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Fwd: I Hope It Helps
by Michel Bauwens 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Daniel Pinchbeck from Daniel Pinchbeck’s Newsletter < danielpinchbeck(a)substack.com> Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 9:11 AM Subject: I Hope It Helps To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> My new book tries to find the nuggets of truth in the conspiracy madness ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ I Hope It Helps <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkUtzmzAQxz-NudmjB8-DDk6Ip3YD7iOJ4xMjYG…>My new book tries to find the nuggets of truth in the conspiracy madness <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUNtqxSAQ_Jr4doIajzEPPvSlvxGMbhKpUfHSkn…> Daniel Pinchbeck <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUNtqxSAQ_Jr4doIajzEPPvSlvxGMbhKpUfHSkn…> Nov 18 <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdUk2PmzAQ_TXhtpExX-bgwzY0ElEI2mrzdULGni…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkk1z2yAQhn-NdbMHkCzhAwcnjqdWI7kfSR2fNB…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxdkktz2yAQxz-NdbMH0AsfdHCieGo3kvtI6vikQW…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUduOpSAQ_JrjmwbwAjzwMJlkf8NwaZU9Ci7gzD…> I just published a short book, *Conspiranoia: The Betrayed States of America <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1kDFvwyAQhX9N2GwBdm08MCStOnVopA7tZJ3hEq…>*. *Conspiranoia* deep-dives into a range of conspiracy topics including the demonization of Bill Gates, the popularity of Qanon, the creation of the Coronavirus, and the anti-vax movement. I hope *Conspiranoia <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1kDFvwyAQhX9N2GwBdm08MCStOnVopA7tZJ3hEq…>* helps people find clarity in some of these murky areas. Generally, when I write a book, my primary motivation is to clarify what is going on — for for my own understanding, and then to share it with others. That is what I tried to do here. To summarize my basic thesis, I find nuggets of truth and core insights in many of the conspiracy theories, along with many exaggerations and distortions. Sifting through them, I propose a unifying theme underlying many different movements from across the political spectrum. This theme is the need for humanity to recognize, resist and rebel against the rapidly intensifying power of technocracy, particularly when this technology is placed in the hands of sociopaths and psychopaths. A technological control agenda increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our existence, amplified by the Coronavirus pandemic with the possibility of mandated vaccines, biometric identities, etcetera. A general revulsion against technocracy underlies the anger against Gates, the fervor for Qanon, the Anti-vax movement and the Yellow Jackets in France, as well as Extinction Rebellion on the Left Wing ecological side, and much of the pro-Trump enthusiasm. The artificial divisions between races and classes, the animosity between Left and Right, helps the control agenda of the corporate and political elites. We have the possibility of organizing a unified global movement against the technocratic agenda, as represented by the World Bank, World Economic Forum, Neoliberalism, etcetera. In order to do this, we must define the alternative <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkMtuwyAQRb_G7GzxSAxesKhUpVl103ZtYZg6KB…>. The antidote is certainly not any form of Libertarianism. The alternative is a system that shifts power down to the local and bioregional level while scaling up regenerative techniques and industries — rapidly and exponentially. We must “de-grow” from hyper-industrialism, but also establish new forms of global infrastructure such as social networks for transparent decision-making. As part of this infrastructure, we need an ongoing public referendum on the future direction of technological development, which now occurs with little public oversight or ethical principle. Some of the conspiracy theories aim at the right targets, but wildly exaggerate or miss the mark in other ways. I vividly remember being introduced to the idea that Hilary Clinton and other members of the elite (Kissinger etc) were feasting on Adrenochrome removed from the brains of babies that they ritually sacrificed in Satanic rituals. I was in California at the time, with David “Avocado” Wolfe, the raw food guru, and he presented this idea to me with full conviction. This was something like ten years ago, when he and I were closer friends. I remember I felt intrigued, titillated by the idea… I didn’t believe it but I was open to it, surprised by it. It is possible that Avocado may be one of the main originators of this idea. I not sure where he got it from. Recently, he has gone full Trumpian. David Wilcock is another figure in the “conspirituality” movement who moved a lot of energy in this direction, although he made repeated predictions that have not come to pass. Gaia TV has been very susceptible to this narrative, generally. Sean Stone, son of Oliver Stone, is a committed Qanon and Trump supporter who also delves into New Age esotericism. Michael Tellinger, from South Africa, also got captivated by the “Trump as Savior” mania. I suspect that one reason Qanon went viral is that people like Avocado and Wilcock (myself as well, although I am a Leftist / anarchist by nature and don’t vibe with authoritarians) are on the Schizotypal Personality Disorder spectrum. This brings with it a tendency to magical thinking, messianic convictions, and distorted ideas (which doesn’t mean people with SPD are always wrong, just as paranoiacs can have enemies). Less severe than schizophrenia, Schizotypal Personality Disorder is more common than normally recognized. People on the SPD spectrum often make up the rank and file of revolutionary movements. They easily gravitate to extremist perspectives and convince others to join them. I argue in *Conspiranoia* that the attraction of Qanon for the masses stems from a widespread feeling of betrayal. The working classes feel ripped off by the neoliberal Democratic establishment over the last decades. The Democrats are just as tied to the wealthy donor class as the Republicans. Clinton, Obama, and Biden take their marching orders from Wall St. Months before the election, Biden met with the heads of investment firms like Black Rock. He assured them there would be no substantive legislation reining in the excesses of the