posited a bare, cold, social *‘contract’*, with all institutions taking on an acquisitive, calculating, bargaining *modus* as with today’s Neo-Cons, Neo-Libs, and the Nash *genre* of Game Theorists (tending , eventually, toward the *Transhumanist* , misanthropic terminus that looms ahead, in these misguided visions). Modern ‘Economics’, the *crown jewel of this mutant ideology*, carries/exhibits all of its scars - *to a t.* In sum, it produced a mind-set well captured in J.P. Sartre’s ‘Hell is other people’ epigram. Under its auspices, we are required to envision and enter a ‘society’ that is a minefield of misanthropy , in dubious struggle against each other : for the reward of a mess of pottage for some, and for virtually nothing at all for the many. This view of human nature, as I have written elsewhere, is little short of a noxious libel upon the human race. * This was no ‘enlightenment’. It was a descent into a hellish abyss of a fondly carved *dystopia *- of which western society , *especially *its Anglo-Norman hegemons, is now , fatefully, emblematic. Little wonder the UK has , apparently, just created a Minister for ‘loneliness’, echoing both Orwell and Huxley in that one tragic trope Life is short - and EM votaries have rendered the life of the planet itself even shorter: serious scientists, like, Guy McPherson , now give us but *ten years* to the beginning of human extinction. So, I will spare us the details, and get to the nub – before doom do us part. * *Contra* the concoctions of EM pronouncements, we humans of the primate family ( I will drop the self-glorifying ‘homo sapiens’ apothegm) have some rather striking features. *We are primarily convivial, co-operative, and communal creatures bound to each other by what I have termed a ‘balance of affections’* (not the negatively charged, jaded, ‘*balance of interests’* idea of the Contract Theorists). *In that one line, above, we bury all the axioms of the putative discipline of ‘economics’,* as it arose , historically, within the ‘*brutish isles’* (no exaggeration to this designation: since the history of the elite *policy makers, not the people,* of that society lives up to that characterization amply). However, the above sketch is complicated by our *instinctual* endowments. *Put succinctly: Men are endowed with the instinct of violence, Women with the instinct of nurturance.* Being *instincts,* they may not be wholly erased, but culture can either accentuate them or abate them, in its dictates, to an extent (nurture can and does ‘control’ behavior, if within limits: as learnt by Skinner and Pavlov). I term the first 'cluster of traits' the POM : *paradigm of masculinity.* The second set, I call the POF: *paradigm of femininity.* *In the first instance, therefore, civilization is no more than a ‘taming’ of the predatory urges of men.* If Civilisation is understood as the *pacification of human existence* , both social and natural, then we can understand where/how that first step fits in. *In effect, women are the very first peacemakers: since* they need to build and secure a functioning ‘*cordon sanitaire’*, in order to raise the infant child, safe from the unpredictable predations of men. *Mother and child , together, constitute the very first social unit: and their relationship, is also the structural provenance of human morality*. Thus, humans have always had* two* permanent sources of dread: the violence of nature and the violence of men (both, of course , belonging to ‘nature’). It is to antic tribal society’s credit that it shackled the* second* threat, localizing it, and limiting it, within the tribal family, by means of the binding restraints of ties of kinship (‘affections’). *This is still the only workable model we know.* EM society was far better at taming *external* nature: but found *male violence* highly serviceable to its predatory ends, using it to suppress revolt, keeping the classes divided, and keeping workers and women under effective domination. One could call this strategy ‘*management by fear’*: *who says (wo)man does not live by dread alone?* Contemporary US, the most violent society in earth, may well be the text-book model of this EM configuration.. * EM organised us to accept a state of *permanent war*, economic and political, as the rulers accumulated wealth , by dint of various extortions : ( leastways, today) one billionaire at a time. Most of us take this imposed reality as ‘life’: and concoct rationalising philosophies to endure it, as may be inevitable. *Is there no way out of this matrix?* Yes, there is: and has always been. This is where this idea of ‘spontaneous order’ fits in. *We are communal beings, led in the first instance, to create sustainable kindred with one other.* Far from being ‘light seeking’, we are, as* mammals*, ‘heat seeking’: and our greatest ‘need’ is simply : *to huddle.* *This is how original human societies were formed, universally.* *Instinctually.* That is how they can be re-formed, again, any time, any where. So, we needn’t agonise over the ‘how’ of it, *via *pedantic debate and discussion: it takes care of itself. *Norms arise spontaneously in the crucible of shared human affections, and then ‘evolve’.* This ‘evolution’ is nothing other than an *extension of the kinship paradigm*, but within G*emeinschaft *limits. *Gemeinschaft* societies are the original, ‘natural’ societies. *Gessellschaft * entities, most common in – but not unique to - EM formations, are , always*, contrived, artificial, imposed entities*, wherein our real, anthropic endowments are permanently crippled and thwarted. ‘*Paradise Lost’* (with a degree of obvious hyperbole) is where the former give way to the latter, generally under the impulse of the drives* inherent* in the POM (paradigm of masculinity), no longer containable within the ‘balance of affections’ of domesticity. It is how tribal societies, often, break up into empires. So, it is as simple as that. There is no way of ‘reforming’ the* adversarial society* as invented by EM: it is, inherently, *irreconcilable.