that is indeed good news, thanks for the update and appeal Mark and thanks of course to Paul Mason, dear Paul, we have quite a few peeps in Greece, that are working in various capacities around the commons, if there is room for meeting them (some work with the greek VP), let us know, have you taken a look at commonstransition.org around which we did workshops with civic groups and Syriza elected officials ? Michel On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:18 AM, mark jagdev <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear friends,
This information comes from Paul Mason an award winning UK journalist at Channel 4 News and author. It is well known that from his reporting since the financial crisis, including his current reporting on Greece and Syriza that he is raising critical awareness of very real commons and peer to peer developments.
*1. A Documentary reporting the rise of the Commoners and Syriza in Greece.*
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A feature length documentary following the Grassroots of Greece and the radical left Syriza government.
*This documentary needs crowdfunding asap!* Contribute to it's production and eventual nation wide viewing here: "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greece-dreams-take-revenge>".
From the pitch: "*We need funds to complete a feature-length documentary about the rise of a radical left government in Greece and its battle with the global finance system. We already have exclusive footage of the campaign at grass roots level. We followed activists, leaders and local communities for 22 days. Now we want to tell their story in the unfolding drama.*"
"*A radical government takes on the world! Documentary: the inside story of Syriza's first 100 days.*"
The problem with the big networks is that they just aren't reporting on these developments right now. Paul Mason knows this and wants to give it the attention to detail it deserves. He says:
"*Even the best of the networks can't tell this story in the detail it deserves. We have low-profile camera crews, Greek speakers, with unparalleled access. And we are shooting now.*"
Working alongside Paul is Theopi Skarlatos who directed the feature length documentary Love in the Time of Crisis (2014). She says:
"*In January 2015 we started filming the Greek crisis, because: We knew the election would matter to the world. We had unique access. The network media won't cover the whole story.*"
*Please support* this documentary "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greece-dreams-take-revenge>".
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*2. Paul Mason New Book on the Horizon: *"Postcapitalism: A guide to our future" Allen Lane. August 2015.
In a brief message exchange with Paul Mason I shared the following posts by David Bollier <http://bollier.org/blog/new-greek-government-endorses-commons-based-peer-production-solutions> and Vasilis Kostakis <http://nurkseschool.tumblr.com/post/110811291631/syrizas-new-plan-for-economic-development-a> on p2p and commons developments in Greece. He replied saying that his next book, out in August, is actually about this!
*Book Summary:* *Paul Mason surveys the wreckage of neoliberalism and comes up with two ideas: scrap neoliberalism to save globalisation, then use network technology to push beyond the market, into a world where automation, peer networks and sustainable technology creates a new economic system. The book that takes p2p out of academia and niche obsessions into the mainstream.*
Coming in August 2015.
Thank you Paul for doing this work. It's great to see you highlighting these critical trends.
Kind regards, Mark
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