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Fwd: SAVE THE DATE: #SCIS2019
by Michel Bauwens 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: CICOPA <cicopa(a)cicopa.coop> Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:05 AM Subject: SAVE THE DATE: #SCIS2019 To: <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> 24-27 October 2019 | Naples, Italy View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/f4c056c26115/scis2018-programme-and-registrations-234621…> #SCIS2019 *SOCIAL COOPERATIVES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL* 24 - 27 OCT 2019 | HOTEL ROYAL CONTINENTAL | NAPLES *ENGLISH <#m_9217666273474281125_EN> | ESPAÑOL <#m_9217666273474281125_ES> | FRANCAIS <#m_9217666273474281125_FR>* * SPREAD THE WORD AND JOIN THE #SCIS2019!* CICOPA's member Federsolidarietà – Confcooperative <https://cicopa.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3a463471cd0a9c6cf744bf5f8&…>, the biggest federation of social cooperatives in Italy, is pleased to announce the launch of the Fifth global edition of Social Cooperatives International School. The SCIS, with a high entrepreneurial profile and a international spirit, is open to social cooperators and social entrepreneurs from all over the world and specifically addressed to cooperatives’ managers. *#SCIS2018: Participation has never been higher!* Attracting more and more cooperators from around the world, the last year the school hosted 50 participants from 13 countries (Italy, Czech Republic, Malta, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, India, Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Belgium, Korea, Hungary, Spain) with a focus on social impact evaluation and measurement, technological innovation and urban regeneration and local communities. The SCIS is an event on social cooperatives entirely realized in English, a unique place of dialogue and mutual learning that, over the years, contributed also to attract the attention of the European and International institutions on the issue of social cooperatives. MORE INFORMATION and PROGRAMME COMING SOON! REGISTER NOW <pellirossi.v(a)confcooperative.it?subject=%23SCIS2019%20information> *REGISTRATION FEES:* 24/27 OCT 2019 | HOTEL ROYAL CONTINENTAL | NAPLES (ITALY) EARLY BIRDS, registration before 30th August * : - 300€ (VAT included) in double room - 480€ (VAT included) in single room * Deadline for registration is 15th September. The full registration fee is: 350€ (VAT included) in double room; 550€ (VAT included) in single room. Early birds rates are extended to 15th September for former SCIS participants. 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La SCIS, con un alto perfil emprendedor y espíritu internacional, está abierta a cooperativistas y emprendedores sociales de todo el mundo y está dirigida específicamente a los directivos u directivas de cooperativas. *# SCIS2018: ¡La participación nunca ha sido mayor!* Atrayendo a más y más colaboradores de todo el mundo, durante la última edición, la escuela recibió a 50 participantes de 13 países (Italia, República Checa, Malta, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, India, Austria, Bulgaria, Turquía, Bélgica, Corea, Hungría, España) con un enfoque en la evaluación y medición del impacto social, la innovación tecnológica y la regeneración urbana y las comunidades locales. El SCIS es un evento sobre las cooperativas sociales realizado en su totalidad en inglés, un lugar único de diálogo y aprendizaje mutuo que, a lo largo de los años, contribuyó también a atraer la atención de las instituciones europeas e internacionales sobre el tema de las cooperativas sociales. ¡EL PROGRAMA Y MÁS INFORMACIONES LLEGARAN MUY PRONTO! ¡REGÍSTRATE AHORA! <pellirossi.v(a)confcooperative.it?subject=%23SCIS2019%20information> *CUOTAS DE INSCRIPCION:* 24/27 OCT 2019 | HOTEL ROYAL CONTINENTAL | NAPLES (ITALY) INSCRIPCIÓN ANTICIPADA antes del 30 de agosto * : - 300€ (IVA incluido) en habitación doble - 480€ (IVA incluido) en habitación individual Idioma principal de trabajo: Ingles * La fecha límite de inscripción es el 15 de septiembre. La tarifa de inscripción completa es: 350 € (incluido el IVA) en habitación doble y 550 € (incluido el IVA) en habitación individual. La fecha tarifas anticipadas se extienden hasta el 15 de septiembre para los ex participantes de la SCIS. 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La SCIS, avec son profil entrepreneurial élevé et son esprit international, est ouverte aux coopérateurs sociaux et entrepreneurs sociaux du monde entier et s'adresse tout particulièrement aux gestionnaires des coopératives. *#SCIS2018: La participation n'a jamais été aussi élevée!* Attirant de plus en plus de coopérateurs du monde entier, l'année passée, l’école a accueilli 50 participants de 13 pays (Italie, République tchèque, Malte, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Inde, Autriche, Bulgarie, Turquie, Belgique, Corée, Hongrie et Espagne) en mettant l’accent sur l’évaluation et la mesure de l’impact social, l’innovation technologique, la régénération urbaine et les communautés locales. Le SCIS est un événement sur les coopératives sociales entièrement réalisé en anglais, un lieu unique de dialogue et d'apprentissage mutuel qui, au fil des années, a également contribué à attirer l'attention des institutions européennes et internationales sur la question des coopératives sociales. 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Fwd: URL for Community Economies Summer School promo
