hmm ... i&#39;m very sceptical when right-wing social-democrats take up the commons  and Ed M. wasn&#39;t exactly supportive of the mobilizations against the cuts ... he&#39;ll be an Obama for sure ...<br><br>I am intrigued though by Blue Labour, <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Blue_Labour">http://p2pfoundation.net/Blue_Labour</a><br>
<br>any thoughts on them?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:20 PM, George Por <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:george@community-intelligence.com">george@community-intelligence.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<font color="#800000"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michel,<br>
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&gt; <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Civil_Society" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Civil_Society</a> ; <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Market_Approaches" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Market_Approaches</a> ; <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_State_Approaches" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_State_Approaches</a><br>

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&gt; a recent summary is at <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-basic-orientation-of-p2p-theory-towards-societal-reform-transforming-civil-society-the-private-and-the-state/2011/07/12" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-basic-orientation-of-p2p-theory-towards-societal-reform-transforming-civil-society-the-private-and-the-state/2011/07/12</a><br>

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<font color="#800000">Thanks for the reminder. Will read them right away. It’s very timely because in our country, there’s an emergent wing of the Labour Party, supported by Ed Miliband, which says, commons is the basis of society. That orientation is Labour’s best chance to take back the government at the next elections. If that happens, the</font><font color="#7f0000"> UK could make a major step towards becoming the first example (maybe after Bolivia) of what you call a “Partner State.”<br>

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&gt;  have you seen David Ronfeldt&#39;s treatment of the partner state? at <a href="http://twotheories.blogspot.com/2011/07/bauwens-partner-state-part-1-of-2-vis.html" target="_blank">http://twotheories.blogspot.com/2011/07/bauwens-partner-state-part-1-of-2-vis.html</a><br>

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<font color="#800000">we have already reposted it here:<br>
</font><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.commonslearningalliance.org/Bauwens-and-Ronfeldt-on-the-concept-of-Partner-State" target="_blank">http://www.commonslearningalliance.org/Bauwens-and-Ronfeldt-on-the-concept-of-Partner-State</a><br>

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cheers,<br>
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george<br>
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:58 AM, George Papanikolaou &lt;<a href="http://georgepapani@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "georgepapani@gmail.com" claiming to be</b></font> georgepapani@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
</span></font></font><blockquote><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We spoke last saturday ~ 200 partcipants - topic digital commons and democracy - advocacy of free software + introduction to the idea of commons vs market and state  - very interested<br>

<font color="#888888">George<br>
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