I'm aware that paulistas are part of the mix Devin,and indeed nobody needs permission, but ows is not a movement of movements, but a movement of non-representational individuals

but I see little trace of Ron Paul's 'let's privatise everything' in any of the ows actions or pronouncements ...

there is huge difference between left and right anarchism (cfr Natalie's "Equality is for mathematics"), though I guess some Paulista's interpret things in different ways ... I don't believe any left anarchist would accept refusing access to different races on private property grounds...

from what I've seen in surveys, most ows participants favour a progressive role for government action, not its dismantlement (independent of what you and I think about whether that's a good thing or not); and the stress is about the corporate takeover of government, not the governmennt takeover of corporations (tea party); the black friday ows actions are against consumption culture, not for more shopping (as the anti-ows tea party action I saw mentioned somewhere)

now if paulista's can live with what ows is demanding, I'm all for it,

for me it would be interesting to see a precise list of official paulista demands

Michel


On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Devin Balkind <devin@sarapisfoundation.org> wrote:
... as if Ron Paul supporters need permission to work with OWS. 

Who do you think keeps camps running?  People who demand things from government, or people who demand things from themselves?

OWS (in NY) is an anarchist movement and Ron Paul is the closest thing to an anarchist presidential candidate as I've ever seen.


On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Michel Bauwens <michel@p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
hi Devin,

I personally am very thankful for progressive media like Democracy Now in order to get at least some quality info circulated and not relying on corporate media like Fox News

BUT, my impression on Ron Paul comes from his own videos ... some of them are tagged under P2P-Right in my delicious and diigo tags,

for example, the one where he justifies denying blacks entry to restaurants because they are property, advocating a total privatisation of education,  abolishing DoEd), criticising ows for having 50% profiteers, etc .. just his own words, no need for progressive media,

in fact, I suspect his Republican contenders of circulating these videos,

Ron Paul has integrity, I think, but I find a lot of his views unpalatable; that doesn't mean ron paul supporters cannot work with ows of course, or that some other forms of cooperation on concrete questions are impossible

Michel


On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Devin Balkind <devin@sarapisfoundation.org> wrote:
This is such an old paradigm conversation.

First of all - yes I've seen anti-semetic signs at OWS, and next to them there's usually soemone with a sign that says "we don't support this person." 

Second, the fact that so many folks won't collaborate with each other because they have different political beliefs is why we're in this mess.  It's old paradigm thinking and it's preventing a lot of much needed production from taking place.

Third, the arguments that you mention against Ron Paul are straight out of the progressive media press releases.  Do some independent research.  Look into the effects of the war on drugs, US colonialism and the Federal Reserve and tell me that those policies aren't absolutely terrible and need to end.



On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie@cox.net> wrote:
Regret using the term “lot’s of”-that IS something I’ve picked up on the net. But I personally have seen 3 on TV newscasts. The point is I fear where you’re going with this. It resembles political control in line with Southern segregation- at best encouraging people to disguise their preferences (promoting a surreptitious social atmosphere) and at worst, an Orwellian nightmare. Tyranny of the mob like Govt tyranny is still tyranny-and all in the name of a better society.
 
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hi natalie,

I know this is a popular meme with the right, and you even say, 'lots of', but, can you show me one picture with antisemitic slogans, I have seen hundreds of pictures, been to zuccoti, and not seen a single one ..

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie@cox.net> wrote:
Unless someone breaks the law, or encourages, provokes, assists illegal acts, how can you justify not cooperating with them? First, in many cases-you may never know what’s “ in their hearts.’” In a Democratic-General Assembly kind of system-how can you exclude people because they don’t share your value system? You draw the line with personal relationships and voluntary acts like not working for a polluter, or voting for an anti-gay politician. There have been many Anti-Semitic signs at OWS protests. Do you not go because they are there? Kick them out? Less than full inclusion turns freedom of speech, or any other freedom into a mockery-just another kind of segregation.
 
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Christian Siefkes <christian@siefkes.net> wrote:
Michel Bauwens wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Christian Siefkes <christian@siefkes.net>wrote:
>> > Would you work with the Ku Klux Klan if it could help foster your goals?
>> > Where do you draw the line?
>
> good question, I would draw the line with explicitely 'anti-p2p' forces
> such as racism, genderism, etc ..

Yes, that sounds reasonable. Peer production requires treating others as
your peers, as equals, and anybody with racist, homophobic, sexist,
anti-semitic views won't be able to do that, hence their participation is
likely do to more bad than good.

Anti-abortion is about denying women's right over their own bodies (while,
of course, men's rights over their bodies are never put in doubt), hence it
is equally 'anti-p2p'.


well, the last thing is a bit more problematic for me, I see this as an ethical opinion; for example, I have worked and communicated with catholic distributists, who are very egalitarian (support distributing proprety, catholic worker movement, live in collectives without property etc ..) but find abortion objectionable because of their egalitarianism .. of course, I disagree with this,  but I find it has little practical importance in the cooperation

> a question for you: if you are working on a piece of free software, and you
> discover your co-developer is KKK, would you stop working with her?
>
> these are by no means easy questions, FLOSS is full of libertarians, whose
> values I object to ...

I know. Eric Raymond's pro-gun standpoint and some of his possible
more-or-less racists sayings haven't stopped me from quoting his insights
about free software.

they are also majorly wrong in the bazaar/cathedral metaphor <g>; the cathedrals were very participatory and distributed efforts involving the whole population ..

 
Some time ago I discovered that the author of a little
piece of free software I'm using has shockingly right-wing views:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/enemies/ . That didn't stop me from using
his software, nor from contributing a little patch back to him, of course.

So I don't think people having personal views contrary to my own is a
problem as long as it doesn't hinder cooperation in a project. But on the
other hand I would think it very wrong to invite people with such
standpoints precisely *because of* their standpoints -- which is what
anybody who talks about "building an alliance with the Tea Party" is
proposing to do.

I agree, I would oppose any formal cooperation with tea party organisations, they are a very dangerous, fascism-inducing political force; but a few people call themselves that way and are pro-open source libertarians; they should disown the label instead of claiming that they are the true TP'ers and all the others are fake.

And, of course, if (say) an openly racist person's participation in a
project would cause black people to leave to product, or discourage them
from joining it, since they could feel no longer welcome, then it would be
the racist who would have to leave so as to correct the situation. I hope we
agree on that?

yes

 

> what do you think of nader's alliance with ron paul, around the 3
> priorities of ending the war, ending the war on drugs and 3 ??

"and 3"? Ending wars, and ending the war on drugs are fine goals, and it
seems to me that Ron Paul is by far not the worst of the Tea Party--near
candidates currently running. Nevertheless I suppose that such alliances
will ultimately do more bad than good, since they will increase acceptance
for causes that are anti-emancipatory and 'anti-p2p'.


ron paul also has quite terrible positions on civil rights and the like; I'm not sure if nader is correct is doing such an alliance, though I respect Nader a lot; I think ows has a better position, by eschewing formal political alliances altogether, and seeking broad commonality on a few key goals

at least for the time being ... if time, circumstances and maturation require much more radical steps, even such commonality may become strained

Michel



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