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Fwd: My Latest: "BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE" - united front against fascism
by Michel Bauwens 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: William Robinson <w.i.robinson1(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 2:55 AM Subject: My Latest: "BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE" - united front against fascism To: william robinson <w.i.robinson1(a)gmail.com> (Please excuse the double posting for those who read my Facebook blog: I normally do not send to this list serve commentaries that I post on that blog but I make an exception in this case) Dear friends, Some of you are new to this listserve. I send occasional articles and commentaries (about 10 per year) mostly my own writing, most of them in English and some in Spanish. *We are all inundated with emails and I will absolutely not be offended if you ask me to take you off this list.* Algunos de ustedes son nuevos a esta lista. Envío unos 10 artículos y comentarios al año, la mayoría en inglés y algunos en español. Sé que somos inundados por correos y en absoluto no estaré ofendido si prefiere le quité de la lista. * My Facebook blog page is https://www.facebook.com/WilliamIRobinsonSociologist/ <https://www.facebook.com/WilliamIRobinsonSociologist/>. * ----------------- BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE: William I. Robinson Racist police, as foul and criminal as they are, are but an extension of the capitalist state. They exist to defend property from the propertyless, to enforce the power of capital and the rich over the poor and dispossessed majority who in the United States come disproportionately from racially oppressed communities. Behind the eruption of righteous rage over the murder of George Floyd is mass unemployment, escalating inequality, the marginality of tens of millions of people thrown into the ranks of surplus labor, intensified levels of exploitation, spreading hunger, immiseration, insecurity, and death, all spewed up by a global capitalism that accepts no restraint on its predation. I have been warning since the mid-2000s about the dangers of a 21st century fascism and global police state in response to the crisis of capitalism and rebellion from below. Global capitalism is arguable now in the worst crisis in its history. Fascist forces that bring together predatory transnational capital with reactionary and repressive power in the state (including the state’s armed bodies) and a fascist mobilization in civil society are on the rise worldwide. Trump, himself a transnational capitalist, a racist, and a fascist, is taking advantage of the protests over the murder of George Floyd to bring this project to a new level, inciting from the White House itself the fascist mobilization in civil society and threatening a qualitative escalation of the police state. There are agent provocateurs. The state may use them, now or at some future point, to declare martial law and intensify repression, both legal and martial. As is now well known, the new brownshirts – a reference to the Nazi Party’s original paramilitary wing during the years leading up to the fascist takeover – in the white nationalist militia, the Nazi and Klan groups, anti-immigrant organization, the “Boogaloos,” the Patriot and anti-lockdown movements, among an expanding litany of far-right and Alt-Right groups, are heavily armed and mobilizing for confrontation in near-perfect consort with the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party, which long since has captured that party and turned it into one of utter reaction. The social order is coming apart at the seams but a fascist takeover is far from inevitable. We urgently need a united front against fascism that places ant-racism and anti-capitalism at its center and that seeks to mount a revolutionary challenge to capitalist state power. The current uprising, to the extent that it helps to radicalize the new generation of young people leading the protests, may contribute to a critical accumulation of forces from below that could push us further in the direction. Here (attached) is my 2019 article on Trump and the threat of 21st century fascism: William I. Robinson Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies Affiliated Faculty, Latin American and Iberian Studies Affiliated Faculty, Chicana and Chicano Studies University of California-Santa Barbara web page: www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/robinson photo web page: www.flickr.com/photos/wirobinson Facebook blog page: https://www.facebook.com/williamirobinsonsociologist Amazon author's page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001HD35GA -- 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: Try these prescriptions for economic renewal