parasitic financial class if he was elected. The working classes are enraged by how the neoliberal elite have betrayed them, over and over again. They seek to change this dynamic, which is not easy in a calcified, corrupt two-party system. Qanon gives people an occult overview of the forces at play. Also, Qanon engages with people’s inherent, and I would say accurate sense that there are invisible, occult forces that influence the course of historical events. The focus on child sex trafficking makes Qanon believers feel unassailably righteous. While child sex trafficking is a major problem around the world, there is zero evidence it is happening on the scale that Qanon reports in the US. On the other hand, Epstein in the US and Jimmy Saville in the UK reveal something very dark about the relationship between power and ritual sexual abuse which needs to be acknowledged. I believe that we need to study and understand, as best we can, the ways that archetypal forces or “super-sensible” beings affect and manipulate us. I explored this in an earlier short book, *The Occult Control System <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJx1kk1v3CAQhn-NfWPFh83HwYc20UZJlVZqUynqxc…>*. In general, Fascist movements are better able to mobilize the archetypal forces in the collective unconscious. Moderate and progressive movements, rooted in scientism, deny the existence of these forces — at their peril. As George Monbiot recently wrote <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkN2OgyAQhZ-m3GmA2ooXXOzNvoYZYVRSRANDjf…> *,* unless the Democrats move much farther to the Left and actually redistribute wealth, we will inevitably see the rise of a much more effective autocrat in the US in the near future (assuming, of course, that Trump does leave office, which is not certain yet). Like Monbiot, I don’t see much likelihood in the Democrats fulfilling the Left Wing’s dreams. I would be happy to be surprised. Eventually, the ecological emergency will intrude on our political and economic system in an increasingly catastrophic way. This will change the game drastically as it transforms all of our lives. I still find it stunning that, despite our communications tools, we remain so numb, inert, and disorganized in the face of this threat. We wasted the last decades which could have been used to salvage our climate and ecosystems. Our technocratic and financial elites bear the greatest share of responsibility for our collective inaction. It seems to be unfolding with the inexorability of a Greek tragedy, on a planetary scale, during our lifetimes. Let’s hold in our hearts the prayer that all of this chaos and confusion is part of some larger evolutionary cycle. We need to experience it at this time, so we can grow beyond it, both individually and as a species. *Please join our Regenerative Future network <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUMtqwzAQ_BrrVrOWXFs-6BAIubW0px6NLK1tJZ…> if you want to dive deeper into these issues. 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Fwd: Regen Ag knowledge commons launched, collaborative logistics pilot project, Victorian producers - we need your produce!
by Michel Bauwens 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Open Food Network Australia <hello(a)openfoodnetwork.org.au> Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 5:50 AM Subject: Regen Ag knowledge commons launched, collaborative logistics pilot project, Victorian producers - we need your produce! To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Resources and activities to build a better food system. View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/ef2090724a48/regen-ag-knowledge-commons-launched-collabo…> Open Food Network exists to power fair and transparent supply networks that reconnect communities and regenerate the earth. Sometimes it's easier to see the work we're doing in just one part of this system, but as you read through this month's newsletter we hope you get a sense of the many ways we're reimagining food systems, supporting people with the resources and guidance needed, and working hard to power new possibilities. Read on for the launch of Australia's first ever database of the evidence supporting regenerative agriculture, new collaborative logistics projects, and more. *New regenerative agriculture resources* *The solutions are at hand for agriculture to become a driving force in the regeneration of landscapes, waterways and biodiversity, while sequestering carbon and actively reversing climate change.* There are many good reasons to support regenerative agriculture but the most significant is as a response to the climate emergency. The food system contributes up to 37% of TOTAL greenhouse emissions. At Open Food Network we are actively working to support wide-scale uptake of regenerative agriculture including the major land-use levers to mitigate climate change. Open Food Network also works on a key enabler of regenerative agriculture: values-based supply networks. When farmers receive a fair price for food, they have more opportunity to shift practices and undertake regenerative methods. *New resource launched!* We have started creating a knowledge commons of resources that provide a mix of research about regenerative agriculture and the systems that enable it, stories from regenerative farmers, and more. This includes the first open database drawing together peer-reviewed evidence underpinning regenerative agriculture and its uptake. Access resources <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Open Road: a collaborative logistics project in Victoria* Open Food Network and a number of partners are currently scoping a pilot project for a short supply chain logistics service for Victorian producers called Open Road. We have some seed funding but the scope and location of the pilot will depend on securing further funds and also on active collaboration from regional hubs and producers in the Hume, Western/Central and Gippsland regions of Victoria. We are planning a webinar in each of these three regions in the coming months. If you'd like to attend the webinar to learn more about this project or to get involved as a producer, regional hub or partner, then please contact Georgia Savage. Email Georgia <[email protected]?subject=Open%20Road%20expression%20of%20interest> Make sure that you register for our next webinar with Hepburn Shire, looking at Collaborative Logistics: How to start working with other farmers to reach customers. Register here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Open Food Network Connect* We now have a dedicated brokering service that helps to connect producers with supply and community food enterprises with demand! *WE HAVE DEMAND!