I yesterday also posted some links to Stefan (who is currently the editor of demonetize.it, besides me), also from weblogs that could feed into our "planet" ("zerocurrency" was one of them). If you google on "sans argent" or "moneyless" you also find a couple of internet-fora discussing the issue - more out of "fun" than out of any sense of existential necessity, it seems, but anyway. We must also not forget a whole range of anarchist and communist groups that - finally - discover moneyless and wageless society to be what they should strive for (some of them, "the best of their generations", see i.e. the situationists or a large part of autonomist marxism in the US knew it all the time...). The World Socialist Movement is a case in point. Also in "The Coming Insurrection" and the "Communiqué from an Absent Future", moneylessness and the abolishment of exchange are core message (though not in the centre of reflection). I would especially be interested in workers collectives going in that direction since I believe that it will be crucial to become means of production on a large scale into our hands - that is where the power of the state and capital has its core (I am not Foucaultian in this case, it seems...). Maybe one must take a much closer look on the Spanish speaking world (but I don't really understand Spanish).

Thanks to Dante and Michel for relaying!

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Hi elf Pawlik,

its good to see the idea of moneyless societies grow, even though it seems still to be in its infancy, if not embryonic state.

one step of maturing would be to identify local structures that allow for multifaceted reliable moneyless life. The key question is how to replenish resources, so there is an intrinsic relation to the commons, but the commons are also a phenomenon that needs a bit of new understanding in our time. We have a global world and many layers of commons must come into interplay.

it would be good to also include and make visible the traditional networks that focus on this, including some monastic and community approaches.

With the advent of the internet, their global resonance is now possible. Maybe the lifestyle itself helps us to bridge between cultures. Israeli Kibbuzzim and Turkish or Arab clan economies could decide to freely exchange knowledge about technologies. Open Source Ecology (www.openfarmtech.org) could be an inspiring spark. Kai Ehlers in Germany is doing a lot of research in the post - soviet world.... Western communities are maturing ....

We started demonetize.it just weeks ago. You will find a lot of people and ideas there already. and its just one first approach to foster communication.....

There are also many individuals that feel stongly drawn to realize demonetization. Here for example comes the Moneyless Man: http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/09/the- moneyless-man/

more links that you discover by simply googling: http://zerocurrency.blogspot.com/, http://sites.google.com/site/livingwithoutmoney/... an endless journey begins....

I added some links, but I feel this needs serious research. And the research and experimentation is needed because the world is moving like never before.

Franz

Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> schreibt: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:17 AM Subject: Fwd: [GiftEconomy] moneyless-world.info To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> http://moneyless-world.info/

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: elf Pavlik <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:08 AM Subject: [GiftEconomy] moneyless-world.info To: gifteconomy <[email protected]>

Hi Everyone, I have just put up a preview version (a prototype) of a new website I work on currenlty. http://moneyless-world.info/ I aim to provide visual overview on worldwide development of networks related to moneless sharing and mutual support. Here I have list of other networks I would like too work on adding soon: http://typewith.me/7T78Jc1Ng4 Please feel free to add links with recommendations of networks which you see related (preferably which have participants worldwide). Also, if you know people working on those networks who can help with providing geografical data about those networks, please help me get in touch with them =) Thanks and I look forward to hear your feedback! elf Pavlik

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