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Worker Ownership, Scale of Production, and Use Value
by Patrick Anderson 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Worker Ownership is a very widely accepted as being the obvious answer to wage slavery. It is said that Workers must have at least *some* Ownership in the Means of Production lest they otherwise be exploited by those owners. But when the situation is on a very small scale, the idea seems to break-down and become almost absurd - for would you have a network technician become part owner of your home network because you hire him to install some wires and configure your router? Let's try "stepping through" the logic of this - the way a programmer might "step through" a program as he is trying to debug what, *exactly* is wrong, and so what *exactly* must change. We will do this by reducing the scale to just one owner, and then slowly increasing the scale... Imagine you own a single Olive tree. You pick the fruit yourself and turn some of them into oil - all for your own, personal use. You use all of the outputs of that tree and you do all of the work. One day you slip and hurt your back. You can no longer pick the Olives, but the work must be done. If you hire someone to work for you, should that worker have some ownership in your personal tree? If yes, then should the mechanic that fixes your car become also co-owner of that vehicle? What about a plumber that fixes your pipes? Should he become part owner of your home? What if you hire someone to fix your laptop? Should he become a stakeholder of that device? Why do these questions seem illogical? What if the Olive tree is co-owned by you and your neighbor? What if an orchard is co-owned by 10 people? What if by 100? And 1,000? 1,000,000? The same of the other questions. What if the car is co-owned by 2 people? 3 people? 4, 5, 6, 7, etc... What if the house has more than one owner? What if it is an apartment complex? What if the laptop is a massive datacenter? When does the answer to the question of "Should the worker have ownership in the Means of Production" switch from "Obviously NO" to "Obviously YES"? But maybe this is simply the wrong question. What am I missing here? Why should the end-user retain full ownership in some cases, and under what circumstances should the workers become shareholders? I suspect it has something to do with whether the owners are using the product directly as compared to them selling it to other agents. When the product is used directly, it seems we do not have a problem with the users retaining ownership of their trees, cars, houses, etc. But if those owners intend to *sell* some of the product, then I think we feel the workers then deserve part of the Profit that will likely be collected from those buyers. So when Production is Imputed - where the owners of the Means of Production use all of the outputs of that production and nothing is sold - it seems under that condition, that Workers do not need ownership ... since I guess it would do them no good anyway. When the owners do not sell the product, there is no Profit to divide-up. Also, when all user-owners have sufficient ownership in the Means of Production, the usual tactic of stopping other Workers from accessing those Means (to increase wages) cannot be achieved by Workers gaining ownership for themselves, for when the users have sufficient ownership, they can allow any worker to reverse-bid for that job.

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Fwd: Japanese disaster
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anthony Judge <anthony.judge(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:34 PM Subject: Japanesedisaster To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Hi Michel You may find this of interest: Anticipating Future Strategic Triple Whammies In the light of earthquake-tsunami-nuclear misconceptions http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs10s/tranplan.php Contents: Multi-whammy preparedeness: a Strategic Whammy Scale? Transcending the obvious "Acts of God"? Systemic neglect -- of warnings Identifying strategic options characterized by marginalization of warnings Best Tony -- Anthony Judge <anthony.judge(a)gmail.com> www.laetusinpraesens.org -- 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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important debate: fighting cuts in an age of powerdown
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

http://transitionculture.org/2011/03/15/richard-heinberg-interviewed-in-tot… Dear friends, I have some difficulty in articulating the following issue, and hope you can help me in framing this in the right way, so, here is the problem, on the one hand, we have a classic systemic 'end of wave' crisis of capitalism, a bail-out of the financial class and austerity measures imposed on working people to fund it, hence, a natural mobilization to defend the population against those cuts by 'getting the money where it is' on the other hand, we have a much more systemic systemic crisis due to climate change, peak oil, etc ... and we have forces such as the transition movement, these people are saying, it's useless to fight the cuts, they reflect the end of growth, etc .. in one of the articles I read, I forgot about which town, you could see how these people were talking to the austerity-minded cost-cutting conservative city hall while there was a massive mobilization of the anti-cuts movement going on, so, we have 2 contradictory realities, yes, the current austerity is fake and the money is there but captured by the elite, but, yes, the deeper crisis is also there and we have to think about changing our economic system more fundamentally, and part of this is indeed changing the growth system, etc .. my hunch is that it is essential to be in solidarity with the workers and citizens in the anti-cuts movement, but this somewhat reflective attitude needs an add-on, a broader context, that reflects the second truth, but without putting us on the side of the plutocracy in justifying the cuts .. so, how to formulate the right frame that honours both truths? Michel -- 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] important debate: fighting cuts in an age of powerdown
by orsan＠tie-netherlands.nl 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