* This month, we have a community food enterprise in Melbourne looking for the following Victorian-grown produce to be delivered every day, Monday to Friday: Potatoes: 100 kgs Onions: 100 kgs Carrots: 100 kgs Apples: 140kgs Oranges: 160 kgs Green vegetables (bock-you, choysum, spinach): 150 bunches Tomatoes: 110 kg If you're a Victorian producer who could supply one or more produce lines please get in touch! Orders and delivery times are flexible and open to discussion. Contact us now! <georgia(a)openfoodnetwork.org.au> *Learning about food systems* Listen to Open Food Network’s Kirsten Larsen and Serenity Hill talk systemic change on the *Futuresteading Podcast* <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Nutrition Society of Australia webinar: Fair and Resilient Food Systems*. Kirsten helped explore how Australia’s food systems have changed over time, what we can learn from history, and how nutritionists and consumers can support a fair and resilient food system. Watch the recording of Hepburn Shire's *Farmers and Foodies together webinar* hosted by Open Food Network's Jen Sheridan and Renata Cumming here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> and view the slides here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . Warrenbayne Farm Collective and Open Food Network featured in the Royal Society of Victoria and Soil Science Australia's webinar *Soil Carbon: Climate Solutions Right Under Our Feet*. View the slides here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> . *Software Updates* *NEW LOOK SHOPFRONT!* We sent a special software release email last month to let account holders know changes were coming to improve the appearance of shopfronts and to make it easier for shoppers to add products to their cart. Click below to get all the detail on these exciting updates. Read Software Newsletter <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *New team members!* Meet our new team member, Renata Cumming. Renata grew up in Melbourne and spent weekends and holidays on her uncle and aunt's farm in North East Victoria which led to her love of farming and influenced her decision to study Agriculture at the University of Melbourne, Dookie Campus, and a diverse career in Agriculture. She has always had a strong desire to help people understand how food is produced and encourage them to make better informed decisions that support Australian Agriculture, reduce food miles and make the most of regional and seasonal produce. Along with Shirley Saywell, she is a co-founder of Strathbogie Local; a volunteer run 'click and collect' online farmers market that was set up at the start of the Covid restrictions to support farmers who had lost their primary source of revenue with the closure of restaurants and farmers markets and link them to customers who wanted access to high quality local produce. *Open Food Network Global* One of the most rewarding things about our open source global model is that anyone can start a new Open Food Network instance where they are in the world, and shape it around their local needs. In this month's global meeting we met the founders of Open Food Network Guatemala, who are using the platform to support Indigenous food sovereignty. We also shared the excitement of Open Food Network Colombia as they started accepting their first sales through the platform. Their enthusiasm is infectious, and a reminder of how amazing it is to build a new community of eaters and farmers from the ground up. But the best part is the sense of an ever-growing community of people all contributing to the same shared infrastructure and vision of a better food system. All of the work done so far, and support from people like you as our community members, have kept building an awesome open source platform that new countries can pick up, start using, and start contributing to. Thank you for being part of the global Open Food Network community! *In other news* *Young Farmers Connect* There are three awesome Young Farmers Connect <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> events coming up. Monday 23 November: Australia wide - hosted by Young Farmers Connect (YFC) - Melbourne <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> Virtual Hangout with Jason Cotter from Tuerong Farm about heritage grain varieties, the role of small-scale cereal production and local milling, and how to include grains on your farm. Saturday 29 November: YFC Young Farmer's Connect - Mid-Coast <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> Field day at Old Road Inn Vinyard Saturday 5 December: Young Farmers Connect (YFC) - Northern Rivers <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> Field day at Hungry Earth Agroecology *Sustain and Vermont Farm to Plate* Learn from the Vermont Farm to Plate team about how their initiative has created change. Vermont Farm to Plate - Planning for Sustainable and Secure Food and Farming Systems <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> Three weekly webinars: 2, 9 & 16 December *Vote for Open Food Network* in the *People's Choice Awards*, part of the Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards. You can vote once every day until the poll closes. The winner will be announced at an awards presentation on Friday 4 December. Vote here <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> Join our team for the *First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge*. Staff at Open Food Network have joined this challenge to support First Nations communities to document stories woven from their regenerative cultures and to share these stories with our communities. >From November 16-20, 2020 one film will be published on the dashboard of First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge website each day by 8am AEST. You and your family can watch the story at any time from that day onwards. You can also donate to support Common Ground, an Aboriginal-led not-for-profit, continue creating resources that celebrate First Nations people. Each video shares a Dreaming story told by First Nations knowledge custodians from Central Australia. These videos have just been created and have never been seen before outside the communities they come from. Join our team <https://openfoodnetwork.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6752bbf142dc0ebe…> *Support us* Our software and services are delivered and funded through contributions from community members, a huge amount of volunteer contributions, some funding, and cross-subsidisation from our research and consulting work. If you are excited by the work we're currently doing, we would love it if you would consider a regular or one-off donation. Sustainable Table are kindly auspicing donations to Open Food Network so that your donation is tax deductible. 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Fwd: Sanctuaries of Democracy: Building the Christian Left in 2021