by Michel Bauwens 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joanne McNeill <J.Mcneill(a)westernsydney.edu.au> Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:09 PM Subject: URL for Community Economies Summer School promo To: Cc: Katharine McKinnon <k.mckinnon(a)latrobe.edu.au> Thank you all for kindly agreeing to help us distribute information on the upcoming inaugural Community Economies Summer School. A URL is now available and an updated brochure loaded to the page. A number of you asked for a link for ease of sharing etc, so sending on. http://communityeconomies.org/summerschool2019 Thanks again, the team is very appreciative. Kind regards Jo --------- *Joanne McNeill * PhD (Political & Social Thought) | MA (Comms) | Churchill Fellow (2008) Research Projects Manager | Senior Research Associate Institute for Culture & Society | Western Sydney University J.McNeill(a)westernsydney.edu.au | +61 402 200 816 *Please note I work with ICS WSU on Mondays and Tuesdays* <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanne_Mcneill4/contributions> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanne_Mcneill4 www.linkedin.com/in/joannemcneill/ <https://outlook.office.com/mail/compose/www.linkedin.com/in/joannemcneill/> @JoanneMcNeill <https://outlook.office.com/mail/compose/twitter.com/JoanneMcNeill> <http://twitter.com/JoanneMcNeill> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: 🚀 DAY 4: Michel Bauwens on the Commons + Entrepreneurship in Iraq + Innovation at Acumen
by Michel Bauwens 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kate (StartSomeGood) <kate(a)startsomegood.com> Date: Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 2:34 AM Subject: Fwd: 🚀 DAY 4: Michel Bauwens on the Commons + Entrepreneurship in Iraq + Innovation at Acumen To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Hi Michel-- Your session is now up! See the email that just went out below. Thanks again for sharing such an invaluable and insightful session on Peer to Peer and The Commons. *I made a picture for you (attached) *which you may like to use on your social accounts to spread the word that your session is now up and free to access via http://starting.gd *And some text to use...* Join me for the #StartingGood Virtual Summit, March 21-31. It's a free-to-access online event, that brings together 30+ inspiring social entrepreneurs, changemakers, and innovation leaders. I'm presenting on Peer to Peer and the Commons in conversation with Tom Dawkins. Listen to my session and many more for free here-- http://starting.gd Onwards and Upwards! Kate :) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: #StartingGood <summit(a)startsomegood.com> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 12:17 Subject: 🚀 DAY 4: Michel Bauwens on the Commons + Entrepreneurship in Iraq + Innovation at Acumen To: <kate(a)startsomegood.com> Hey Changemaker! Happy Sunday :) We have just kicked off Day 4 of the #StartingGood Virtual Summit <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1jsGOwyAQQ78mHCNmBphy4LDVqr9REZgmaJNSBf…> and are super excited to share today’s sessions with you: *Michel Bauwens, *Founder P2P Foundation |* Founder Journey P2P and the Commons* After working at a telco in Belgium in the ’90s Michel realized he was not happy, and in fact, as he puts it “part of the problem” He took a two-year sabbatical and began looking at two key notions of how positive change can happen for people and planet. *One is peer to peer*: *“I think the big change today is the capacity of billion of people literally to connect to each other, to organize together and even to create value together” - Michel Bauwens* *The other is the commons:* *“(It’s} any shared resource that is driven and maintained by a community and has its own rules and norms. I look at how I think we are transitioning from a system that was based on capital state and nation to a system that is based on productive commons. So global open design communities, but share their knowledge. Generative markets, so markets that work for the commons and do not extract from the commons. They don't kill them.”* - Michel Bauwens *Watch:* Michel Bauwens in conversation with Tom Dawkins CEO of StartSomeGood here <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1jkuOwyAQRE9jlhZ08zELFhONco0IQ8dGg0ME5P…> ------------------------------ *Sasha Dichter, *Chief Innovation Officer at Acumen |* Innovation, Impact Investment + Lean Data.* As Acumen <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1TstqwzAQ_BrrKFa7eh50aCj5jSBLi21qVcFS8e…>’s Chief Innovation Officer, Sasha oversees Acumen’s three fastest-growing verticals: Lean Data, which brings customer voice into impact measurement; the Acumen Fellows Programs, with more than 400 Fellows globally; and +Acumen, the World’s School for Social change. In his previous role as Acumen’s Director of Business Development, Sasha led global capital raising, including executing a successful $100M capital raise. *“I think there's a strong and healthy tension in everything that we do. You know, social change through markets has a tension, reaching low income customers and ensuring that they are paying so that the business can be sustainable has a tension. And yes, being a nonprofit that is deploying capital to for-profits also has a tension. So obviously, that's something that we debated endlessly over time.”