[P2P-F] [NetworkedLabour] [tapas] [commoning] support appreciated for Plan C, a commons transition plan for greek civil movements

Michel Bauwens michel at p2pfoundation.net
Thu Jul 16 12:36:56 CEST 2015 

new update of what we have so far on plan C

I'm also including an article I wrote today outlining P2P-F proposals for a
commons transition strategy

Plan C for Advancing the Commons Transition in Greece
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#mw-head>
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#p-search>
Contents [hide
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#>
]

   - 1 Context
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Context>
   - 2 Status
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Status>
   - 3 Proposals
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Proposals>
      - 3.1 Building up alternative democratic power and self-organization
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Building_up_alternative_democratic_power_and_self-organization>
      - 3.2 Monetary Reform
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Monetary_Reform>
         - 3.2.1 Background Documents
         <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents>
      - 3.3 Productive Reform
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Productive_Reform>
         - 3.3.1 Background Documents
         <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_2>
      - 3.4 Energy Infrastructure
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Energy_Infrastructure>
         - 3.4.1 Background documents
         <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_documents_3>
      - 3.5 Knowledge Infrastructures
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Knowledge_Infrastructures>
      - 3.6 Background Documents
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_4>
      - 3.7 Public/State Infrastructure: The Partner State and the
      Commonification of Public Services
      <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Public.2FState_Infrastructure:_The_Partner_State_and_the_Commonification_of_Public_Services>
         - 3.7.1 Background Documents
         <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_5>
         - 3.7.2 Discussion
         <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Discussion>

[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=1>
]Context

Plan A is the name for the capitulation towards the demands of the
creditors, now the most realistic possibility; plan B is the Grexit which
offers Greece an independent path within the same economic logic, but with
basic sovereign powers to protect and advance their own interests; plan C
stands for a Commons Transition
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Transition>, which can take place either
under conditions laid out by Plan A or Plan B, but which could become the
main strategy under conditions of a revival of popular power and democracy.


** For general background on the concept of Commons Transition*, see,

   1. The Commons Transition Plan
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Transition_Plan>, crafted for the FLOK
   Society project in Ecuador, with a better designed eBook version
   <http://commonstransition.org/commons-transition-the-book/> at
   http://commonstransition.org
   2. A very short summary of that transition logic is here
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Transition_Proposals_Towards_a_Commons-Oriented_Economy_and_Society>
    and here
   <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/>
   3. An evaluation of the limitations of the FLOK project
   <http://commonstransition.org/a-new-evaluation-of-the-flok-experience-in-ecuador-whats-next/>,
   which did not include a mandate for physical commons infrastructures

** Plan C references for Greece:*

   1. Time for renewed popular resistance
   <http://roarmag.org/2015/07/syriza-bailout-movements-greece-crisis/>

By Theodoros Karyotis On July 13, 2015 :

"Now is the moment for a broad alliance of social forces to bring forward a
‘Plan C’, based on social collaboration, decentralized self-government and
the stewardship of common goods. Without overlooking its significance,
national electoral politics is not the privileged field of action when it
comes to social transformation. The withering away of democracy in Europe
should be complemented and challenged by the fortification of
self-organized communities at a local level and the forging of strong bonds
between them, along with a turn to a solidarity- and needs-based economy,
and the collective management and defense of common goods."
[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=2>
]Status

A very very preliminary first draft at this stage, but this document will
improve every day.


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=3>
]Proposals[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=4>
]Building up alternative democratic power and self-organization

   - create Commons Transition Circles
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Commons_Transition_Circles&action=edit&redlink=1>
for
   every town and region to be the advocates and agents of commons creation ;
   create a Coalition of Commons Transition Circles
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_Commons_Transition_Circles&action=edit&redlink=1>
to
   share and coordinate activities; members of these circles support the
   creation of the initiatives listed below.


   - create Assemblies of the Commons
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Assemblies_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1>
for
   every town and region, and per social domain of activity to unite the
   citizens with commons concerns ; create a Coalition of the Assemblies of
   the Commons
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_the_Assemblies_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1>
to
   share and coordinate activities


   - create Chambers of the Commons
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Chambers_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1>,
   bound by social charters, for every town and region and for economic
   domains of activity; members are all entrepreneurial and producitive
   entities responsible for the livelihood of the commoners ; create a
Coalition
   of the Chambers of the Commons
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_the_Chambers_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1>
to
   share and coordinate activities


   - create Mutual Aid Networks
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Mutual_Aid_Networks> in every town and region
   to assist citizens in their access to basic resources


   - create a Association for the Advancement of the Commons Transition
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Association_for_the_Advancement_of_the_Commons_Transition&action=edit&redlink=1>
to
   coordinate policy proposals to be carried out by civic or public service
   entities in support of the transition


   - create a 'facilitation skills' and 'self-management learning center'
   to support even non-commons organizations of all sorts to move to
   self-management inspired by the experiences described for example in the
   book, Reinventing Organizations
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Reinventing_Organizations>

[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=5>
]Monetary Reform

   - create a independent national currency, citizen-based if need be


   - create a national B2B currency (Swiss bank) for use as B2B reserve
   currency


   - create a network of local and regional currencies


   - create a national public bank, citizen-based if needed


   - create a solidarity economy bank


   - create a 'self-management learning center' to support even non-commons
   organizations of all sorts moving towards self-management structures and
   processes, inspired by the spirit of Reinventing Organizations
   <http://p2pfoundation.net/Reinventing_Organizations>


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=6>
]Background Documents

   - the very realistic proposals of Ellen Brown: Grexit or Jubilee? How
   Greek Debt Can Be Annulled
   <http://ellenbrown.com/2015/07/14/grexit-or-jubilee-how-greek-debt-could-be-annulled/>


   - Mike Gismondi recommends: The Future of Money by mary mellor, Pluto
   Press 2015. Mary’s next book is Debt or Democracy: Public Money for
   Sustainability and Justice and will be published by Pluto Press in a few
   months time.