by Michel Bauwens 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Socialism <contact(a)christiansocialism.com> Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 6:13 AM Subject: Sanctuaries of Democracy: Building the Christian Left in 2021 To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Now that Biden is president-elect, an organized Christian left is essential. View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/c070701511d9/rod-drehers-illiberalism-tim-kellers-equivo…> <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> *The Institute for Christian Socialism has just released a statement* on American politics and the urgency of Christians building power with the left. Now that Biden is president-elect, the need for an organized Christian left is more urgent than ever. Christians invested in protecting and deepening democracy cannot replace the work of politics with moralizing denunciations or platitudes of opposition and prophetic critique. We cannot settle for pleas to the powerful to reconsider their attitudes when what is so desperately needed is a mass movement to dispossess the powerful. Additionally, we're announcing some exciting ICS initiatives for 2021 that will provide concrete ways to help Christians and churches organize. *Read our statement * <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> [image: Twitter] <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> [image: Facebook] <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> [image: Website] <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/profile?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&id=7…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9fbb79dbb151fbeff3094bb1e&…> . [image: Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp] <http://www.mailchimp.com/email-referral/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: Our Podcast: Why aren’t more people progressive? Part 2
by Michel Bauwens 20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rabbi Michael Lerner <rabbilerner(a)tikkun.org> Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 6:15 AM Subject: Our Podcast: Why aren’t more people progressive? Part 2 To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> You can listen now to our podcast Imagine with Us! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Imagine with Us Podcast - Episode 2 by Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis [image: Imagine with Us] Our second episode of our podcast Imagine with Us is out and yes, it’s available on Apple podcasts now too! In addition to listening on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts and more, you can also click here <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tdbfe5eec-464c-47b7-9ccb-52785f640a25/c02a818…> to listen. In this episode, Why aren’t more people progressive? Part 2, we step back and look at the dynamics of human life in the past 10,000 years that continue to shape how we understand our options for achieving security, safety, and peace. We then move to a discussion of the importance of building a social change movement that moves social energy from fear to hope and builds a loving community so more people are inspired to participate and join us. Please rate and follow us on your favorite podcast platform and share it on social media and with your friends. It’s an easy way for folks to hear our ideas and learn more about our work and get involved if they want. *Click below to share our podcast on the platform of your choice!* * <https://default.salsalabs.org/T7d148e9f-6c30-472c-94b7-4f297ea0ea9c/c02a818…> <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tbf09f06b-2b84-4172-ab75-b2988c67c91b/c02a818…>* *We need your support to bring the kind of analyses and information *Tikkun *provides. Click here <https://default.salsalabs.org/T3b6efa68-759a-4aed-a28d-4941d700b958/c02a818…> to make a tax-deductible contribution.* Contact Us *Tikkun* & the Network of Spiritual Progressives 2342 Shattuck Ave #1200 Berkeley, California 94704 (510) 644-1200 magazine(a)tikkun.org Unsubscribe <https://tikkun.salsalabs.org/manage-your-subscription?eId=5740ce06-226f-46b…> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Understanding the Successor Ideology, part 2, articles
by Michel Bauwens 19 Nov '20

19 Nov '20

In order to learn a critical and self-reflexive approach in this subject, you may look to critique and contextualization from various sources: - on the radical left, current critics have been the people working around Jacobin magazine (Ben Burgis, Bhaskar Sunkara); with people like webcaster Michael Brooks (identified as 'integral left'), and from the radical wing of the black African-American left, with researchers on class and race such as Adolphe and Toure Reed. Also radical philosophers and journalistic commentators such as Glenn Greenwald, Slavoj Zizek, Chomsky, and Matt Taibi belong to this broad camp, which was initiated with the Vampire Castle essay of Marc Fisher, listed below. (see also the Dyab Abou Jahah quote). There is also strong critique emanating from the radical feminist camp. - on the center left (in the U.S. often called the 'liberal left'), there are several groups active: 1) the group of Grievance scholars, i.e. Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian which focuses on the genealogy of the current identitiarian ideology (New Discourses; Aero magazine); 2) the group around Brett Weinstein, Heather Heying, and Eric Weinstein (Dark Horse Podcast, the Portal); 3) the group around Rebel Wisdom documentary network and journalist David Fuller. - Center-left African-American critique: James McWhorter, Coleman Hugues Key Articles[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Category:Identity_Politics&a…> ]Introductions[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Category:Identity_Politics&a…> ] As recommended by the site, Social Justice Evolution <http://socialjusticeevolution.org/> - "It will be helpful for visitors to this site to begin with the distinction between the Civil Rights movements of the 1950’s and 60’s, -which were inspired by the principles of universal liberalism- and contemporary Critical Social Justice (CSJ) movements, which draw upon a different set of principles including social constructivism and group identity. For a concise examination of these differences, we recommend the essay, “Identity Politics Does Not Continue the Work of the Civil Rights Movements <https://areomagazine.com/2018/09/25/identity-politics-does-not-continue-the…> ”. - "It will also be helpful to understand the distinction between the general principles of social justice -which most people rightly support- and the specific ideology that many are now calling Critical Social Justice. For a brief primer on this distinction, we recommend this short essay by Rohan Loveland called Universal Social Justice <https://newdiscourses.com/2020/04/universal-social-justice-alternative-crit…>: A Necessary Alternative to Critical Social Justice. More detailed considerations[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Category:Identity_Politics&a…> ] - How race and class are related <https://medium.com/@stangoff/getting-back-on-track-race-and-class-3b24e1287…>. By Stan Goff. *(recommended)* - A very good introduction of the issues raised, by Micha Narberhaus: Critiquing the Dogmatic Versions of Group Identity Theory <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Critiquing_the_Dogmatic_Versions_of_Group_Id…> - A must-read and one of the first progressive call to arms: Mark Fisher's Vampires’ Castle <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Vampires%E2%80%99_Castle> - Social Justice Ideology Does Not Foster Egalitarianism <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Social_Justice_Ideology_Does_Not_Foster_Egal…>. By Michael Rectenwald [14] <https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/essays/2019/4/10/libertarianisms-versus-p…> - Reflections on Intersectionality <https://quillette.com/2020/01/14/reflections-on-intersectionality/?> - An Open Letter of the Non-Identitarian Left to the Misunderstanding Right <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Open_Letter_of_the_Non-Identitarian_Left_to_…> - The Myth of Class Reductionism <https://newrepublic.com/article/154996/myth-class-reductionism>. By Adolph Reed: "Centrist Democrats and left-identitarians are bound in shared embrace of a particularist, elite-driven politics .. This .. political vision, - at the expense of long-term, movement-driven, majoritarian strategies at all levels of government — threatens to preempt hopes of restoring the public-good model of governance that was at the heart of postwar prosperity and foundational to the civil rights movement." ; see also: The Argument against Race Reductionism <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341401991_Socialism_and_the_Argume…> ; By Adolph Reed; New Labor Forum 29(2):36-43 ; May 2020 Key Books[edit <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Category:Identity_Politics&a…> ] - Springtime for Snowflakes: "Social Justice" and Its Postmodern Parentage. By Michael Rectenwald.,New English Review Press, 2018 [15] <https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/>; see our entry: The Social Justice Movement and Its Postmodern Parentage <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Social_Justice_Movement_and_Its_Postmodern_P…> - Toward Freedom. The Case Against Race Reductionism <https://www.versobooks.com/books/3166-toward-freedom>. by Touré F. Reed. Verso, : " the road to a more just society for African Americans and everyone else, the fate of poor and working-class African Americans is inextricably linked to that of other poor and working-class Americans." -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS · Winter School · Artworks · Online Access
by Michel Bauwens 19 Nov '20

19 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Krystian Woznicki <kw(a)berlinergazette.de> Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 4:32 PM Subject: [bgcon] SILENT WORKS · Winter School · Artworks · Online Access To: <digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de> Hi, the Berliner Gazette Winter School SILENT WORKS is making a significant portion of its on-site exhibition available online, including video and audio works. More to come. The idea is to create a sustainable public archive of resources dealing with hidden labor in AI-capitalism. Emerging at a critical juncture as world society is experiencing one of its most severe crisis in recent years, the artworks not only reflect this moment, but also provide timely impulses for emerging struggles. Remaining accessible for years to come, future viewers and listeners will be able to look back when likely still struggling to come to terms with what happened in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic caught us on the wrong foot. STORIES OF LABOR USUALLY INVISIBILIZED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF 'ESSENTIAL SERVICES' *Diego de la Vega Coffee Co-op* (Mexico/US) "We are addressing the conflicting perspectives of workers, activists, and communities regarding the case of the opening of Awesome in NYC. Based on our group’s organizing of sustainable alternatives to contemporary capitalism, we’ll connect our experiences with systematically invisibilized labor struggles inside the Awesome empire." https://vimeo.com/476295368 *eeefff* (Belarus/Russia) "We hired random people from a post-Soviet headhunter platform whose labor is usually rendered invisible; they work for the machinery of micro-tasking, crowdsourcing, stress, A/B testing, and do all the work that is hidden at the end. And we have created a fictional space for them to talk and live through this alienated work." https://vimeo.com/474958896 *Melanie Gilligan* (Canada) "Gilligan’s work subverts and recodes the status quo that defines care workers as part of the system’s infrastructure, and that – so long as this infrastructure functions in a frictionless fashion – literally invisibilizes these very workers. In contrast to that, the artist presents care workers as an integral but neglected part of (social) infrastructure, prompting viewers to think about how societies could ensure that they remain visible, recognized, and valued for the indispensable work they do." https://vimeo.com/479369903 *Into the Black Box* (Italy) "Following their objective of reconstructing the transformations that Amazon is spearheading in the world of work, Into the Black Box’s visual cartography not only enables an elaborate critique of the Amazon model and its restructuring of labor, but also offers a glimpse into the potential for labor struggles yet to come." https://berlinergazette.de/wp-content/uploads/Into-the-Amazon-Box.pdf *Petero Kalulé* (Uganda/UK) and *AM Kanngieser* (Australia) "With regard to concrete AI labor practices, Petero Kalulé (Uganda/UK) and AM Kanngieser (Australia) tackle the teaching, training, and supervising of AI and how they are circumscribed under an AI design and ethics program. They look at examples of training, teaching, regulation, and supervision, e.g., online platform content moderators and how their knowledge as subjects of labor is programmed, classed, and unhumaned on an ongoing basis as a part of a global capitalist imaginary." https://soundcloud.com/berliner-gazette/ai-kanngieser-kalule *Peng* (Germany) "If Lieferando is somewhat representative of today’s AI-capitalism, then Peng's action prompts us to think how we can act within, against, and beyond this dehumanizing system of exploitation, extraction, and control." https://vimeo.com/478833658 INTERVENTIONS INTO THE UNCONCIOUS AND UNWAGED 'LABOR OF LOOKING' *Shinseungback Kimyonghun* (South Korea) "Equipped with a facial recognition system enabling it to detect if a face presents itself, the mirror questions our relationship to our face as capital, and our looking as labor that AI technologies render into value – or don’t." https://vimeo.com/479338048 *Benjamin Heisenberg* (Swiss) "In addressing the labor of looking in AI-capitalism, Heisenberg’s work challenges the widespread assumption that man is no longer key to the inner workings of the capitalist world, which is ostensibly run by the high-tech version of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand.” Instead, his work challenges the visitor to think how we as laborers can reposition ourselves in the face of an invisible hand that needs us to develop its power." https://vimeo.com/479456176 MAKING AUDIBLE OTHERWISE SILENCED STRUGGLES AROUND 'RESEARCH LABOR' *NoCyberValley* (Germany) "NoCyberValley is a loose alliance of activists who has initiated various forms of protest against the emergence of the Cyber Valley – 'Europe’s largest research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence with partners from science and industry.' The visual impressions from the protest against Cyber Valley in the diary "unmuted" – exhibited at SILENT WORKS – are supplemented by an audio-loop sampling recordings from various moments of the protest. Sometimes pensive, sometimes angry and loud, it is a document of common people arguing about the future (of technology and the city)." https://soundcloud.com/berliner-gazette/nocybervalley-silent-works FURTHER READING... Read more about these contributions to SILENT WORKS in this booklet: https://berlinergazette.de/wp-content/uploads/SILENT-WORKS_Reader.pdf And read an interview that has been published today on Mediapart.fr with political geographer *Evelina Gambino* about labor struggles in logistical landscapes, also discussing two artistic contributions to SILENT WORKS by *Tekla Aslanishvili* and *Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze* (both Georgia): https://blogs.mediapart.fr/krystian-woznicki/blog/191120/de-assembling-dete… Please spread the word! Best wishes, Krystian (for the BG team) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG – Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | https://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- SILENT WORKS – The Hidden Human Labor in AI-Driven Capitalism BG Project 2020: Exhibition, Conference + Text Series https://silent-works.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- MORE WORLD – How Can We Cooperate Across Borders to Tackle Climate Change? Results from BG’s 20th Anniversary Event: Videos, Audios, Projects + Texts https://more-world.berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de mailing list %(list_address)s https://ml-cgn05.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/digi-yards_berlinergazette.… -- 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: What is the "Successor Ideology"?
by Michel Bauwens 18 Nov '20

18 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Persuasion <persuasion1(a)substack.com> Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 9:07 PM Subject: What is the "Successor Ideology"? To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Listen now | Yascha Mounk talks to Wesley Yang about the meaning and the prospects of the "successor ideology." ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFkU-PmzAQxT9NuAXZxhBy4MBuGjVRwqqq1GxOyN…> What is the "Successor Ideology"? <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFkU-PmzAQxT9NuAXZxhBy4MBuGjVRwqqq1GxOyN…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFkEmOwyAQRU9jdrEAY7AXLLLpa1gMlRjFBsLQkW…> Yascha Mounk <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFkEmOwyAQRU9jdrEAY7AXLLLpa1gMlRjFBsLQkW…> Nov 14 <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUslyozAQ_RpzCyUJEPjAIRniFE7A5UlihxMlRN…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUsuumzAQ_ZqwC7KNgbBgQZtGTZRwVVVqblbImE…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFktuO2jAQhp8muQPZzoHkIhe0FBUEWVWVynIVOf…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUtmumzAQ_Rp4C7LNEnjggTaNmijhqqrU3DwhY0…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUtmumzAQ_Rp4C7LNEnjggTaNmijhqqrU3DwhY0…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUtmumzAQ_Rp4C7LNEnjggTaNmijhqqrU3DwhY0…> 0:00 -57:19 Listen in podcast app <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJx1kEluxCAQRU9jdrHAZuoFi0hRrmExVHej2OBmiO…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUcuunDAM_ZrJDpQnkEUWV1fqb6A8DJNeIEwSbj…> Wesley Yang is one of the America’s leading essayists. From “Paper Tigers,” his examination of why Asian-Americans remain underrepresented in leaderships positions, to “The Face of Seung-Hui Cho,” his meditation on the shooter who killed 33 people at Virginia Tech, he has traced America’s shifting understanding of race. But over the past years, the focus of Yang’s work has subtly