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Christian Fuchs - Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Christian Fuchs. 2020. Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies. New York: Routledge. 296 pages. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/marxism-karl-marxs-fifteen-key-concepts-for-cultu… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dsG-Na7FY This book is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx’s ideas in media, communication, and cultural studies. Karl Marx’s ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this book, Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing 15 of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in twenty-first century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Table of Contents: 1 Introduction 1 2 The Dialectic 4 3 Materialism: The Base/Superstructure Problem 19 4 Commodities, Capital, Capitalism 38 5 Labour and Surplus-Value 77 6 The Working Class 105 7 Alienation 127 8 Means of Communication and the General Intellect 147 9 Ideology 178 10 Socialism and Communism 205 11 Class Struggles 247 Index 280

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Fwd: Sallie Calhoun and Greg Watson Videos Available for Viewing
by Michel Bauwens 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Schumacher Center for a New Economics < schumacher(a)centerforneweconomics.org> Date: Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 4:34 AM Subject: Sallie Calhoun and Greg Watson Videos Available for Viewing To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> view this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/5941c1d7ecf8/calhoun-watson-vidoes-available?e=ad2b992b93> <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Greg Watson addresses the crowd at the 39th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA. Christina Lane Photography <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Dear Michel Bauwens, Steve Dubb was in the audience for the 39th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures. His fine report <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> on the event appeared in Nonprofit Quarterly online on December 4, 2019. It is reposted here with permission. You can watch the videos of Sallie Calhoun and Greg Watson's talks by clicking on the images below. *Unearthing Effective Responses to Our Climate-Emergency and Economy* by Steve Dubb This past October, hundreds gathered in the small town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for the 39th annual E.F. Schumacher lectures, an event organized by the nonprofit Schumacher Center for New Economics <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>. Over the years, a number of high-profile speakers have headlined the annual event, including Wendell Berry, Jane Jacobs, Van Jones, and Winona LaDuke, to name just a few. This year’s theme—actionable responses to climate change—was nothing if not timely. Speaking on this topic were Sallie Calhoun <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>—co-owner with her husband Matt Christiano <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> of Paicines Ranch <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, a 7,600-acre (11.875 square miles) farm near Monterrey, California, and founder of an impact investing fund, Cienaga Capital <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>—and Greg Watson <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, former Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture and a student of Buckminster Fuller <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, whose work centered on holistic approaches. A central theme that emerged from both speakers was the need to take action, even as the path to ultimately achieving climate stabilization remains uncertain. As both speakers made clear, there are plenty of approaches that can be taken to address the global climate emergency. At the same time, given the complexity of human social systems, there are no easy, ready-made solutions that will guarantee success. Creativity and flexibility, in short, will be required. As Watson cautions, the goal cannot be to avoid climate change, because already “we are in the midst of climate change.” Instead, Watson contends, the goal is “to avoid the worst-case scenario.” How does one do that? Calhoun and Watson addressed this question from two directions. For her part, Calhoun addresses the question from what a single practitioner (albeit one with considerable philanthropic resources) can do. Calhoun does not attempt to develop a systemic approach, but instead talks about the approach she has taken as a philanthropist and investor. By contrast, Watson attempts to address the question of climate change at the level of the global system. <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Sallie Calhoun at the 39th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA. Video by Richard Sands. *Addressing Climate Change amidst Uncertainty* Calhoun was born in the 1950s in Knoxville, Tennessee. She went to Rice University to study engineering and moved to Silicon Valley, where she was one of a small number of women engineers, and made her fortune as chief operating officer of Globetrotter Software, a company she co-owned with her husband. Selling the company in 2000 gave Calhoun and her husband the cash that enabled them to purchase the 7,600-acre Paicines Ranch a year later, where they have sought to implement principles of regenerative agriculture. In 2014, Calhoun became a cofounder of an investment company called Cienaga Capital, which makes loans and grants in regenerative agriculture. As Calhoun describes her work, her goal “is to regenerate soils in America.” Calhoun adds that she calls the whole initiative the “No Regrets <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>” initiative, since she wants to be able to look back at her own actions with regard to climate change without regret. In general, the initiative invests in carbon sequestration and negative emissions technologies that promise to “take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.” Calhoun emphasizes the need to act now. Calhoun noted that she and her husband decided that a perpetual foundation did not make sense given the severity of the climate emergency. “How can anyone talk about perpetuity?” Calhoun asks. “We need to have a world that future charitable funds can operate in.” “We picked 10 years,” Calhoun adds. “In 10 years, I’ll turn 70.” Her hope is that within 10 years, soil health, rather than “being a little room to the side” in climate crisis discussions, “will be in the center.” Calhoun concedes that increasing soil absorption of atmospheric carbon is just one tool of many to address the climate emergency. Still, she contends, it is an important one. As *NPQ*’s Marian Conway noted earlier this year <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, a single application of natural compost on half of California’s rangeland could “increase the capacity for carbon sequestration by 42 million metric tons,” a nontrivial contribution of about 0.7 percent of total annual US emissions <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> . Soils, if properly maintained, can remove a considerable amount of carbon out of the atmosphere. “In a lot of cases, we know what to do, but we don’t know how to pay for it,” Calhoun explains. Changing the crop insurance system to promote restorative soil practices by farmers would be one lever that could greatly accelerate progress. As Calhoun points out, restorative soil practices, even though they are officially promoted by the US Department of Agriculture <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, are hardly the norm. Most vineyards, for example, “are tilled to death.” This kills native grasses that can help absorb carbon. On Paicines Ranch, Calhoun’s family is having some success at getting native grasses to come back, though a lot of the work involves “trying to come up with systems that are financially viable and build soil health.” The fund Calhoun supports has invested $47 million to date, with $23 million currently outstanding in 58 loans. Calhoun adds, “On the philanthropic side, we do operating grants and a few loan guarantees.” All told, Calhoun estimates that there have been 80 grants. which total about $2 million. The goal, as Calhoun explains it, is to focus on making a lot of “small bets,” with the hope that by doing so an ecosystem of small organizations develops. This stands in contrast to the current philanthropic fashion of making “big bets.” “It is all about seeing differently and connecting people into a vibrant network of people trying to change the world. Every bit of our work informs every other bit,” Calhoun explains. Or, as Calhoun puts it, the vision is about “scaling across rather than scaling up.” Part of the reason for these small bets is the opacity of future development. Calhoun quips, “As my son says, ‘I can predict the future. I’m just usually wrong.’” Still, there is more intentionality behind Calhoun’s approach than simply making a bunch of small bets and hoping some pay off. Fostering communication within emerging networks is one critical strategy for helping connect the disparate efforts. Calhoun notes that she and her husband are founding members of a number of collaboratives for this reason. Calhoun emphasizes that responding to climate emergency requires a willingness to act with a high degree of uncertainty. “How does this scale in the time that we have?” Calhoun asks. The challenge, Calhoun notes, is not small: “Last fall, we were asking the question of, ‘Can we live in the face of smoke and destruction?’ This year, we have intermittent electricity for three months. It is grim.” Calhoun concedes, “Any plan that I can give you that was hopeful and might effect change is totally unrealistic.” What is the way out? For Calhoun, the only reasonable path is to hope that many different efforts, approaching the question of climate change mitigation from different directions, might in combination succeed at capping runaway global heating. Calhoun adds, “I think it will look like magic.” Still, she contends that, by supporting a wide range of community-based climate change mitigation strategies, “the conditions for magic” can be created. Climate Change Viewed from a Systemic Perspective As noted above, if Calhoun approaches the question of climate change mitigation from the perspective of a single philanthropist, Watson attempts to apply whole-systems thinking to the challenge of the global climate emergency. Yet, even so, Watson agrees with Calhoun that, “what we need is a diversity of perspectives.” Watson highlights a few areas where he feels coordinated effort at the global level might help boost the kind of local efforts Calhoun champions. One of these vectors is policy. <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Greg Watson at the 39th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA. Video by Richard Sands. “Policy is a powerful tool if it is used correctly and it is an inclusive policy,” Watson explains. “Humanity has a once-in-century chance: to fix an economic system that is failing on multiple fronts.” In particular, Watson lifts up attention to proposals for a Green New Deal <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, noting that the matter of a “green new deal” is not simply a matter of policy, but of creating “a new worldview.” Watson says he is optimistic that in that some fields, such as sustainable agriculture, society has a “head start” on new worldviews that he views as necessary for addressing the global climate emergency. Watson contends that applying biomimicry—that is, the conscious design of technology in such a way that it works with and boosts natural systems, instead of trying to “overcome” nature—is one promising strategy. The restorative soils approach Calhoun is working on, of course, is one example of a strategy that seeks to accentuate natural processes that can remove carbon from the atmosphere. Watson, drawing on the work of his late mentor Fuller, also advocates using simulations as a tool to spur both new thinking and technological development. Watson observes that “war games” are frequently used by military planners. Instead, Watson suggests, we could apply what he calls “world games” that use the “same information, the same data, and…instead of developing weapons, put that to the use of solving human needs for everyone on Spaceship Earth.” A lot of our technology, Watson points out, comes from military research—supercomputers, software, fiber optics, artificial intelligence, satellite technology, broadband internet, and transistors. Watson suggests that with a concentrated focus on the climate emergency, the focus could shift from designing technology for weaponry to designing technology for sustaining life. Watson also warns against magical thinking that might imply that green technology—unlike all forms of technology that have preceded it—will have solely beneficial consequences. A “reality we have to face,” Watson says, “is that some renewable energy technologies themselves depend on extractive industry.” Watson emphasizes, “We have to be honest about that. You still have to go into the mines to get rare earth minerals.” The challenge is that even if a new model based on renewable energy succeeds in making the old fossil fuel industries obsolete, the result is highly unlikely to be a utopia. Success, Watson observes, “creates new problems.” Closing Thoughts Not surprisingly given the global dimensions of the climate challenge, thinking about the climate emergency has often focused on big centralized initiatives. Certainly, both Watson and Calhoun strongly favor policy frameworks like the Green New Deal that can amass resources on the scale required to meet the challenges we face. At the same time, both Calhoun and Watson emphasize the importance of experimentation and local action. It is a point that has been made before. The late Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, argued in a background paper produced for the 2010 World Development Report on Climate Change <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> that a “polycentric approach <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>,” rather than a centralized, global approach is to be preferred. One reason, she offered, is that “waiting for effective policies to be established at the global level is unreasonable.” But, Ostrom added, there is a positive reason too—namely, to “encourage experimentation and learning from diverse policies adopted at multiple scales.” Ostrom, who won her Nobel Prize based on her studies of the conditions for effective collective action, drawing on over 5,000 case study examples <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…>, also observed that it is far easier to build the trust and commitment necessary to achieve behavioral change if larger scale problems are broken down and made meaningful at the local level. In short, if we take the observations of Calhoun, Watson, and Ostrom to heart, the real work of addressing the climate emergency will occur not just in the halls of government, but in the actions of our own local communities. It is a message that emphasizes the very real role—and responsibility—that organizations in civil society will have to play. <https://centerforneweconomics.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=69d509d1130…> Sallie Calhoun and Greg Watson answer audience questions at the 39th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA. 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Fwd: [bgcon] "Criminalization of Climate Activism"
