---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel Chavez <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:33 AM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] New Politics Workshop Report To: [email protected] Dear compañerxs, I thought some of you might be interested in this workshop report: www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/new_politics_workshop_report-1.pdf On 13-14 February 2016, a group of researchers and activists from fifteen countries met in Amsterdam. The aim was to jointly draft the research agenda of the New Politics Project, an initiative promoted by the Transnational Institute (TNI) in partnership with several other organisations and individuals from around the world. The participants came from social movements, trade unions, political parties, universities, governments, public entities and research centres in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The New Politics Project has been conceived as a 'decentralised think tank' on counter-hegemonic politics and economics that will support the joint production of ideas to: (a) boost the development of desirable, viable and achievable alternatives aimed at transcending capitalism; (b) acknowledge the diversity of knowledge as a source of inspiration for the co-creation of alternatives; and (c) promote fruitful collaboration and exchanges among researchers and activists from different regions of the world. The participants came from all the 'ideological families' of the left. Several participants in this list were engaged in the previous phase of the New Politics Project (jointly coordinated by Hilary Wainwright and myself), or had some contact with us. At the Amsterdam workshop we addressed issues that have generated debates within this list, such as the state and the commons, the current meaning(s) of labour, the new forms of social and political activism, the experiences of the left in government, etc. The report offers highlights from the discussions and presentations and underlines key questions and issues to be addressed by the project’s research agenda. There will be a second report with a summary of the agreed workplan. Comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome. Cheers, Daniel _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list [email protected] http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/