[P2P-F] michigan developments

Fri Apr 29 16:51:21 CEST 2011

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi Kevin,
>
> I completely agree with your approach, which seems congruent with mine,
>
> Michel
>

Yes, on board with this too. In fact, I am also interested in working
with unions, and even local branches of parties like the Democrats
where there is support for commons/p2p approaches.

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Kevin Carson
> <free.market.anticapitalist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear Sam,
>> >
>> > I'm personally not suggesting that p2p people should create a political
>> > party, BUT, I do think that we should have bridges to the institutional
>> > world, and that includes a network of sympathetic politicians,
>>
>> > so it's not about creating a p2p political party, but of meshworking
>> > political and non-political people around shared concerns wherever they
>> > can
>> > be active
>>
>> I think what you suggest is the optimal form of political
>> participation.  The first emphasis should be on building
>> counterinstitutions at the local level and taking advantage of the
>> potential offered by liberatory technologies to create spaces outside
>> of state/corporate control, as Sam writes here:
>>
>> Instead, I am really focused on
>> >> providing plausible alternatives to food, energy, education,
>> >> technology and culture systems in our cities and communities, where
>> >> people can co-govern the resources, an collaborate with others in the
>> >> region who are doing the same.
>>
>> To the extent that we're involved in politics, it should be by
>> developing informal friendly ties and networking with particular
>> individuals inside the party establishments, or by participating in ad
>> hoc issue-oriented pressure campaigns in coalition with groups like
>> EFF.
>>
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