by Michel Bauwens 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Krystian Woznicki <kw(a)berlinergazette.de> Date: Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 6:54 PM Subject: [bgcon] "Criminalization of Climate Activism" To: <digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de> Hi, we would like to draw your attention to the ongoing criminalization of climate activism. Of course, this is not a new story. Environmental activism has been considered as causing 'terror' for many decades already. However, nowadays we are facing a new movement of movements – an almost unprecedented mobilization of civil society. And the function of criminalization gains a particular relevance in this context, last but not least as a way to destroy solidarity among climate activists. At the MORE WORLD conference, one workshop group dedicated itself to a project on the causes of #HambiBleibt – a protest movement against coal mining in Germany whose members are facing criminal charges. The MORE WORLD workshop group in question produced a solidarity video with Sudesh Mishra from Fiji: https://projekte.berlinergazette.de/workshops/2019/11/01/climate-action-we-… You can donate to the #HambiBleibt initiative here: https://hambachforest.org/?noredirect=en_US Yesterday an email by a distant friend and neighbor of the Berliner Gazette came in: artist and activist Oliver Ressler, who is one of 90 people who participated at a blockade of Bílina coal mine in Northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic in June 2018, against who the company Severočeské doly ("North Bohemian Coal Mines") filed a lawsuit at the City Court in Chomutov. There is a fundraising campaign running to cover the cost of the court case and attorneys, so please feel free to share and donate: https://www.darujme.cz/projekt/1201737?locale=en This is Oliver's statement that has been published in Czech translation on social media as part of the defense campaign: "In times of climate breakdown, when the Amazonas is on fire and Venice under water, when the Arctic ice is melting and ecosystems collapsing, the ongoing extraction from the Earth of coal and gas must be seen for what it is: a crime against humanity. The blockading of coal mines and other fossil infrastructure is therefore an entirely legitimate form of self-defense: an attempt to protect humanity, ecosystems and all forms of life on planet from even greater damage. Whatever particular reasons led people to join the blockade, they are sure to have been good reasons. Speaking personally, my reason is that as an artist and film-maker I have followed the climate justice movement for the last couple of years, documenting the ever-evolving forms of mass civil disobedience and amplifying the voices of climate activists in films and other artworks. To be among such committed people is constantly inspiring. I hope my work can help at least in some small way to share these shining moments of climate action with people who are not yet part of it. My involvement in the blockade of the Bílina coal mine in 2018 resulted in the film “Everything's coming together while everything's falling apart: Limity jsme my” (4K, 10 min., 2019), which is the fifth film in a cycle of films on climate action. It can be watched in exhibitions, biennials and screenings, or through following this link: https://vimeo.com/293150164 (password: Northern Bohemia)" Oliver Ressler (oliver(a)ressler.at) Stay tuned, Krystian (for the BG team) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG – Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | http://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- MORE WORLD – How can we cooperate across borders to tackle climate change? BG’s 20th anniversary conference – October 10-12, 2019 – ZK/U 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: P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival | , please help us promote this as of Monday, as our xmas present!
by Michel Bauwens 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Dear friends, Last summer, we published a very important report, describing a global infrastructure of cooperation and coordination, to produce for human needs within planetary boundaries. This will be a very important part of the solution mix (along with other more difficult changes in our forms of consciousness and relations with each other and nature), to maximimze human survival in the coming trying times of adapting to the chaotic transition and climate change. So we would like to ask for a particular effort in promoting this report, in alliance with a special campaign from the POST-Growth Institute, which provides for facebook and twitter messages and buttons, see below, Dear all, if you value our work, this is the time to make this little extra effort, THANKS A LOT, Michel Bauwens ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Stacco Troncoso <staccotroncoso(a)p2pfoundation.net> Date: Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 5:58 PM Subject: Fwd: P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival | 📢 PGA Amplifier To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>, Alex Pazaitis < alex.pazaitis(a)gmail.com> Well, it took them ages (Donnie MacLurcan told me they've had a lot of problems this year) but here it is, just in time for Christmas. As it's Friday we'll wait until next week to repost on our channels. Cheers ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Post Growth Alliance <alliance(a)postgrowth.org> Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 9:43 PM Subject: P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival | 📢 PGA Amplifier To: Stacco <Staccotroncoso(a)p2pfoundation.net> “Dive into this report and discover the possibilities of Ostrom contracts, platform cooperativism and economies of scope.” - Kate Raworth Ph.D. <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> *Amplifying post-growth content by harnessing our collective social media reach* <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> Dear Stacco, Thank you! By being on this mailing list *you are helping to amplify work that's *s*hifting the worldview*. To assist the P2P Foundation <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> in promoting their new report P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival, please: Like and Share this Twitter post <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> Love and Share this Facebook post <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> Alternatively, use the text below and the image above to craft your own post. Remember: to tag people/groups, put the '@' symbol before their name. *Twitter Copy:* Peer2Peer Accounting for Planetary Survival: http://commonstransition.org/p2p-accounting-for-planetary-survival/ h/t @P2P_Foundation cc @postgrowth #postgrowth #platformcoop #Holochain #blockchain #holo #degrowth #coops #DAOs #cooperatives #wellbeing @shareable @NewEconomics @envienta #PlsRT *Facebook Copy: * Ready to have your economic mind ɟן!ddǝd (flipped)? “Dive into this report and discover the possibilities of Ostrom contracts, platform cooperativism and economies of scope.” - Kate Raworth, Author of Doughnut Economics If you’re into cutting-edge #postgrowth thinking, check out the P2P Foundation's latest report: ‘P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival’. It takes two minutes to read the mindblowing table of contents, five minutes to read the executive summary, or you can download the full report for free! #PostGrowthAlliance submission by: P2P Foundation Cc. Shareable, Economic Space Agency, Reporting 3.0, Holochain. Active PGA Members: submit your content creation request here <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> . This email was sent to Staccotroncoso(a)p2pfoundation.net *why did I get this?* <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/about?u=dcc08996cc57fb1c3f5a…> unsubscribe from this list <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=dcc08996cc57fb…> update subscription preferences <https://postgrowthalliance.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=dcc08996cc57fb1c3f…> Post Growth Institute · 156A Union St · Ashland, OR 97520 · USA -- Advocacy coordinator P2P Foundation <http://p2pfoundation.net/>. Project lead commonstransition.org Co-founder guerrillatranslation.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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Fwd: Interview with DigitYser
by Michel Bauwens 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

If you ever need a very short intro to our latest teams at the p2p foundation, then this in my opinion well edited video does the job excellently !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWFQPuHBzw8&feature=youtu.be ; Done at the amazing Brussels-based DigiYser makerspace, in an event organized by Lilina Carillo. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Müfit Gökmen <mufit(a)digityser.org> Date: Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 7:30 PM Subject: Interview with DigitYser To: <MichelSub2004(a)gmail.com> Dear Mr. Bauwens, You can watch our meetup interview with you from the link below. https://youtu.be/YWFQPuHBzw8 Best regards. Mufit Yilmaz Gokmen Video Editor DigitYser -- 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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Call for Book Proposals: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Series, edited by Christian Fuchs
by Christian Fuchs 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Call for Book Proposals: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies, University of Westminster Press Book Series Edited By Christian Fuchs Details and submission: https://uwestminsterpress.blog/2019/12/11/900/ Submission deadline: Monday 20 January 2020 23:59 BST My book series is looking to publish a number of new titles. The books are published as affordable paperbacks and in digital versions open access. Publishing is free of charge to authors. The digital versions are free of charge to readers. An overview of titles published thus far is available here: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-… There is a preference for the submission of proposals for books whose writing can be finished and that can be submitted to UWP within the next 6-15 months. Any prior queries may be sent by e-mail to Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager) A.Lockett [A//T//] westminster.ac.uk. Submissions will no longer be accepted by email. All proposals for consideration have to be presented via https://uwp.rua.re. The open access book series “Critical Digital and Social Media Studies” publishes books that critically study the role of the Internet, digital and social media in society and make critical interventions. Titles analyse how power structures, digital capitalism, ideology and social struggles shape and are shaped by digital and social media. They use and develop critical theory discussing the political relevance and implications of studied topics. The series is a theoretical forum for Internet and social media research for books using methods and theories that challenge digital positivism. It also seeks to explore digital media ethics grounded in critical social theories and philosophy. The book series’ understanding of critical theory and critique is grounded in approaches such as critical political economy and Frankfurt School critical theory.