shifted. He is now trying to chronicle and explain what he calls the “successor ideology,” the constellation of ideas that seek to usurp liberalism, and which others have called by such names as “wokeness” or “social justice.” In the latest episode of *The Good Fight*, Yascha Mounk and Wesley Yang discuss the precise definition of the successor ideology; the need for genuine empathy when exchanging ideas; and what forms of cultural sensitivity are truly inclusive as opposed to alienating Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: goodfightpod(a)gmail.com Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk Website: http://www.persuasion.community <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFkMtuhSAQhp9GlmZABF2w6KavYRBGJVX0cKnx7Y…> Podcast production by John T. Williams and Rebecca Rashid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw1UEluwzAMfE10NChFlpyDDr30G4YW2hZqWY6WAv…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUslyozAQ_RpzCyUJEPjAIRniFE7A5UlihxMlRN…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUsuumzAQ_ZqwC7KNgbBgQZtGTZRwVVVqblbImE…> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFktuO2jAQhp8muQPZzoHkIhe0FBUEWVWVynIVOf…> You’re on the free list for Persuasion <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUM1yhiAMfBo5OkRR8MChl76GgxCVqYIfP3V8-6…>. For the full experience, become a paying subscriber. <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUsuSmzAQ_Bq4hdKD54GDy2QTb9ZsXOVQJhdKSG…> Subscribe <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUsuSmzAQ_Bq4hdKD54GDy2QTb9ZsXOVQJhdKSG…> © 2020 Yascha Mounk Unsubscribe <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxFUcty4yAQ_BrpqAKEEDlwcMXr9SNWKqnd2NqLCg…> 1737 Massachusetts Avenue NW, B612, Washington DC 20036 [image: Publish on Substack] <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxNkE1uwyAQRk9jlhZ_NvaCRaUq17AIjBNUAw4MlX…> -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Fwd: NEWS (Announcements)
by Michel Bauwens 14 Nov '20

14 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Great Transition Network <gtnetwork(a)greattransition.org> Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 5:26 AM Subject: NEWS (Announcements) To: Great Transition Network <gtnmembers(a)greattransition.org> >From Paul Raskin [praskin(a)tellus.org] ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear GTN Colleagues, I hope you are all keeping well in these strange and troubling days. Who would have thought that a tilt toward Conventional Worlds politics in the US would become a cause of celebration, or at least relief? But we’ll take it: the best path to a GT passes through Policy Reform. Thanks to the 60+ of you who contributed to the September GTN discussion* Universal Basic Income: Has the Time Come?* It was an astonishingly animated, informative, and incisive exchange that left me, for one, with a lot to mull over. We have now gathered a representative subset of the comments into a GTI Forum geared to a general readership that is now live on our homepage <http://www.greattransition.org/> . Please share it, republish it, blog it. Our December GTN discussion will examine the relationship of two big ideas: the Anthropocene and the Great Transition. I will kick things off on soon with a brief—and perhaps provocative—essay, entitled “Interrogating the Anthropocene: Truth and Fallacy.” Please post news on the GTN Bulletin Board <https://greattransition.org/bulletin-board/> (submit info to jcohn(a)tellus.org) The latest announcements include: • A job opening in sustainability policy and planning at Tufts • Recent articles, documentaries, and webinars • New books by Julie Schor, Jennie Stephens, Maurie Cohen, Stephen Purdey, and Joe Ravetz • Publication of *The New Systems Reader: Alternatives to a Failed Economy*, edited by Gus Speth, with contributions from a number of GTNers (including yours truly). Onward, Paul ---------------------------------------------------------- Hit reply to post a comment on the GT Network Read all comments (or reply) here <https://greattransition.org/announcements/news#3322> Note: Expect a delay between posting and receiving your comment Need help? Email jcohn(a)tellus.org -- P2P Foundation: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net> - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: ; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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RESET Journal, Call for Contributions : Digital technologies and learning
by Francesca Musiani 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a call for papers on the theme "Digital technologies and learning" for the open access academic journal RESET. The issue is edited by Cédric Fluckiger and Vinciane Zabban. You will find here https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2418 and attached the complete English version of the call, and the French version here : https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2416 The abstracts (500 words maximum) are due by January 11, 2021. They should be sent to the following addresses: Revue RESET reset(a)openedition.org. Cédric Fluckiger: cedric.fluckiger(a)univ-lille.fr Vinciane Zabban vinciane.zabban(a)gmail.com The abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the issue editors and the members of the editorial board. Authors of submissions selected at this stage will be asked to submit their full papers by May 17th. We remain available if you have any questions, Best regards, The RESET editorial board --- Chères et chers collègues, Nous avons le plaisir de vous faire suivre cet appel à articles sur le thème "Technologies numériques et apprentissages", de la revue RESET, dossier coordonné par Cédric Fluckiger et Vinciane Zabban. Vous trouverez ici https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2416 et en pj la version française complète de l'appel, et la version en anglais ici : https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2418 Les propositions de contributions, sous la forme de résumés (3000 signes) sont attendues pour le 11 janvier, et les articles complets en première version pour le 17 mai. Nous restons disponibles si vous avez des questions, Les coordinateurs du dossier : Cédric Fluckiger : cedric.fluckiger(a)univ-lille.fr Vinciane Zabban vinciane.zabban(a)gmail.com Bien cordialement, Le comité de rédaction de RESET -- Francesca Musiani, Ph.D. Chargée de recherche | Associate Research Professor, CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr> Directrice adjointe | Deputy Director, Centre for Internet and Society <https://cis.cnrs.fr> (UPR 2000 & GDR 2091 CNRS) Chercheuse associée | Associate Researcher, i3-CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech Global Fellow, Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org>, American University I'm involved in: CPT-IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/cpt> | Internet Policy Review <https://policyreview.info> | RESET <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/> | ISOC France <https://www.isoc.fr> | ResisTIC <https://www.resistic.org> On the Web <https://cis.cnrs.fr/francesca-musiani/> | On Twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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Fwd: All Struggles Are Connected