* Which is why all well-meaning efforts to manufacture a ‘socialist’ society ( as invented in radical EM theorising) fail - and will fail. *In fact, such structures can only be built on affections: not charters, rules, and regulations.* Goodwill, charity, care, and compassion may not be *legislated*, to form the bonding cement of society, in some ‘rational-legal’ sense. It would be akin to King Canute ordering the ocean waves to halt. *Instead, It is love that binds: not self-interest , nor even a disinterested fealty to an abstract altruism.* *The human family , embodying the values I am referencing, is both a natural and social entity simultaneously*: and stands in all societies and cultures, and at all times, , a reminder of our real*, instinctual* roots (which, owing to operative EM norms we have all but forgotten: in fact, instincts, were not permitted to rule ‘humans’, under the strictures of Judeo-Christian ideas, where humans were presumed carved in the ‘image of god’.* So, despite Darwin, we deploy instincts in the study of animal behavior, but not in analysing human , social , behavior.* Even more importantly, *nurture* had to be assumed as trumping *nature*: since the entire thrust of the EM Project is societal engineering, *which would be quite impossible otherwise).* Impressively, and instructively, it obeys not one single EM Diktat from the Holy Catechism that we have all internalised: equality, democracy, individualism, ‘freedom’, *et. al.* *It is a moral, not a political, nor economic, entity.* Bears thinking. * *Order is spontaneous, both in nature and society.* Why we don’t see evidence of that in EM societies – and more so in this *Late Modernist* stage of human devolution - is because these are profoundly* unnatural* entities, from their very inception. They are a house of cards, in one sense: castles in the air in another, held together by force and fraud in the main. Even more than both of the above , are they* existential traps* in which the human spirit chokes and suffocates. In fact, the West, to the extent it ‘lives’ by such pernicious EM norms, is no more than a dying cantonment of a decaying citizenry : *of masses of robotized, idiotised, individuals poised on the brink of a post-human, transhuman disfigurement*. Indeed, the lead Anglo-Norman formation has already crossed a red line: *they are the world’s first Amoral Society (*an obvious oxymoron), with - the usual exceptions apart- a populace desensitized *to the point of accepting war, violence , struggle, and conflict, as routine , incorrigible , aspects of social existence.* The astonishing passivity in the face of the continuing spate of mass shootings domestically, and mass murders abroad, are a telling index of this remarkable *Devolution.* But none of this is inevitable, nor necessary. A human society can be re-created, via detachment, delinking, opting-out , from the dominant EM Project. No charter is needed, nor manifestos, nor constitutions; no ’pre-requisites’, no ‘resources’. Any set of humans can found it, any where, anytime , in near-endless replication. It is limited only by our inventiveness, the cultural genius inherent in our species-given creativity. *Its permanent locus will always be the family unit - real or ersatz- based on caring, love, warmth, and affection*: transcendent human values virtually debased, distorted , and /or destroyed, by EM postures and stances. In its essence, it embodies , within itself, that very overarching *transvaluation of values* that stands as eloquent , if humble, critique and rebuke to the pernicious, toxic, nostrums of EuroModernism. *So what is/was the secret of tribal empathy?* *The rearing of children in common*. In essence, the tribe is merely an *extended family,* and the ‘familial’ principle relates *all adults to all children* , really or virtually, as *potential or actual care-givers.* *This unyielding bond of kinship is stronger than galvanized steel: enabling tribal formation, like Australian Aboriginals to exist and thrive for millenia, undaunted by altering environs.* Can we recreate that bonding? I think so. *By focusing, ever, on the domain of affective ties and relationships,* *and minimizing contact with, and participation in, the alien, ‘public’, Gessellschaft world , organised from above, for their own purposes, by the ruling/governing elites.* *** *Ideals, idylls, and utopias have nothing to do with such a reconstitution of life:* indeed, constructs, of that nature, are no more than specious EM snares, enticing us into a permanent hallucinatory state that , like much of religion, promise a shining *tomorrow * (that never comes) as canny bait to accept present-day oppressions with a degree of equanimity. *Life is not a matter of realization of ideals: it is about living within the bounteous promise of our species-being.* As *animals,* we have all manner of traits that are far from congenial and foolhardy to ignore: yet , even within our* mammalian* cast, lie hidden salves that can yet make life on earth more bearable. EM ideology, on the other hand, is unmistakably *reptilian *in its *geist,* and leads inexorably only to irreparable *angst *and inconsolable despair. It can offer, in this late era of impending doom, only sordid ‘*Ministeries of Loneliness’* to repair the mortal blow it has delivered to the very possibility of *human * existence. *And this is, perforce, the Age of Reparation.* The invading EM adventurers, *e.g.,* on the North American continent,* annihilated* *without the slightest compunction,* thousands of native tribes: it were only fitting if, in late expiation, thousands of novel ‘tribal' entities could be commenced, to re-seed/re-generate that ill-fated land, much as the world at large, and restore antic balances rudely ruptured by the accumulationist ravages of these ‘tribes’ of reckless ‘*civilisation-mongers’* that have brought the entire planet crumbling, today, to the very brink of a wholly gratuitous , and entirely avoidable, extinction. *We have strayed far from our roots, whose redemptive rediscovery is on the cards, now, in these tumultous times.* It is no more than our birthright. R E F E R E N C E S Kanth, R. *Breaking with the Enlightenment*, NJ: Humanities Press, 1997 _______ *Farewell to Modernism*, NY: Peter Lang, 2017 *[©R.Kanth 2018] * -- 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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Participatory Government