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The strongest possible recommendation to read Adam Arvidsson's key book on our 'industrious' revolution
by Michel Bauwens 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Dear Adam Arvidsson, I just finished your book, Changemakers, as I am having my last day in Belgium, where it takes me at least double the time to finish a book. I don't have enough words to say how important your book is, and I cannot strongly enough recommend it our our p2p and commons audience. IF YOU READ ONLY ONE BOOK THIS DECADE, this should be it. It's short, but it is brilliant, and to be honest, I do not hesitate to call it as important as was Polanyi, in describing the previous shift. But my impression is that it's diffusion remains way to confidential, so I would really urge to constantly share excerpts of your different conclusions. Your book has to get out to our emerging movement and ecosystem of 'industrious production' !!! https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Industrious_Future_of_the_Digital_Economy -- 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: [Full PDF] "From Socialism to Open Cooperativism: Convergences and Divergences in the Work..."
by Michel Bauwens 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

a very fair treatment of our work, in the context of castoriadis and erik olin wright, the author has certainly done his homework and honoured us with his serious attention, ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Academia <updates(a)academia-mail.com> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:00 PM Subject: [Full PDF] "From Socialism to Open Cooperativism: Convergences and Divergences in the Work..." To: <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> [image: Academia.edu] <https://www.academia.edu/t/tuH-Nwseyti-2TnTL/> ------------------------------ Dear Michel, You wrote the paper "Bibliography of Michel Bauwens <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…>". A related The Commons paper was uploaded to Academia. >From Socialism to Open Cooperativism: Convergences and Divergences in the Work of Castoriadis, Olin Wright... <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> vangelis papadimitropoulos <http://crete.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2S…> 79 Views [image: Paper Thumbnail] 15 Pages <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> Download <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> Save to Library <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> ABSTRACT <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> This article attempts at integrating core socialist elements, analyzed through the prism of Castoriadis's and Wright's work, into a model of open cooperativism between Commons-based peer production, ethical market entities and a partner state, introduced by Bauwens and Kostakis. It concludes with a critical... <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> The Commons • Political Theory • Political Economy • Political Philosophy View Paper ▸ <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> Not a good recommendation? <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> ------------------------------ [image: App store badge@2x] <https://academia.app.link/xzTUSeHxQX> 580 California St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA, 94104 Unsubscribe <https://www.academia.edu/keypass/dE5zSE8xdi9vSDdXRFV2MXRoL2dUQTVpTEdOeWN2Sl…> Privacy Policy <https://www.academia.edu/t/tuH-Nwseyti-2TnTL/privacy> Terms of Service <https://www.academia.edu/t/tuH-Nwseyti-2TnTL/terms> © 2019 Academia -- 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] "SIGNALS – Algorithms of Disobedience"
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Krystian Woznicki <kw(a)berlinergazette.de> Date: Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 6:04 PM Subject: [bgcon] "SIGNALS – Algorithms of Disobedience" To: <digi-yards(a)berlinergazette.de> Hi, whistle-blowing – as one method to keep evasive powers accountable – is becoming ever more important in an era characterized by the renaissance of authoritarianism. In Europe, Serbia has one of the most authoritarian governments: infrastructure, including public transportation and Internet, is shut down when protests are emerging – just to name one indicator for the authoritarian tendency. All this said, the Berliner Gazette is particularly proud that our SIGNALS project (https://berlinergazette.de/signals) was exhibited in Serbia this year. Based on the NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the art and activism collective KUDA.org hosted the exhibition in a gallery in Novi Sad, the second biggest city in Serbia. Here are some pictures from the exhibition: https://www.kuda.org/en/photo-ducumentation-exhibition-and-panel-discussion… Please share this link as an inspiration for the important cooperative work that needs to be done with material provided by whistle-blowers – as one of the many ways to engage with what democracy is and could be. And please re-tweet this: https://twitter.com/berlinergazette/status/1202524995269939200 Best wishes, Krystian (for the BG team) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- BG – Berliner Gazette | since 1999 | http://berlinergazette.de -------------------------------------------------------------- MORE WORLD – How can we cooperate across borders to tackle climate change? BG’s 20th anniversary conference – October 10-12, 2019 – ZK/U 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: Google Alert - "Michel Bauwens"
by Michel Bauwens 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

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