- *Sasha Dichter *Watch*: Sasha Dichter in conversation with Tom here <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1jstuxCAMRb8mLCNs8wgLFh1V8xsjAm6CmpQRMP…> ------------------------------ *Patricia Letayf,* Co-Founder Five One Labs | *Entrepreneurship in Iraq: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities.* The mission of Five One Labs is to help refugees and conflict-affected entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses while also supporting the development of post-conflict societies using entrepreneurship. The name Five One Labs comes from the 1951 Refugee Convention that gives refugees the right to work, This session is particularly fascinating as Patricia shares the universal aspects of entrepreneurship, equally true there, here, everywhere, like the importance of co-founders, while also highlighting what was unique to their extraordinary setting, or post-conflict societies more generally, including a lack of language and legal protections. *Watch:* Patricia Letayf in conversation with Tom here <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1jstuAyEMRb9mWI7A5rlg0ajKb0QEkxlUJkRA_r…> ------------------------------ *Feeling Social?* You're invited to join us in the facebook group - StartingGood Social Entrepreneurs Network <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1js2OgzAMhJ-GHFFi56cccthqxWtUJnEhKjQVyY…>and continue the conversation! If you are enjoying the summit please spread the good word. Give us a shout out on social media using #StartingGood19 and invite your friends to join you at starting.gd <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJxNT0tuwyAQPY3Z2WIAG1iwSFTlGhGBsY1qggWk5w…> Onwards and Upwards! Kate, Sammi, Tom and the whole StartingGood Team P.S. If you’re feeling the buzz but already know you are way too busy to listen in this month, no sweat, you can lock in unlimited lifetime access <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJxNT0luxCAQfI252aJZhwOHjKL5xoilx0aBwTLk_8…> to #StartingGood19 for just $97USD, and go at your own pace. Unsubscribe from Marketing Emails <http://email.teachablemail.com/c/eJw1UEFuwjAQfE1yA9m7sR0fcghQIg4UFVQEXFC8Nk…> © #StartingGood -- Kate Clugston Producer, #StartingGood Summit <https://starting-gd.teachable.com/p/startinggood-social-enterprise-virtual-…> Crowdfunding Coach at StartSomeGood.com - Join me for the #StartingGood Social Enterprise Virtual Summit, March 21-31, 2019. Register for free here. <https://starting-gd.teachable.com/p/startinggood-social-enterprise-virtual-…> - *"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are" Marianne Williamson* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Blog Text for EMES Research Conference Solidarity Fund
by Michel Bauwens 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ridley-Duff, Rory <R.Ridley-Duff(a)shu.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:24 PM Subject: Blog Text for EMES Research Conference Solidarity Fund To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Michel, ---- Start ----- *Help unfunded PhD students and early career researchers participate in a conference on social enterprise, cooperative and voluntary action* After six successful conferences, the 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise Research <https://emes.net/events/conferences/7th-emes-international-research-confere…> will take place between 24-27 June 2019. The organisers have received over 375 proposals of exceptional quality, reflected by the high acceptance rate. Many of the submitted papers come from scholars who are at an early stage in their career, and who live and work in the Global South or regions outside Europe. Unfortunately, every year, many of them are unable to participate in the EMES International Research conference due to a lack of funds in their home countries. EMES have been thinking about how to address this situation, which is why they have launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a solidarity fund. Many researchers who have participated in past conferences, plus those interested in the topic of social enterprise and the solidarity economy, have expressed an interest in supporting unfunded colleagues. EMES are putting their trust in these scholars to make this scheme viable. We are calling on all scholars in the field of solidarity economics, the commons and social enterprise to support the fund. Contributions start from €10. The crowdfunding will cover the travel, accommodation and conference fees of people who would otherwise not be able to attend. This support goes beyond what is currently available to European scholars through the EMPOWER-SE COST Action <http://www.empowerse.eu/>, (a co-organizer of this event). *Main features, strengths and differentials* 1. To allow at least five researchers from Africa, Asia and non-OECD countries to participate in the EMES International Research Conference by covering their travel, accommodation and registration costs. 2. To demonstrate that solidarity exists within the social enterprise research community. 3. To showcase beneficiaries' work in a special video communication. *Why this is important* Scholars in some countries get little or no support to present their research beyond their own university or college. This fund enables them to do so. This is important because social enterprise scholarship has already proved vital in transforming public policy and entrepreneurial practice in many countries. Over the last 10 years, we have seen the EU support the *Social Business Initiative* and the United Nations champion a new set of *Sustainable Development Goals* (accepted by 193 countries). About 30% of enterprises created today now have a social focus on achieving a mission. In addition, many new business models are emerging based on the growing need for sustainable development. These changes are partly the result of articles, books and evidence-based policy papers written by scholars contributing to social economy research. This year's conference theme of "Sustainable development through social enterprise, cooperative and voluntary action" will produce further research contributions that shape the development of the field. By supporting this fund, you will add to the diversity of our research community and redress imbalances in the funding available for people to present their research at this global conference. *Please support the campaign* Make a contribution and share the campaign by visiting the crowdfunding page at: https://en.goteo.org/project/7emes-research-conference-solidarity-fund ----- End ----- -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: The State of the World
by Michel Bauwens 19 Mar '19

19 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: r kanth <involutegandhian(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 3:52 PM Subject: The State of the World To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> *Nature of the Real Crisis* I have argued that humans are, above all, *myth-making* animals. We are story-tellers, *par excellence.* Stories about who* we* are, who *Others *are. Cultural stories, religious stories, racial stories, *et. al.* No, we don’t *All* get to make up myths. That’s for *some,* only. The few, the proud, the *ruling castes*: *they* do it all - for us. And we lap it up, faster than they can ladle it. * The most outstanding myths pertain to the dominant tropes in economics, politics, and religion: the three *prime * domains of societal governance. In our own society, they go, more or less, * thus*. In the *first*, *laissez-faire*, and free trade have taken, thus far, pride of place; in the *second,* democracy, equality, *etc.,* occupy public attentions in the *last,* it’s a renewed , recharged , latter-day evangelism that has moved from the fringe to the center, in recent times. The most powerful may well be the *last,* whose longevity will be a telling index of our critical intelligence, * or lack thereof.* * So, when such myths work, society trundles on under the guise of ‘normalcy’. But when they don’t , there is a rift within the lute. *That’s where we are today.* The negation of any *one* of the myths listed would be bad enough, but we live In times where *all three* are, quite obviously , tottering. The *economy* itself – not just its myths - went down in 2008, and has never really recovered (despite much propaganda to the contrary ). The *polity *has exposed its *oligarchical *nature blatantly, even defiantly. >From rigged elections, to voter- registration fraud, and big-time lobbying monies in Congress, the veils have been brutishly ripped (with only 6% expressing any faith in it, about the same level as in official Media). Only the intellectually-challenged still sustain the idea that we subsist in a working *democracy.* Religion has also taken a tumble: the Church of Rome has shown itself to be a sanctum for malignant abuse, of various kinds; the Southern Baptists appear to be not far behind. Religious bigotry has, further polarized communal discord: far from being an *opiate,* it is now a powerful *amphetamine,* which only adds to the rifts. * To sum up: we face a generalised crisis of *legitimacy *in Western societies. The old bromide is wearing thin: the new power-elites seem to lack the maturity to wish to stabilize public opinion, being quite content to resort to the more familiar , if hoary, ploys of *divide et impera.* As the old adage has it, Caesar’s wife must not only be chaste, but needs also be *above suspicion*. Who, in power today, can wear that latter crown of laurels? *No one*. We live with *Unscalable* Corruption (is $21 trillion enough to scale it? That’s what went ‘unaccounted for’ , within but a few years in the DOD). There is – apparently -* nothing* one can pin faith on. Except, perhaps, a little noticed quirk in our natures. We putatively ‘higher’ mammals – good, bad, and ugly - seem to yet nurture a craving for a higher truth, despite being immersed, daily, in a treacherous world of lies. It’s odd, but true. That might account for the legions of ‘*truthers*’ that are on the internet , night and day, globally, arguing *against the stream.* In the *long run – *if such a state exists at all, given the various extinctions we face: of war, atomic weapons, and climate change* - * I think they are likely to prevail. *For Critical Insights, once released , may not be , easily, crammed back into Pandora’s Box.* And Power, without *Legitimation*, lacks lasting potency. *Whence, the good old days may be gone – for good.* *** So, if you are a toady or a humbug, or a gull or a shill, of a teetering system, you are simply out of luck. For truth, like murder, methinks, *will ‘out’.* That’s what wannabe Caligulas – of which there is no dearth - also need to know. *[©R.Kanth, 2019]* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Dear adults, use your power