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: The Next System Project <nextsystem(a)democracycollaborative.org> Date: Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:02 PM Subject: Try these prescriptions for economic renewal To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> A symposium of bold ideas for the pos-COVID-19 economy. Johanna Bozuwa on making public utilities public. An interactive nationalization timeline. The latest from The Next System Project *Transformative cures for a sick economy* <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> This week The Next System Project launches “Beyond COVID-19: Prescriptions for Economic Renewal,” <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> an ongoing symposium of bold ideas for building a new economy from the wreckage of the old. As states resume economic activity after two months under lockdown, the pressure is on to restore the old economy, and with it all of the old inequities and perils to people and planet. Our “Prescriptions” series provokes an urgent debate on how to prevent further harms today and to build a more just and sustainable economy in the months ahead. 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Fwd: A global crisis demands a global response! Here a recap of our Viral Response Roundtable series
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

fyi ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carolina from Wikifactory <carol(a)wikifactory.com> Date: Sat., 30 May 2020, 00:57 Subject: A global crisis demands a global response! Here a recap of our Viral Response Roundtable series To: <jose(a)actionforesight.net> Hi Jose! A few weeks ago, we launched our Viral Response Roundtable series. Hosted by Wikifactory co-founder Christina Rebel, these sessions bring together experts and community members to share insights and learning from diverse perspectives. Here is a recap of what we have learned so far: Wikifactory set the stage by setting out *why we launched the **Viral Response platform*. <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=SvjDZA%2BcDpD…> Therefore, our first session was on focused on *Collaborative Innovation for Future Resilience.* Among many other things that were discussed, we learned that *simple designs can be the most effective ones*, *as they can be easily replicated*. Furthermore, *the importance of speed* when supporting those in need when the supply chains fail us, and related to that, the importance innovating globally but producing locally through a global community and digital fabrication technologies. The final questions and conclusion focused on possibilities of what the future holds for this industry - that is, how it will have to move and work together with the collaboration of experts from other industries. In the second session, we deepened the discussion with one of the most recurring themes in the open hardware community: *funding*. This time, and considering how fast we need to act when fighting COVID-19, *we invited founders of non-profit open initiatives and experts involved in EU funded projects*. We learned from Jon Schull, founder of *E-Nable* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=7dWUMIoT%2F94…>, that they work with a *global online community that produces freely donated devices* allowing them to work with no funding, reaching a much larger audience. Other solutions focused on investment funding and collaborating with other institutions, although *proof and results are a must* in that case, and how it is necessary to *learn how to communicate about projects in order to attract experts* from other fields. Moving on to our third session, there were shared perspectives on *community building for open hardware projects*. The main insights included the importance of self-organisation within the maker communities, and once this structure is defined, there is a need to determine the role of each player within the project, and to attract *experts from the manufacturing, legal and medical fields*. Furthermore, often many groups *don't communicate with each other* and end up designing things that have already been created. Therefore, Slack was mentioned as a great tool to connect initiatives and communicate within smaller groups. Requirements need to be defined from the start, avoiding inefficiencies. Helpful Engineering even established a *selection process based on the team's experience, impact and scalability*. Once a project is accepted, it enters an incubation process where it receives supports from experts to define the requirements, evaluate funding opportunities and recruit new team members. However, *how do you sustain this once the hype dies down and "normality" returns?* More critically, how do you build on what was been learned, so the world is better prepared in the future? Oscar Velazquez talked about building long-term solutions, and how *Impact MX* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=HS1FIZmMkWGNq…> is funding projects focused on preparing for the New Normal. Tom Salfield, CEO of Wikifactory, emphasized that we need *new business models that can be easily adopted in this context* and to make visible the success stories that show what's possible. We would also like to thank *Brynmor John* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=bxd2WCu272CIo…>, *Dr David Alkaher* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=YcTRMxg%2FVyc…>, *Brian Berletic* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=5KxaN2kG9TR9z…>, *Denis Fuzi* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=kzk2%2B3BzanB…>, *Tauan Bernardo* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=xqhBp5Lt2f7Rg…>, *Guillermo Martínez* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=7r9NkzD1F5P9J…>, *Diego Trapero* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=PtssZ9AkXckm0…>, *Jon Schull* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=%2BnwfskKFcr8…>, *Kate Armstrong* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=35axdHgs01s5G…>, *Robert Mies* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=scfg8Q9Ddv3aA…> , *Roisin