---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francine Mestrum <[email protected]> Date: Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:05 PM Subject: [global social commons discussion] WSF2016 Montreal Programme To: [email protected] These are the workshops we registered for the upcoming WSF in Montreal. Please let us know who will be there and able/willing to attend/speak at our workshops: 1. The common as a new political subject (Transform!, Global Social Justice, … ?) The question of the Common is often raised for water, land, the oceans, the forests… In recent years there is increasing interest for social commons such as healthcare, education and other social services. This point is also discussed in the context of the social and solidarity economy and it has become an important part of alternatives to a commodified society, built on private property In this workshop we want to see how the issue of the Common is looked at in different countries and continents. What are the common points of these experiences? 2. The social commons (Global Social Justice, Transform!, Network for Transformative Social Protection, Social Forum on Health and Social Security … ?) Global Financial Institutions are now promoting their kind of ‘social protection’: a minimalist programme, targeted on the poor, with purely economic objectives and totally compatible with neoliberalism. Till now, all over the world, most reactions are limited to a defence of the status quo, that is the old welfare states. However, these old systems do not satisfy all current needs anymore, especially with the important changes in the economic system. In this workshop, we want to discuss two alternatives: social commons on the one hand, a participatory and democratic way to decide on social protection, and the universal basic income, a simple system of equal allowances for all. 3. Universal health and social security systems (Social Forum on Health and Social Security, Global Social Justice, Network for Transformative Social Protection, … ?) In spite of all current changes in the way of thinking on social protection, the ‘old’ way of organizing the achievement of all economic and social rights can still be further improved, especially since the newest trends promoted by global financial institutions are aimed at targeting the poor. How can we promote universal health care? How to raise awareness on the need of this universalism and how to organize it? In this workshop will be discussed the experiences with the political laboratories organized in Latin America. All the best, Francine -- Archive: http://openfsm.net/projects/gsc/lists/globalsocialcommons-discussion/archive... To unsubscribe send an email with subject "unsubscribe" to [email protected]. Please contact [email protected] for questions. -- 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/