---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: fiona <fdove@tni.org>
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 <supporters@opendemocracy.net>
Reply-To: openDemocracy <supporters@opendemocracy.net>
To: fdove@tni.org


Our coverage the open2017 conference on digital co-operatives.
View this email in your browser


“The generative, solidarity-inspired economy I envision is one where humanity stands a good chance of making through the next century without going extinct.”

 

openDemocracy invite you to Open 2017 - 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→

Bookings made via our site include a small donation to support our editorial work.
 
Co-ops versus private ownership“Re-writing the core code of business” – 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→


“Build democracy and it spreads like a virus” – 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→


“Disrupting capitalist democracy” – “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→


Follow all our coverage and join us at the February event.


Cooperative de Distillation by Yann Gar, CC BY-SA 2.0
In the run up to the Open2017 February conference, follow our series with the thinkers and movements shaping platform cooperatives.

Get 10% off tickets to the event→
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


Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list



--
Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org  

P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net  - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net

Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

#82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/