One small thought on how to go from here to there, we may need to start efforting urgently for creating a peer network of peer nettworks, based on peerage as its internal annd external relational dynamic, and its aim would be bridging key people from various movements, theorists, activists, practitioners, researchers and workers at the shop floor and formulate harmonic voice for overlapping core demands. Self-organizing coordination [working?] group may be a good base for such an platform [organized network since such platform needs to be firmly grounded to real world self-organised peer networks, that would in fact reclaiming the state at local and national levels. Such an alternative networked subject can put forward commonalities between labour and transition movements as well as others, as free culture, free software, environmental, commons, etc. make a common call for for harmonised actions, strikes as well as media actions, direct actions, and festivals promoting common demands.

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Re: [P2P-F] important debate: fighting cuts in an age of powerdown
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

please note someone inserted a wrong address for our list, i.e. p2pfoundation(a)lists.ourproject.org instead of: p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org would be nice if you could resend your recent emails to the right address, so the others can share in your insights and the discussion, Michel On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Walton Pantland <waltonp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Good points. > > This argument has its manifestation in the UK in the form of David > Cameron's Big Society. Superficially it's a good idea: let's do away with > heavy handed state bureaucracy, and a faceless centralised system that runs > things with no regard for local needs, and replace it with a system where > active citizens run things at local levels. This sounds good, and generally > I am in favour of subsidiarity. > > However, after Cameron came into power, the real meaning of the Big Society > became apparent: the Government would massively cut funding to public > libraries, community centres and a number of other institutions. If local > people wanted to keep them open, they could volunteer to run them, for no > remuneration. So the plan was to replace paid public servants with > volunteers, and in some cases compel the unemployed to 'volunteer' to keep > services open. > > In the end, a Big Society needs infrastructure - a Commons that everyone > can access. > > Cheers > > Walton > > On 18 March 2011 10:40, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> thanks Jean! >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:30 PM, jean lievens <lievensje(a)yahoo.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi Michel, >>> >>> Sorry, cannot use Outlook because I am in Sweden... >>> >>> In my opinion, there is no real contradiction there, only two sides of >>> the same coin. >>> I think that capitalism is faced with a whole range of contradictions >>> that cannot be solved if the present system is maintained. >>> I’ve been reading a lot about ‘happiness’, the paradox of choice, >>> behavioral economics etc. lately and what strikes me is that all these >>> studies can be used in two ways: it can be used in defense of the system >>> (rich people are not necessarily more happy than poor people, envy makes you >>> unhappy, religious people are often more happy than non-believers, etc.), >>> the system is rational but people are not… But on the other hand, I think >>> these studies contain far more arguments in favour of a more just, >>> egalitarian and far less materialistic society. I think ordinary people will >>> gladly accept ‘cuts’ if they do not need to worry about their basic needs >>> anymore (and that means extending the public sector, not cutting it), have >>> more free time and far more control over their own lives. This means a fight >>> for real political and economic democracy. Only in creating a system that is >>> not based on the profit motive, but on the fulfillment of human needs, can >>> the present contradictions be solved. >>> But this is off course a general idea. The question is: how to get there? >>> I think the role of the state and government are crucial here. We will not >>> be able to jump from ‘here’ to ‘there’ in one leap as for example Chomsky >>> seems to suggest. In order to get there, working people need to take over >>> the control of the state, but at the same time turn the state institutions >>> around and run them in a democratic manner. I think that self-organizing >>> coordination groups over the internet will play a major role in this >>> democratization process, but we need to develop this further. >>> And in the meanwhile, we need to stand firm in defending working people >>> and civil servants against unfair cuts. The elite will use any argument to >>> let people swallow their austerity, including 'limits of growth' (as in the >>> seventies) and the protection of the environment. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Walton Pantland > > 2/1 48 Waverley Street > Shawlands > Glasgow > G41 2DZ > Scotland > UK > > Home: +44 (0)141 649 0645 > Work Mobile: +44 (0)785 499 6113 > Private Mobile: +44(0)7920100826 > Skype: Leischa > Twitter: @Leischa > Web: http://redstarcoven.com/ > http://cyberunions.org/ > -- 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: Call for Applications - Re-Visiting the Contact Zone
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: European Science Foundation <conferences-info(a)esf.org> Date: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM Subject: Call for Applications - Re-Visiting the Contact Zone To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Re-Visiting the Contact Zone: Museums, Theory, Practice We invite young and established researchers in museum studies, anthropology, art history, sociology, architecture, design, archaeology, and all related fields including practitioners in museums, galleries, and archives to apply for the *Re-Visiting the Contact Zone: Museums, Theory, Practice*Conference. This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Linköping University (LiU). The conference will take place on *17-21 July 2011* at Scandic Linköping Vast, Linköping, Sweden. Submission Deadline: *17 April 2011* *Grants for Young and Early Stage Researchers available.* Further information can be found below and at www.esf.org/conferences/11365<http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/961277822f35fc48f08ce25a8679c043?pa=3170668…> We would very much appreciate if you could circulate this announcement among your colleagues and your contacts. [image: 2011_365_image1] © courtesy of the Manchester Museum *Re-Visiting the Contact Zone: Museums, Theory, Practice* 17-21 July 2011 *Chaired by:* Sharon MacDonald - University of Manchester,UK Cilly Kugelmann - Jewish Museum Berlin, DE * Programme* Museums form an important part of the cultural heritage of all European countries. As institutions museums have tended to remain focused on the nation state for historical, political and financial reasons, but many of the issues museums aim to respond to today transcend national boundaries. 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Article : "US spy operation that manipulates social media"
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-ne… excerpts : *" The US military <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-military> is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. "* *" Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives. "* *" The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon ... "* *" OEV was discussed last year at a gathering of electronic warfare specialists in Washington DC<http://www.crows.org/the-io-institute/infowarcon-2010-agenda.html> "*

