[P2P-F] political & social revolution / transition to a commons-based society / intergenerational learning

Tue Jun 14 19:35:05 CEST 2011

Hi George,

Would you mind resending the SOAS link? It does not seem to work..

Thanks!

On 14 June 2011 12:25, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear George,
>
> I've got enough reports coming in that say that these movements are
> actually very broad, and not confined to the new generations; I see two
> things happening, i.e. that young people are giving hope to those older ones
> that had lost hope; on the other hand, some of us can possibly play a role
> of 'boundary spanners' some kind of link with earlier cycles ... So many of
> our generation have become either cynical, joined those that do harm, or
> lost hope; those of us that haven't, have a special responsability I think,
>
> I think we have to distinguish different temporalities, that of the steady
> construction of alternatives, which is accelerating; and the non-linear
> temporarility of social movements, with its unpredictable up and downs.
>
> As you know, in my writings, I think a new upswing of kondratieff is still
> a possibility, though it may be very well derailed by the other longer time
> cycles and the biospheric and social crises which are accumulating ..
>
> we are entering a zone of chaos, in which many of us will be forced to turn
> to p2p practices not out of idealism, but out of sheer necessity of survival
>
> the current capture of the state by financial predators, the bankruptcy of
> what remains of the industrial left, has severely diminished the capacity of
> the system to respond to feedback and accomodate structural reform .. this
> slows down positive adaptation, but increases the amount of alternative life
> practices and the risks of more radical explosions ...
>
> as the chinese curse says, 'may you live in interesting times' (cfr recent
> wave of unrest in southern china)
>
> Michel
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:45 PM, George Por <
> george at community-intelligence.com> wrote:
>
>> Michel,
>>
>> The new movements' new thinking is emerging as we speak. The post-camps
>> phase of DRY seems creating structures of engagement that, if successful,
>> can transcend (and include) protest and outrage, moving towards growing new
>> institutions of counter-power.
>>
>> However, the *social* revolution (beyond the political), as you know,
>> which includes a radical transformation of the capitalist mode and relations
>> of production and distribution, the root system of the social ills that the
>> current movement is attacking, will take much longer.
>>
>> In resonance with the Kondratieff cycle mentioned in a recent analysis of
>> the revolutionary crisis, on the p2p site, I anticipate a decades-long
>> transition to a post-capitalist, commons-based society. Some of your
>> writings and Adam Arvidsson's new book will be instrumental to illuminate
>> the challenges and opportunities of the transition, in which the struggle
>> includes pushing for more and more commons-friendly markets and states.
>>
>> All that shouldn't lure us into thinking as we knew what is really
>> happening, right now. Learning is more important than knowing. The courage
>> and creativity of the movements hugely inspire me to pay close attention and
>> do what I can to support them. That's what inspired also my idea for the
>> workshop that we'll have at SOAS university, here in London,
>> http://t.co/FwCPloF .
>>
>> Since the 60s I hardly had any hope that this moment can come in my
>> lifetime. What do you all think about the best ways, in which owe generation
>> can support the movement?
>>
>> in solidarity,
>>
>> george
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