by Michel Bauwens 11 Nov '20

11 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Schumacher Center for a New Economics < schumacher(a)centerforneweconomics.org> Date: Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:37 AM Subject: All Struggles Are Connected To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> view this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/centerforneweconomics.org/schumacher-lectures-video-avai…> <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> *A 1524 European woodcut map of Tenochtitlán, island capital of the Aztec Empire, situated on Lake Texcoco in the upland Valley of Mexico. Highly stylized, it is thought to be based on an earlier indigenous map of the city.* Photo courtesy of <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> vision.org. <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Dear Michel Bauwens, In February of this year, the Schumacher Center hosted a two-day meeting of representatives of foundations and organizations concerned about the climate crisis. The gathering sought to probe the roots of the crisis and in doing so, better access where to put our collective energies and resources to create change. The title of the gathering was, “The Esoteric Dimensions of Climate Change.” We relied on transformational thinkers Arthur Zajonc <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> and Otto Scharmer <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> to guide the discussion. Among those attending was Mehul Sangham of Culture Hack Labs <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>. He described a process in which Culture Hack intervened in a conflict between those who wished to expand the Mexico City airport and advocates for protecting the remaining wetland of Lake Texcoco, the ancient lake drained over the course of centuries to make room for development of the ever-sprawling city. It was a classic conflict between environmentalists and populist developers seeking much-needed jobs for a growing population. Both sides were right in their own ways. Culture Hack’s approach was to listen deeply to the language of each side and to abstract the emergent narrative. Then, with the data in hand, they sought to uncover a transformative narrative that could move the discussion beyond the intractable conflict. In the end they introduced the phrase, *Yo prefiero el lago,* (I prefer the lake). People on both sides of the issue recalled family outings by the lake– fond memories connected to people they loved, their youth, and their community. It did not involve rhetoric about the destruction of nature. It was not a catalogue of the number of jobs gained or increases in municipal revenue. It was a new narrative that reframed the debate. When the airport expansion referendum came forward for a vote, the lake won. During the gathering at the Schumacher Center’s Library, Mehul and Martin Kirk proposed applying Cultural Hack’s methods to a transformative narrative for the climate crisis. Their inquiry soon expanded to include analysis of the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic. They asked: what is it at this point in Earth’s history and human history that brings together these multiple crises – social, environmental, economic, and health? What is the new emerging narrative that can help us transform these crises and collectively transition to a healing path forward? We are pleased to report that Culture Hack Labs will host a series of free webinars to share its findings with the hope of building a critical community of practitioners engaged in dialogue through these times. Webinar One:* The Structural Causes of the Transition* Date:* Tuesday, 24 November 9 - 10:30 am PST / 12 - 1:30 pm EST* In this introductory webinar, our team outlines the Humanist foundations that have engendered the current moment of crisis. Specifically, we show how the story of progress has become the principle orienting narrative over the last 200 years, resulting in the rampant destruction of human and non-human life. Finally, we explore the ‘Posthuman’ as a useful framework for our own evolution. Register in advance for this webinar: Register: The Structural Causes of the Transition <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Webinar Two: *Two Narratives of Transition: An analysis of COVID-19 & BLM* Date: *Tuesday, 1 December **9 - 10:30 am PST / 12 - 1:30 pm EST* Culture Hack collected 30 million tweets, over 150 thousand articles, and a survey of 1,600 people as a means to understand the emergent narratives of COVID-19 and BLM during the first quarter of 2020. We found two dominant narrative forms, that of individual freedom and that of collective solidarity. In this webinar we describe our methodological process and analysis of these two narrative forms. Register in advance for this webinar: Register: Two Narratives of Transition: An analysis of COVID & BLM <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Webinar Three: *What are Narratives? A deep dive into Narrative Forms and their Dynamics* Date:* Tuesday, 8 December **9 - 10:30 am PST / 12 - 1:30 pm EST* In the third webinar in our series, we present Culture Hack Labs’ (CHL) understanding of narrative forms and their dynamics. This framework and methodology is the result of eight years of research and development, a legacy we inherited from The Rules team. We will discuss three narrative moments, including “Fees Must Fall,” “Yo Prefiero El Lago,” and the BLM movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Register in advance for this webinar: Register: What are Narratives? 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