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Fwd: Synchronous Failure: Small Acts of Hope
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michelle Smith <admin(a)triarchypress.com> Date: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:21 PM Subject: Synchronous Failure: Small Acts of Hope To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com Dear Michel, Last month, Graham Leicester at the International Futures Forum (IFF) sent us a manuscript whose second chapter is called *Synchronous Failure* and begins: *We are increasingly confronted with major disasters and disruptions which make demands on emergency services. The most familiar and headline grabbing are the natural disasters such as earthquakes and superstorms. Whole swathes of infrastructure can be destroyed in such incidents affecting millions of people.* *...If this situation were not challenging enough we seem to be entering a period when both natural and man made disasters and dislocations are increasing in frequency and intensity. This creates a new level of hazard [when multiple natural and man-made problems occur all at the same time] called synchronous failure. The implications of a world in which multiple major disruptions are likely have yet to be properly addressed.* Then came news of events in Japan and the need to find a middle way between the catastropic response to this emergency (*The end is nigh*) and the ostrich response (*The stock market will take a hit but we'll be fine*). For inspiration, I turned to the IFF's *Ten Things to Do in a Conceptual Emergency* <http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/book19.htm>*. *It says: * <http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/book19.htm>**Not all responses to challenging times are dysfunctional. It is possible to face up to challenge and grow with and through it. 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Re: [P2P-F] New Open Source Ecology custom search engine and widget
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

that's great Eli, we made such a collective search engine 2-3 years ago, but it remained unused, perhaps times are now more mature for this, so thanks a lot for including us, Michel On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM, elifarley <elifarley(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Michel, > > I've made a configuration change on OSE's wiki which may represent a > way to better integrate P2PF and OSE. Please see this message: > > > http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing/browse_thread/thread/69a1b… > > So now, people searching for terms on OSE's wiki will also find pages > from P2PF wiki and blog. > > Elifarley > -- 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: kennisland.nl
by Michel Bauwens 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:33 PM Subject: kennisland.nl To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com http://www.kennisland.nl/en http://www.kennisland.nl *Kennisland is active in six fields: education, government, cultural heritage, copyright, creative economy and social media. We strive to innovate these fields, often in collaboration with partners and networks. Although making Dutch society smarter calls for innovation in many areas, hopefully one day our job will be done. Please read more about our fields of work <http://www.kennisland.nl/en/about-kennisland/fields-of-work>.* *Kennisland is a non-profit organisation. This is a deliberate choice, since our main focus is the public interest. We work with the government, but also with companies, knowledge institutes and social organisations that believe in our mission. We do not receive structural subsidies or financial support, and we do not wish to. For each new activity or project, we raise our own funds. This way, we remain resourceful, sharp and, most importantly, independent.* -- 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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