fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: On the Commons <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:15 PM Subject: News on the commons: November 2011 To: [email protected] [image: On the Commons] NOVEMBER 2011 What’s on the Commons <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=knMXQ2HExqlLXie%2F7wOqXdjeEQygeQxA> Occupy the Commons How the values of collaboration and sharing fuel the success of Occupy protests … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=klSbXLHRxg0%2Ffg5EUZd6atjeEQygeQxA> On the Commons<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PtdBc9TwOtw2UJVHaO0NbYrsMIV5d3A9>is a network of citizens and organizations working toward a commons-based society. The commons refers to the natural and socially-created commons belonging to all of us that-when used wisely and fairly-will benefit everyone, including future generations. INITIATIVES AND IDEAS FROM *ON THE COMMONS* OTC Co-Sponsors Commons Festival How what we share can be managed sustainably and equitably … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NAuq%2FIenue%2FTwc%2F%2BzxufadjeEQygeQxA> NEWS OF THE *COMMONS* Why is the GOP Targeting Bicyclists? Minneapolis’ rise as a top bike city owes a lot to federal funding … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FTq9OZlutE3dRI3hNlCHQdjeEQygeQxA> COMMONER Naomi Klein [image: Naomi Klein]<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SBqUikM00lVHomrY8frtL4rsMIV5d3A9> Why Occupy Wall Street “is the most important thing in the world” … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bd3rRTWhwxvPZiIkuNx%2B99jeEQygeQxA> The War Comes Home to Wall Street After 10 years, change is in the air … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1isBozJDH5dlS82S1%2FHPwtjeEQygeQxA> Live From Wall Street A dispatch from Zuccotti Park … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UOymY%2F1WFFOFaAofoL2IstjeEQygeQxA> COMMONS *QUOTES* “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there, good for you, but I want to be clear—you moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid for.” —Elizabeth Warren “My earlier political work was all about scarcity. The commons is more about abundance” —Ana Micka, On the Commons co-director “I store my surplus grain in my neighbors' bellies” —-A saying from India <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FbhyEacW09UNg%2B4ZrTN2uNjeEQygeQxA> Five Rule Changes to Help the 99 Percent Putting the commons into practice, by David Morris … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RwxUqvaX7rCFl5odHn2eG9jeEQygeQxA> We Power The Occupy movements reinvigorate hope in America. Julie Ristau and Alexa Bradley explain why it took so long … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JOrnm4N7%2FuA4i0PIsyo8vdjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VGJzmlwr1IqxM6y5E2n6BtjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vCUL43Et6HDiyTW1qkvGrdjeEQygeQxA> Elinor Ostrom’s Strategies for Managing the Commons Nobel Prize winner headlines OTC’s Festival of the Commons … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pS7BDkTc17oUO%2BLKyLlSHNjeEQygeQxA> Occupy Main Street Frustration about Wall Street greed boils over in Middle America. A report from Traverse City, Michigan … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BCqrFcQYJgAz31F50O%2BQ49jeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=coXxSaeVvDaVFoFUDTNRHdjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9g%2Bts%2B6ffh1Tbx9N%2BJ%2BzitjeEQygeQxA> Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street Finally, a real populist movement rises … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5zdjeoBJLrdeWmMZmHsLgNjeEQygeQxA> COMMONING The Little Library That Could Free neighborhood libraries pop up on street corners everywhere … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9CmEL4CkDaOUmARCpf4I9NjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qe9G%2BAJ9%2FXFP7%2BJq2eygRtjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qWlZ6YSgW%2F1h4wQKve9g29jeEQygeQxA> COMMONER Commons Arises on the Campaign Trail Elizabeth Warren evokes what we share in Massachusetts Senate Race … SEE THE VIDEO<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ylhr%2FgfwLFY8jBOclE55JtjeEQygeQxA> How 1 Percent Grabbed So Much of Our Wealth The economic benefits of knowledge—which belong to all of us—flow to the rich, says Gar Alperovitz … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BVSbH80%2FRLYUNtaDjwJO4IrsMIV5d3A9> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RAzKSjMzYvtl9IpWqzG8yNjeEQygeQxA> <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eclxh4oZFkR89FEnhr1YgNjeEQygeQxA> The Architect Has No Clothes Why so much modern design looks harsh and feels inhospitable … READ MORE<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tqqaNdV6%2BhKcNIq8eeBcCNjeEQygeQxA> [image: On the commons] Click here to unsubscribe<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0s38yGoKhaWibUJGNMYfNdjeEQygeQxA> ** -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens