[P2P-F] Fwd: [Networkedlabour] For the Win! Online or Offline You have to Organize to Survive By Cory Doctorow

[Michel Bauwens]

longer version at http://p2pfoundation.net/For_the_Win

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Organize to Survive By Cory Doctorow
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About This Book / FAQ

http://craphound.com/ftw/about/

In the virtual future, you must organize to survive

At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are
engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual
“gold,” jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, others seek to exploit
this vast shadow economy, running electronic sweatshops in the world’s
poorest countries, where countless “gold farmers,” bound to their work by
abusive contracts and physical threats, harvest virtual treasure for their
employers to sell to First World gamers who are willing to spend real money
to skip straight to higher-level gameplay.

Mala is a brilliant 15-year-old from rural India whose leadership skills in
virtual combat have earned her the title of “General Robotwalla.” In
Shenzen, heart of China’s industrial boom, Matthew is defying his former
bosses to build his own successful gold-farming team. Leonard, who calls
himself Wei-Dong, lives in Southern California, but spends his nights
fighting virtual battles alongside his buddies in Asia, a world away. All
of these young people, and more, will become entangled with the mysterious
young woman called Big Sister Nor, who will use her experience, her
knowledge of history, and her connections with real-world organizers to
build them into a movement that can challenge the status quo.

The ruthless forces arrayed against them are willing to use any means to
protect their power—including blackmail, extortion, infiltration, violence,
and even murder. To survive, Big Sister’s people must out-think the system.
This will lead them to devise a plan to crash the economy of every virtual
world at once—a Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that ends up
being the biggest, funnest game of all.

Imbued with the same lively, subversive spirit and thrilling storytelling
that made LITTLE BROTHER an international sensation, FOR THE WIN is a
prophetic and inspiring call-to-arms for a new generation


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