---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: fiona <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 6:34 PM Subject: Fwd: Build democracy and it spreads like a virus -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Build democracy and it spreads like a virus Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 11:22:18 +0000 From: openDemocracy <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Reply-To: openDemocracy <[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Our coverage the open2017 conference on digital co-operatives. View this email in your browser <http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=ed8a784dc1&e=35896ec85c> “The generative, solidarity-inspired economy I envision is one where humanity stands a good chance of making through the next century without going extinct.” *Douglas Rushkoff, Re-writing the core code of business <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=9e0709c422&e=35896ec85c>* *openDemocracy* invite you to *Open 2017* <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=8d728d9a75&e=35896ec85c> - a two day conference on scaling up the collaborative economy. The event focusses on platform Cooperatives - *online organisations which are owned and managed by their members*. The event is organised in conjunction with Goldsmiths, University of London on 16 - 17 February 2017. *openDemocracy* is a media partner and presents a range of articles and conversations with various speakers in the run up to the event. The sale of "early bird" tickets ends on Friday - get your ticket now to save. *Get our 10% partner discount on tickets here <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=24955c7a03&e=35896ec85c>→* Bookings made via our site include a small donation to support our editorial work. *[image: Co-ops versus private ownership] <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=b8a72d725b&e=35896ec85c>**“Re-writing the core code of business”* <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=75fd5c522a&e=35896ec85c> – Douglas Rushkoff in conversation: “...the radical alternative I'm envisioning is simply a world where the most extractive and destructive practices don't absolutely dominate us. Where people have the ability to work for one another if there are no corporate jobs available.” *Read on <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=9b96bbba2a&e=35896ec85c>* → *“Build democracy and it spreads like a virus”* <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=cf7f622ef5&e=35896ec85c> – A Q&A on Platform Co-ops with Nathan Schneider and Oliver Sylvester-Bradley. “I guess I feel I have experienced democracy. Never perfect, never complete (as Derrida put it, always "democracy to come"), but real and beautiful.” *Read on <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=87c5c653b4&e=35896ec85c>* → *“Disrupting capitalist democracy”* <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=f9a7f44bcb&e=35896ec85c> – “Platform co-ops, which must always be democratically owned, are the building blocks of an ownership revolution in which power is transferred from the few to the many”, writes Oliver Sylvester-Bradley. *Read on <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=c2dcfd6e61&e=35896ec85c>* → Follow all our coverage <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=bca1457da7&e=35896ec85c> and join us at the February event <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=1d66253639&e=35896ec85c> . <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=ab246cf1d5&e=35896ec85c> *Cooperative de Distillation by Yann Gar, CC BY-SA 2.0 <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=cb5810ab28&e=35896ec85c>* In the run up to the Open2017 <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=be61025a98&e=35896ec85c> February conference, follow our series with the thinkers and movements shaping *platform cooperatives.* *Get 10% off tickets to the event→* <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=29f6233524&e=35896ec85c> Bookings made via our site include a small donation to support our editorial work. *Creative Commons 4.0 2016 openDemocracy* You signed up for daily updates from openDemocracy *Our mailing address is:* openDemocracy The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London, England E8 3DL United Kingdom Add us to your address book <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=717bc5d86d> Want to change how you receive these emails? 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