by Michel Bauwens 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Monica Davies - 350.org <350(a)350.org> Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:11 PM Subject: Dear adults, use your power To: Bauwens Michel <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Students across the world will go on strike for the climate this week. Here’s how you and other grown-ups can meaningfully support them: Hi Bauwens, A powerful new movement of young people is sweeping across the world: from Sweden to Uganda, and Colombia to Hong Kong, young people are striking from school to demand real climate action from governments. This time, students are going big. This Friday, 15 March, they are coordinating a wave of global school strikes and there are already more than 700 strikes planned in 72 countries. <https://act.350.org/go/76833?t=6&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid…> The moral authority of these kids has the potential to transform the climate conversation. They know that their future is on the line, and are acting like it. As grown-ups, we need to make sure we grab this opportunity and help their actions be heard as far and wide as possible. How can you show your support for the strikes? Here are 5 meaningful ways you can support the striking kids <https://act.350.org/go/76822?t=7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid…> . *Share this video* <https://act.350.org/go/76834?t=8&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid…> and *find a strike near you to support* <https://act.350.org/go/76833?t=9&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&akid…> . To help the momentum grow, everyone can take even a small action, and inspire others. These protests are injecting a new urgency into the call for a fossil free future, and focusing attention on long years of insufficient action by governments. Students won’t wait any longer. If you’re ready to act too, here’s how: see what you can do <https://act.350.org/go/76822?t=10&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit&aki…> . *In solidarity with young people all over the world,* Monica and the 350.org team ------------------------------ 350.org <http://act.350.org/go/14?t=1&akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO> is building a global climate movement. You can connect with us on Facebook <http://act.350.org/go/779?t=2&akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO>, follow us on Twitter <http://act.350.org/go/5?t=3&akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO>, and become a sustaining donor to keep this movement strong and growing. <https://act.350.org/go/7234?t=4&akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO> Update your email address, location, or language. <http://act.350.org/go/13828?t=5&akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO> You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. <http://act.350.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=67103%2E360134%2ElqjGQO> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] an update on important publications by the P2P Foundation
by Michel Bauwens 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

I completely disagree with this assessment, and it would have to be documented where that is the case ... there has never been a great singularity in our work, we also worked with existing prefigurative seed forms and how to integrate them to achieve more radical structure-changing outcomes and always thought socio-technical infrastructures are part of that change, we never conflate price with value for example, it's simply not in there ; actually, I don't even think we talk about price in that report; we argue for value sovereignty, multiple streams of value, coins that represents resource volumes (no price representing market value etc.. ) ; we are in favour of keeping the commons free of exchange value (while documenting those that think and practice differently), talk about non-financialized thermo-dynamic accounting etc ... for each of your points, I could argue similarly, i.e. we are not objectivist but integral, the research method of the p2p lab is action-research based, we stress everywhere that technology is not a solution but a function of the communal and societal values, and the behaviorist tone is about reporting what techno-libertarians are doing and how we could do it differently (but yes, incentives do matter in driving human behaviour) so I'm not a psycho-therapist either, but it sounds a lot like projection, .i.e. someone reading lots of