Lyons* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=oUqbl8j%2BqM0…>, *Nathan Parker* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=U2aRziYxwYhX0…>, *Oscar Velazquez* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=vLSD9bTJjWTpn…>, *Barbara Kieslinger* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=XoBt0XG0EhmWq…>, *Barry Watkins* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=dZU4eH%2F2CJz…> and our co-founders *Christina Rebel* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=ekLdbGdSJ853U…> and *Tom Salfield* <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=XHcH95K19tmqE…> for taking part in these inspiring sessions. If you want to learn more about these roundtables, check out the stories Viral Response Roundtables 1 & 2 <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=C3sRXNYtMdp4H…> and Viral Response Roundtable 3 <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=R1ON3bXUQqTCo…>, by @flowalistik <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=h0xHlY4KqzSdC…>. Our sessions are live streamed every Thursday, so keep an eye out if you want to join the next one! You should also check Wikifactory’s social, you can find us on Facebook <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=iF73GruDH37xZ…>, Twitter <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=%2BJ4fZLwkswz…>, Instagram <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=CBht2XGoa%2FE…>, Linkedin <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=9o%2BwG9144xs…>, and Weibo. <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=nJVPdFNmt1kAa…> *#StayAtHome #QuedateEnCasa #FicaEmCasa* *Carolina Portugal* Head of Community * wikifactory.com <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=BvtWRyfM3vL%2…> Twitter: @wikifactory <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=%2BJ4fZLwkswz…> Instagram: @wikifactoryhq <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=CBht2XGoa%2FE…> * Wikifactory Ltd, 60 Devon Mansions, Tooley Street, London SE1 2LD Unsubscribe from our emails <https://wikifactory-24be178391b8.intercom-mail.com/subscriptions/unsubscrib…> [image: intercom] -- 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: Right-wing Infiltrators Burn Minneapolis Hoping to De-legitimate African Americans' Struggle for Justice
by Michel Bauwens 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tikkun & the Network of Spiritual Progressives <rabbilerner(a)tikkun.org > Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 2:35 AM Subject: Right-wing Infiltrators Burn Minneapolis Hoping to De-legitimate African Americans' Struggle for Justice To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Right-Wing Infiltrators Burn Minneapolis Hoping to De-legitimate African Americans' Struggle for Justice by Rabbi Michael Lerner & Cat Zavis [image: Justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor] {You can read this article online here <https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta94d3757-956d-436e-9b32-f70e0d36c4fb/c02a818…> .} We at *Tikkun *and the Network of Spiritual Progressives stand in solidarity with the protestors in Minneapolis and around the country fighting a just and righteous struggle for the lives of Black Americans. The killing of African Americans by police and others and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on African Americans and all communities of color are part of the ongoing legacy of slavery and systemic racism that leads to state violence against black and brown people. Our tradition teaches us that “one shall not stand idly by the blood of our fellow humans.” Many police departments in this country have a strong coterie of racist police. We are happy to see the police officers in a variety cities across the country standing in solidarity with Black protestors. <https://default.salsalabs.org/T1800be29-574d-4ad0-b789-37dd6e03d154/c02a818…> Unfortunately, they are a minority. At a minimum, racist police officers must be purged from the police departments and those in police departments who are aware of and tolerate racism in their department and do not expose and combat it must also be fired. In addition, every single police department throughout the country should be supervised by a community-based overseer board with a majority of African American activists. *We need your support to bring the kind of analyses and information *Tikkun* provides. * *Click here <https://default.salsalabs.org/T146626fa-37e4-4db4-8973-ee96370c331f/c02a818…> to make a tax-deductible contribution.* The media has largely obscured the fact that much of the violent protests are instigated by white neo-Nazis and nationalist extremists so as to discredit the legitimate outrage of American Americans and their allies. They instead portray the protests as African Americans destroying their own communities and communities nearby. We stand in solidarity with the protestors. Please read the statement below by Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison, a long-time friend and supporter of *Tikkun*. He makes it clear that the destruction and violence in Minneapolis is being coordinated and led by outside agitators. - The full clip of the AG's remarks is on Twitter here (3:54): https://twitter.com/AGEllison/status/1266782943483215875 <https://default.salsalabs.org/T1ae2bdbf-f246-4745-9802-89a31659910f/c02a818…> *Statement from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison*: I’m going to be real clear: we need your help