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=7>
]Productive Reform

   - generalize a framework for independent renewable energy production


   - generalize a framework for direct food production and consumption


   - democratize access to affordable housing by systemizing the creation
   of Community Land Trusts and similar solutions


   - create local/regional incubators for the solidarity economy


   - create a network of productive workshops for every locality/region and
   for every domain of economic activity


   - create a network of solidarity economy incubators in every town and
   region


   - create a network of support for the SME economy


   - create a network of provisioning councils at local, regional and
   national levels to insure a flow of basic resources to all citizens


   - create and support the creation of knowledge commons for every area of
   human activity


   - link thematic incubators for the solidarity and SME economy to each of
   these shared knowledge commons


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=8>
]Background Documents

   - Transforming the productive base of the economy through the open
   design commons and distributed manufacturing
   <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/#4001>;
   by George Dafermos


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=9>
]Energy Infrastructure[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=10>
]Background documents

   - Transforming the energy matrix: Transition policies for the
   development of the distributed energy model
   <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/transforming-the-energy-matrix/>.
   George Dafermos.
   - A peer-to-peer approach to energy production
   <http://p2plab.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1-s2.0-S0160791X15000251-main.pdf>.
   P2P Lab.

[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=11>
]Knowledge Infrastructures[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=12>
]Background Documents

   - Commons Approach to EU knowledge policy,
   http://commonsnetwork.eu/a-commons-approach-to-european-knowledge-policy/
   - A short essay by Michel Bauwens & Vasilis Kostakis on a new
   reconfiguration among the state, civil society and the market
   <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/>
   .


[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=13>
]Public/State Infrastructure: The Partner State
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Partner_State> and the Commonification of Public
Services <http://p2pfoundation.net/Commonification_of_Public_Services>[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=14>
]Background Documents

   - Towards a new reconfiguration among the state, civil society and the
   market
   <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/>.
   Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Kostakis.

[edit
<http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=15>
]Discussion

John Restakis:

"The primary challenges to the transfer of state property to a commons
structure owned and operated by local communities are the following:

1. The legislative framework in Greece has no provisions for the kinds of
legal structures that would facilitate the kind of commoning/co-operative
structures required to support such a system;

2. There is little to no understanding among most of the the populace or
the local governmental institutions about the theory and practice of
commons resource management;

3. The transfer of state assets to local control would open the gate to
further manipulation of the process by corrupt local officials,
organizations, and private business interests. This could end up being
catastrophic for the management and protection of these resources.

Any such process requires the passage of appropriate legislation, intensive
popular education and training on the meaning and management of commons
ownership and management, and the reform of local governmental structures
so as to minimize the opportunity for corruption and the seizure of state
and public assets.

All this takes time, programming, a committed public policy, and a team of
people deployed to research, design, and implement such a transition."

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
wrote:

> dear Apostolis,
>
> here is a google doc version, which I will update now with the latest
> version from the wiki version,
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXd5R3W09RwryXebN5eqDt4OAvdm9ttseLj3Q0guTW4/edit
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <
> xekoukou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michell and all, wouldn't it be better if you created a google doc that
>> we could all add content to?
>> I could share it to the OVN group and we could all create a plan C
>> together.
>>
>> Some solutions might contradict each other, but each person/group can
>> write his proposals under his/its name.
>>
>> We could also comment on each other's proposals. John Restakis for
>> example explains on some interesting challenges for the commonification of
>> state-property. I would like to explain in more detail the OVN proposal so
>> that some of them may be removed. The OVN model is different that the
>> cooperative model.
>>
>> Keep in mind that there was already some interest to create such a
>> non-profit organization in Heraklion Crete but it halted because of the
>> absence of legal advice/expertise.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-07-16 10:27 GMT+03:00 Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Pat Conaty <
>>> pat.commonfutures at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hence the argument for a partner state that is not on top but on tap in
>>>> its support for new forms of Co-operative Economic Democracy to secure
>>>> co-operative commonwealth.
>>>>
>>>> Great Michel to see you setting out the framework for a Plan C (for
>>>> co-operative commons). We need collaborative work to flesh this out but you
>>>> have made a flying start.
>>>>
>>>
>>> would be great if you could add material here:
>>> http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> NetworkedLabour mailing list
>>> NetworkedLabour at lists.contrast.org
>>> http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>    ,
>>
>>      Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> 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/
>



-- 
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/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ourproject.org/pipermail/p2p-foundation/attachments/20150716/4735e160/attachment-0001.htm

More information about the P2P-Foundation mailing list