things in the text that there simply not there, dear Stacco, in another email, James asks to be removed from this mailing list and I'm assuming he means 'visioning', so thanks for obliging, Michel On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 5:02 PM <jbquilligan3(a)charter.net> wrote: > Dear Michel et al > > Just an observation. I find it interesting how P2PF has drifted so deeply > into objectivism, including its research methods, technocratic worldview > and behaviorist tone. One wonders now who your target audience has actually > become -- you seem to have gone from peer-to-peer humanism to antiseptic > empiricism with unconscious abandon. > > I'm not a psychotherapist, but I see that P2PF still conflates price with > value in most of its analysis, which means that your authors have not shed > the (Freudian) reality principle of marginal utility theory in > neo-classical economics, which is the persistent cause of capitalist > overdetermination in social and ecological repression. > > Where is the Great Singularity in your work now? Who are the activists you > hope to inspire? Or are you unconsciously using post-modernist analysis to > further entrench the commons as a microeconomic religion and belying the > commitment of your peers to equality and sustainability? Sad to say, I may > as well be reading Hume or von Hayek for the sensory marvels of the price > system. > > ----------------------------------------- > From: "Michel Bauwens" > To: "p2p-foundation", "Michel Visioning Bauwens", "Research stream email > of P2P Foundation" > Cc: > Sent: Monday March 4 2019 6:37:48AM > Subject: an update on important publications by the P2P Foundation > > > We have several things cooking at the P2P Foundation which is aligned with > your work! > > The first is an english book (being translated in Korean, and perhaps also > in French soon), that summarizes our work in the last ten years, in look at > how productive commons-based communities engage with generative market > forms, and with facilitating public authorities, both at the micro-level, > as actual practice, and how that let's us imagine a reformed civilization > that can deal with social justice and ecological balance, > > See > <https://www.commonslabantwerpen.org/activiteiten/2019/3/4/michel-bauwens-va…> > https://www.commonslabantwerpen.org/activiteiten/2019/3/4/michel-bauwens-va…, > for our official launch in London on 21/3 (launch in Ghent on 23/3) > > Our other great project is the one you contributed to finding funding. In > essence, it takes the donut of Kate Raworth, and seeks a concrete > instantiation of it by presenting a configuration of socio-technical > systems that can be both socially predistributive (equity embedded through > contributive accounting) and ecologically stable (in the context of course, > of destabilizing climate change). > > It won't be published officially before mid-May but the final text and > graphs are ready in google doc, > > see here for a summary and links to the google docs: > <https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Accounting_for_Planetary_Survival> > https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Accounting_for_Planetary_Survival > > Finally, I am 'list-pusher' for the European elections as MEP for the > flemish Greens. While it is in principle a un-electable position, I see it > as a opportunity for bringing the commons message and solution-space across > a wider audience. > > I'm hoping to get a bit more of dedicated attention to our work, and any > assistance would be appreciated > > Michel Bauwens > > -- > P2P Foundation: <http://p2pfoundation.net>http://p2pfoundation.net - > <http://blog.p2pfoundation.net>http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Connect: <http://p2pfoundation.ning.com>http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; > Discuss: > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation> > http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > Updates: <http://del.icio.us/mbauwens>http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; > <http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens>http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > <http://twitter.com/mbauwens>http://twitter.com/mbauwens; > <http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens>http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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a special request for assistance in diffusing the news about our book (launch)
by Michel Bauwens 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

dear friends and subscribers to our lists, Is it possible to make a special effort to diffuse the announcement of our new book ? here is a short text that can be used for facebook and twitter: The P2P Foundation is publishing a new book on how to replace the current Capital-State-Nation system with Productive Commons Ecosystems, Generative Markets, and Enabling Public Institutions (partner state); due out 21 march the following wiki page gives access to the first chapter and ToC: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/(Book)_Peer_to_Peer:_The_Commons_Manifesto ; -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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thanks for diffusing info on this new book if possible