to comply with the curfew. Straight up. Anybody’s unclear about what we’re asking for, that is what we’re asking for. Ok, why? Because the people who are trying to tarnish the reputation of the noble protests for justice are out there trying to mix in with the crowd so that people will just say, “Oh, look at all those folks out there are just bad, their cause can’t be just, they’re just out there causing trouble.” We know that’s not what’s happening. We know that the noble, just aims of the protestors are righteous and good. But we also know that some evil elements are literally interfusing themselves with the protestors to destroy and cause arson so that the whole community will have a low opinion of the protests. Because they’re not for justice for Mr. Floyd, they’re against it. And they know that if we protest righteously and peacefully and justly, public sentiment will rise up to support our demands. So they want to stop that. So we need people to help us get off the streets. You can go on social media, you can protest there, you can do all these things. But to be on the street after 8:00 means that we can’t get you separated from the bad people. So we know you’re brave, we know you’re strong, we know you’d never compromise on justice, we know you’re righteous, and we believe in what you’re doing — but we need to be able to stop the burning and the looting and the destruction. We have some great leaders around this room. I know them all, love them all. And I want to speak to the protestors: I love you. Many of them wanted to be here today: when we called them, they said, “Hey, we’re with the Governor, we believe in what you’re doing, but we’re on the streets trying to restore order and raise the issue of George Floyd. So we can’t come in because we’re on the street, but we want you to know we’re with you.” That is a fact. One officer has been arrested: charged with murder. It’s a preliminary complaint, it’s still going on. As a lawyer, I can tell you: complaints are amended, charges could be increased, there could be something added, there might other people who will be charged as well, we’re at the beginning of this. As a signal to you that we know there is probable cause to support this complaint and the wheels of justice are moving, and now they’re moving swiftly. But we need you to help us, make sure that justice is done. And we know that yes, we will invest to rebuild to our communities. *What in the world does burning down Migizi and Juxtaposition Arts on the Northside have to do with justice for Floyd? Nothing!* *I want to be clear: let the National Guard have the street after 8:00 so that we can make sure that we restore order and build justice.* *__* *Rabbi Michael Lerner *is editor of *Tikkun* magazine and author of 12 books, recently *Revolutionary Love*. You can read more about the book and order it here <https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta7bda9cb-4a82-44cb-935d-fa252979e853/c02a818…> . *Cat Zavis *is executive director of the Network of Spiritual Progressives and a rabbinic student in the Aleph: Jewish Renewal ordination program. You can learn about her trainings in spiritual activism here <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tacfa6aca-6fc3-4385-8f2b-f40eefd0ee29/c02a818…> . *Click below to share this article on the platform of your choice!* * <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tf52f3e27-5c89-41a3-8a00-7d91cc5c0108/c02a818…> <https://default.salsalabs.org/Tc58535e5-9d3a-4d84-abda-4601bef8f75d/c02a818…>* *We need your support to bring the kind of analyses and information *Tikkun *provides. 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Fwd: We should own the internet
by Michel Bauwens 22 May '20

22 May '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: The Democracy Collaborative <nextsystem(a)democracycollaborative.org> Date: Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:00 AM Subject: We should own the internet To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Making digital infrastructure democratic; a plan for saving small businesses; community wealth building post-COVID-19 The latest from The Next System Project *How we make our digital infrastructure democratic* <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> “The global spread of COVID-19 has shone a bright spotlight on both the vital need for reliable high-speed internet and the inadequacies of the for-profit, corporate model in delivering it,” begins a new joint report by The Democracy Collaborative and the British think tank Common Wealth. The report details a set of policies that can be enacted in both the United States and the United Kingdom based on “new approaches to ownership and control” of the digital infrastructure that underpins the 21st-century economy. These include treating the wireless spectrum, cloud infrastructure, and the rollout and maintenance of fiber optic connections and 5G wireless as vital 21st-century public goods, underpinned by democratic ownership and governance. Read the report... <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> *“We Should Own the Internet”: *In *In These Times <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…>,* research director Thomas M. Hanna and Isaiah J. Poole write that it is time to stop treating high-speed internet as a privately sold luxury commodity and instead consider it public infrastructure—and that means taking it out of the hands of corporations and putting it under democratic and public control. Read the article... <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> *A strategy for saving small businesses* <https://community-wealth.