by Steve Ediger 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

Hello, I've been appointed to serve on my county's Strategic Planning Committee for Public Infrastructure via my connection to the Civic Tech. I would like some feedback on points that I'm (and my civic tech community) making. We started off by asking the county to implement a public, fiber optic, Internet backbone with a gateway to the Internet. That lead to discussions about the public infrastructure, (transportation, land/buildings, health services, economic development, information technology, etc.) In these conversations, I stressed that we need to redefine government. Great opening, huh? I would appreciate your experience and feedback on how the following points will play, and how to make them play better: 1. Yes, we need full transparency. Reporting out must be full and curated for any specific audience from casual browser to full participant. 2. Plus, we need feedback mechanisms that actually work. This means collecting feedback at every stage from idea through to evaluation and having that feedback inform decisions at every stage and level. 3. In addition, we need multi-lateral conversations government/citizens (I use that word advisedly)/business. This means that in addition to reporting, informing decisions based on feedback, the governement needs to facilitate communications about government issues that take place between citizens and businesses. 4. The whole process looks more like a conversation about ideas and their implementation than a set of regulations and services. 5. I've also pushed for and received general agreement that we need to accommodate people who don't have access to technology, by creating clear multi-lateral communications at government buildings and throughout all agencies. So what are your thoughts? Is this a good tactic for bringing this to the county's attention in a manner that might result in some forward movement? Steve Ediger

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Fwd: [Global U] The Fifth South South Forum on Sustainability
by Michel Bauwens 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LAU Kin Chi <laukc(a)ln.edu.hk> Date: Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:34 PM Subject: [Global U] The Fifth South South Forum on Sustainability To: GlobalUFoundingMembers <GlobalUFoundingMembers(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: "our.global.u(a)gmail.com" <our.global.u(a)gmail.com>, LAU Kin Chi < laukc(a)ln.edu.hk>, Tsui <sittsui(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends, We are having the 5th South South Forum on June 13-18, organized by Global University and Lingnan University. Please see the attached Programme book. Please see related materials (Reader, Participants, Live Streaming) on https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/the-fifth-south- south-forum-on-sustainability-june-2018/ If you cannot come in person, you can watch the live-streaming on the Global University channel on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UClIP6qH6BInA9_nIsUAYcMw/featured Or, you may watch our live streaming at the following time (Hong Kong time is UCT+8) (just click the Topic and watch): 13/6 0930-1230 Topic: Political and Economic Alternative Paradigms <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_AsDrWRA5E> 1630-1830 Topic: Rural Reconstruction in China <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEAucgFBH6o> 14/6 0900-1230 Topic: Decolonizing the Mind: Beyond Nationalism and Globalisation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN3JIK9Fk1s> 1630-1830 Topic: The Latin American Experience: Land and Livelihood <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ootQEakhg> 15/6 0900-1230 Topic: Community Governance and Participatory Democracy <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglthBoLXho> 1630-1830 Topic: Reviewing Korean Experiences <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VukHfKzJ5A> 16/6 0900-1230 Topic: Common as Alternative for the Future (I) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfJxDKOclw> 1630-1830 Topic: Community Building Experiences <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQwzX3ZQdm8> 17/6 0900-1230 Topic:Common as Alternative for the Future (II) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le4_bNhI50A> 1630-1830 Topic:Reviewing the Zapatista Experience <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq-jFEO0Sx4> We have debate time every day at 2-4pm. If you would like to make a skype intervention (limited to 10 minutes per intervention), please email to <our.global.u(a)gmail.com> and give us your skype name. After the Forum, we will upload all the video-recorded sessions to the Lingnan University and Global University websites. With warm regards, Kin Chi [image: Lingnan University Hong Kong] <http://www.ln.edu.hk> [image: Transformation For Life] <http://www.ln.edu.hk/transformation-for-life> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlobalUFoundingMembers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to GlobalUFoundingMembers+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/GlobalUFoundingMembers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/KU1PR02MB2613E628572AF026467C7 2D6FF7F0%40KU1PR02MB2613.apcprd02.prod.outlook.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/GlobalUFoundingMembers/KU1PR02MB2613E6285…> . 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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