by Michel Bauwens 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

see: *Book: Social movements powering the future of money. Kindle Edition* edited by Betty Lim and Simon Sim. 2019 URL = https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Social_Movements_Powering_the_Future_of_Money "read how 16 amazing founders mainly in the Commons/P2P space are attempting to power a more “real economy.” -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: The truth about U.S. government objectives in Venezuela
by Michel Bauwens 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Thomas Greco <thgreco(a)mindspring.com> Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 2:34 AM Subject: The truth about U.S. government objectives in Venezuela To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> In 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Commission (HRC) sent its former Secretary, Alfred de Zayas to Venezuela to investigate the situation there. De Zayas is an American lawyer, writer, historian, and leading expert in the field of human rights and international law. In August of 2018, de Zayas presented his Venezuela report <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> to the HRC but it was greeted with a shocking silence. The only mainstream media outlet that I am aware of that has covered the UN report is the Independent <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> (UK), in an article titled, Venezuela crisis: Former UN rapporteur says US sanctions are killing citizens <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, published on January 26, 2019. I have not seen any similar coverage it in the United States, and I myself learned about the report almost by accident. Amidst the deafening drumbeat for regime change, one must wonder why such an official investigation has been ignored. Despite this neglect by the mainstream media, several recorded interviews of De Zayas have made their way onto the Worldwide Web. In this video interview <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>, the UN Investigator and human rights rapporteur gives a summary of his findings. De Zayas says that *there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, *but “The government … through an external economic war is being asphyxiated.” He asserts that “the financial blockade has had extremely adverse human rights impact” and it has been the intention of the United States “to create a situation whereby the people or the military would topple the government...and then the one percent could again come in and again control the wealth of Venezuela.” Among the facts that he presents are these: - *The Venezuelan oil company Citgo has not been allowed to take it revenues, amounting to 9 or 10 billion dollars, out of the United States. * - *In July 2017 Citibank decided, without prior notice, to close the accounts of the Central Bank of Venezuela,* - *And again, in November 2017, Citibank blocked the transfer[of funds] for a shipment of more than 300,000 doses of insulin. * - *Also, in November 2017, “the company Euroclear, retained $1.65 billion that the government of Venezuela had paid for the purchase of food and medicine.* These and numerous other blocks of payment for essential medicines, he argues, are responsible for increased rates of child and maternal mortality, and increased deaths due to lack of insulin and anti-retroviral drugs. National security advisor, John Bolton has arrogantly admitted on air to Fox Business host Trish Regan that the [Trump] administration has the goal of putting U.S. companies in charge of Venezuela's oil production. See it on former Congressman Ron Paul’s Liberty Report <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…> . The most recent developments in this matter have included new financial sanctions, the attempt to declare the Maduro presidency illegitimate and to impose a hand-picked puppet who has no legitimate claim to the presidency, and an attempt to provoke an incident by sending so-called “aid” to the border with Columbia. As Mr. De Zayas, puts it, “Juan Guaido is riding on the Trojan horse of the United States.” We should be grateful to Mr. De Zayas for courageously reporting the truth of the matter in Venezuela. It is distressing to me to see such broad support by Western and Latin American governments for regime change in Venezuela based on trumped-up charges. Such blatant imperial overreach should have the US populace up in arms, especially after the obvious falsehoods that have been put forth to overthrow governments in places like Iraq, Libya, and others countries across the middle-east and North Africa, and the attempted overthrow of the Assad government in Syria. Truly, the world order today has all the hallmarks of a fascist super-state. You can find Mr. de Zayas’ official report at https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G18/239/29/PDF/G1823929.pdf?O… <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. I have excerpted the *Conclusions *and *Recommendations *from the report and you can find them here <https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed…>. 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