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e51d2c7d40bc9992…> Instead of relying on the widely criticized and problematic “paycheck protection program” designed to prop up small businesses and their workers, The Democracy Collaborative's vice president Marjorie Kelly and research director Thomas M. Hanna call in *Next City* for the creation of “local economy preservation funds.” These holding companies would acquire an ownership interest in distressed businesses and hold it until the business can be returned to health under some form of local, worker or community ownership. This would be a way to save local businesses at scale, while also creating a more equitable and democratic economy out of the ashes of the old. 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Video and book launch: Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory, by Christian Fuchs
by Christian Fuchs 21 May '20

21 May '20

Christian Fuchs. 2020. Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory. London: University of Westminster Press. 406 pages. https://doi.org/10.16997/book45 Available as paperback and as gratis open access e-book Book launch talk "Capitalism & Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet & Digital Capitalism": https://youtu.be/liiEEumaLfs Going beyond Jürgen Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Christian Fuchs outlines foundation of a critical, dialectical, humanist approach to theorising communication in society and in capitalism. -- "an impressive wide-ranging book”. Prof Michael Hardt, Duke University -- "a comprehensive approach to understanding and transcending the deepening crisis of communicative capitalism" Prof Graham Murdock, Loughborough University German translation: Christian Fuchs. 2020. Kommunikation und Kapitalismus. Eine kritische Theorie. München: UVK/utb. ISBN 978-3-8252-5239-7. 501 Seiten. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/kommunikation-und-kapitalismus/ Table of Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Foundations of Communicative Materialism 2. Materialism 3. Materialism and Society 4. Communication and Society Part II: Communication in Capitalist Society 5. Capitalism and Communication 6. Communication Technologies: Means of Communication as Means of Production 7. Communication Society 8. Political Communication in the Public Sphere 9. Ideology 10. Nationalism, Communication, Ideology 11. Global Communication and Imperialism Part III: The Materialist Transcendence of Communicative Capitalism 12. Communication Society as Society of the Commons 13. Death and Love: The Metaphysics of Communication 14. Communication and Struggles for Alternatives 15. Conclusion: Advancing a Dialectical, Humanist, Critical Theory of Communication and Society

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new essay: What is the future of the commons movement? What are some of the pathways for a commons transition.
by Michel Bauwens 19 May '20

19 May '20

via jose ramos =========================== What is the future of the commons movement? What are some of the pathways for a commons transition. How do we formulate an alternative political economy and livelihoods out of the ashes of neoliberalism and the covid-19 pandemic? And how do we understand all of this in the broader planetary context of the anthropocene? Our book chapter "Awakening to an Ecology of the Commons" (Michel Bauwens and Jose Ramos) attempts to provide answers to the following questions. As any nuanced thinker will tell you, there are no easy answers in this world. However given the massive upheavals we are experiencing, it is incumbent on us to push forward through sense-making and connecting with our values and our visions. in this book chapter we offer three scenarios for the futures of the commons movement and social change. We argue that we need to build a meta language for commoning - a "protocol commons". This will allow us to weave a broader movement across many different actors that are working for commons in their own way (even when they are not calling it commons or commoning). We call this an "ecology of the commons". The book chapter is part of an ambitious anthology by Anne Grear and David Bollier titled "The Great Awakening: New Modes of Life amidst Capitalist Ruins" (Punctum Books, Santa Barbara) It is an ambitious anthology that brings together contributions from Sam Adelman, David Bollier, Primavera De Filippi, Vito De Lucia, Richard Falk, Anna Grear, Paul B. Hartzog, Andreas Karitzis, Xavier Labayssiere, and Maywa Montenegro de Wit, as well as including our work. In their own words: "It is clear that the multiple, entangled crises produced by neoliberal capitalism cannot be resolved by existing political and legal institutions, which are imploding under the weight of their own contradictions. Present and future needs can be met by systems that go beyond the market and state. With experiments and struggle, a growing pluriverse of commoners from Europe and the US to the Global South and cyberspace are demonstrating some fundamentally new ways of thinking, being and acting.... We learn about seed-sharing in agriculture, blockchain technologies for networked collaboration, cosmolocal peer production of houses and vehicles, creative hacks on law, and new ways of thinking and enacting a rich, collaborative future. This surge of creativity is propelled by the social practices of commoning new modes of life for creating and sharing wealth in fair-minded, ecologically respectful ways." the anthology will be available in September 2020 through Punctum Books. a preprint of the book chapter can be seen here. https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-great-awakening-new-modes-of-life-amids… ********************** Dr. José M. Ramos pub: https://usc-au.academia.edu/joseramos linkedin: http://linkd.in/19h1V5h web: http://actionforesight.net tel: +(61)431-541-068 -- 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: Distributed design _ Opendot talk 21/05
by Michel Bauwens 19 May '20

19 May '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: marta <marta(a)opendotlab.it> Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:28 PM Subject: Distributed design _ Opendot talk 21/05 To: Kate Armstrong <kate(a)fablabbcn.org> Cc: distributed-de. < distributed-design-market-platform---ddmp(a)googlegroups.com>, Lucas Lemos < lucasb.lemos(a)gmail.com>, Helen Voce <helen.voce(a)googlemail.com>, Dymphie Braun <dymphie(a)dezwijger.nl>, <Kaye(a)pavedwithgold.co>, Alessandra Schmidt < alessandra(a)fablabbcn.org>, Marcel Rodríguez <marcel.rodriguez(a)fablabbcn.org> Dear all, how are you? Hope you are safe and healthy. It's Marta from OpenDot for a quick message to you. On Thursday 21 May at 17.00 we have our first online DD event (excited about it). It is the talk "A distributed answer to a global crisis: ideas, communities and rules". We will discuss about the maker response against covid-19 together with: / Dr. Reeser, contributor and fundraiser for the “Intubation box” / Elisabetta Biasin & Erik Kamenjasevic, legal researchers from CiTiP - Centre for IT & IP Law - Ku Leuven / Sabrina Merlo, local response lead from OSMS (Open Source Medical Supplies) Hereby the streaming channels: https://www.facebook.com/events/676378339592472/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwzhHVFulLdHyZ1vE1_uuJg https://www.linkedin.com/company/opendot/ Spread the voice and join in! We will be very glad to have you. Virtual hugs, marta (+ federica, martina, enrico, cristina and alessandra) marta savoldelli marta(a)opendotlab.it openDot via tertulliano 70 20137 milano -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Distributed Design Market Platform - DDMP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to distributed-design-market-platform---ddmp+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/distributed-design-market-platform---ddmp… . -- 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: Doubling down on this.
by Michel Bauwens 05 May '20

05 May '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kathryn Kohm, Anthropocene <contact(a)anthropocenemagazine.org> Date: Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:01 PM Subject: Doubling down on this. To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/anthropocenemagazine/a-new-era-starts-now-1325577?e=9780…> Dear reader, I’m Kathryn Kohm, editor of Anthropocene. I’m writing today to personally invite you to join our membership program. Every day, our team works to bring you the latest science, technology, and innovations that tackle the big environmental challenges of our time. We’re independent, solutions-focused, and nonprofit. And we need you. We don’t charge a subscription fee, don’t have a paywall, and keep your reading experience uncluttered by advertising. We believe there is another way to fund quality journalism. We are doubling down on the idea that if we ask our readers to contribute what you think we’re worth, we can build a sustainable model for evidence-based journalism that puts the best environmental science and innovations into the hands of those who can do the most with them. If you value our work, will you support us today? YES, I'LL BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! <https://anthropocenemagazine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fecc70e48b1b…> In addition to our undying gratitude, you’ll also receive exclusive member benefits <https://anthropocenemagazine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fecc70e48b1b…>, such as limited edition, beautifully-crafted print issues delivered to your doorstep and exclusive conversations with reporters and experts on topics ranging from geoengineering to circular economies, to urban design. That’s our way of saying “thank you” for making this work possible. Thank you, Kathryn Kohm Anthropocene Editor-in-Chief Contributions or gifts to Anthropocene Magazine are tax deductible. Contact us at contact(a)anthropocenemagazine.org, *Prefer to mail a check?* Our mailing address: Anthropocene Magazine c/o Natural Capitalism Solutions 11823 N. 75th St Longmont, CO 80503 Never want to hear from Anthropocene again? Unsubscribe completely <https://anthropocenemagazine.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=fecc70e48b1b…> -- 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: The Long History of Accidental Laboratory Releases of Potential Pandemic Pathogens Is Being Ignored In the COVID-19 Media Coverage
by Michel Bauwens 05 May '20

05 May '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jonathan Latham <jrlatham(a)bioscienceresource.org> Date: Tue, May 5, 2020 at 8:29 PM Subject: The Long History of Accidental Laboratory Releases of Potential Pandemic Pathogens Is Being Ignored In the COVID-19 Media Coverage To: BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1(a)gn.apc.org <BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1(a)gn.apc.org> Dear Friends and Colleagues Published today (Tues May 5th, 2020) on *Independent Science News*: *The Long History of Accidental Laboratory Releases of Potential Pandemic Pathogens Is Being Ignored In the COVID-19 Media Coverage* by Sam Husseini https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-long-history-of-accidenta… *Synopsis*: Most of the media is treating the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic might have been the result of a lab escape as a wild and reckless accusation. Yet there is a long and extensive history of Potential Pandemic Pathogens (PPPs) escaping from labs all over the world. H1NI flu, for example, is now considered to have been a lab escape as was the UK’s Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) virus outbreak of 2007. Most of these escape events and their consequences are virtually unknown outside of their specialist fields, however. This article provides an overview. The author is an independent journalist. Please share this article if you know someone who will find it useful. Best wishes Jonathan Jonathan Latham, PhD Executive Director The Bioscience Resource Project, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Websites: www.independentsciencenews.org www.poisonpapers.org www.bioscienceresource.org Tel: 1-607-319-0279 Twitter and Facebook: @Biosrp Please sign on to our mailing list: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/subscribe/ Notice: Please forgive any delays and slow news. I am writing a book about genetics and genetic determinism. It is provisionally titled: *The Myth of The Master Molecule: DNA and the Social Order* The contention of the book is that the key organising principle of Western thought is the seemingly innocuous and seemingly simple idea that our personal qualities are biologically inherited. That is, our character derives from our ancestors rather than being an always-adapting product of our own experiences, decisions, and education. The book makes the case, first, that genetic determinism is a scientific fallacy since organisms are self-organised systems and therefore not genetically determined. Second, the explanation for the myth, which originated in Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, is its utility. Genetic determinism allows the development of political systems based on genetic privilege. The result was the dismantling of ancient cultures based on inclusive and egalitarian social patterns and their transformation into rigid structures of authoritarian domination based on separation and division: into families, classes, races, nations, sexes (i.e. patriarchy), and species. The final proposition of the book is that propagating the myth was the chief aim of Zoroastrianism and all the Abrahamic religions. Since the 1850s, this role has been appropriated by science. By recognizing how the founding myth of Western civilization is being re-told in the language of science we can start to dismantle and replace it with a more humane and scientific understanding of the world. Jonathan Latham, PhD Executive Director The Bioscience Resource Project, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Websites: www.independentsciencenews.org www.poisonpapers.org www.bioscienceresource.org Tel: 1-607-319-0279 Twitter and Facebook: @Biosrp Please sign on to our mailing list: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/subscribe/ Notice: Please forgive any delays and slow news. I am writing a book about genetics and genetic determinism. It is provisionally titled: *The Myth of The Master Molecule: DNA and the Social Order* The contention of the book is that the key organising principle of Western thought is the seemingly innocuous and seemingly simple idea that our personal qualities are biologically inherited. That is, our character derives from our ancestors rather than being an always-adapting product of our own experiences, decisions, and education. The book makes the case, first, that genetic determinism is a scientific fallacy since organisms are self-organised systems and therefore not genetically determined. Second, the explanation for the myth, which originated in Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, is its utility. Genetic determinism allows the development of political systems based on genetic privilege. The result was the dismantling of ancient cultures based on inclusive and egalitarian social patterns and their transformation into rigid structures of authoritarian domination based on separation and division: into families, classes, races, nations, sexes (i.e. patriarchy), and species. The final proposition of the book is that propagating the myth was the chief aim of Zoroastrianism and all the Abrahamic religions. Since the 1850s, this role has been appropriated by science. By recognizing how the founding myth of Western civilization is being re-told in the language of science we can start to dismantle and replace it with a more humane and scientific understanding of the world. _______________________________________________ BSR-project-elist1 mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/bsr-project-elist1 To unsubscribe, email bsr-project-elist1-unsubscribe(a)gn.apc.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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