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Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:15 PM<br>Subject: News on the commons: November 2011<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><table style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" width="660" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<h1 style="font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 34px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">Occupy the Commons</h1>
<p style="font-family: georgia,times,serif;">How the values of collaboration and sharing fuel the success of Occupy protests � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=klSbXLHRxg0%2Ffg5EUZd6atjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PtdBc9TwOtw2UJVHaO0NbYrsMIV5d3A9" target="_blank">On the Commons</a> is a network of citizens and organizations working toward a commons-based society. The commons refers to the natural and socially-created commons belonging to all of us that-when used wisely and fairly-will benefit everyone, including future generations.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 174, 229);">INITIATIVES AND IDEAS FROM<br>
<b style="color: rgb(255, 51, 204);">ON THE COMMONS</b></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">OTC Co-Sponsors Commons Festival</h3>
<p>How what we share can be managed sustainably and�equitably � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NAuq%2FIenue%2FTwc%2F%2BzxufadjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 174, 229); clear: both;">NEWS OF THE <b style="color: rgb(255, 51, 204);">COMMONS</b></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">Why is the GOP Targeting Bicyclists?</h3>
<p>Minneapolis� rise as a top bike city owes a lot to federal�funding � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FTq9OZlutE3dRI3hNlCHQdjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
<p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 174, 229); font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; clear: both;">COMMONER<span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"> </span></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">Naomi Klein</h3>
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SBqUikM00lVHomrY8frtL4rsMIV5d3A9" target="_blank"><img src="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 12px;" title="" alt="Naomi Klein" height="75" width="75"></a>
<p>Why Occupy Wall Street �is the most important thing in the�world� � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bd3rRTWhwxvPZiIkuNx%2B99jeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">The War Comes Home to Wall Street</h3>
<p>After 10 years, change is in the�air � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1isBozJDH5dlS82S1%2FHPwtjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">Live From Wall Street</h3>
<p>A dispatch from Zuccotti Park � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UOymY%2F1WFFOFaAofoL2IstjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 174, 229); clear: both;">COMMONS <b style="color: rgb(255, 51, 204);">QUOTES</b></p>
<blockquote style="margin: 25px 0pt 0pt 12px; padding: 0pt; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 188, 228); font-size: 26px; line-height: 29px;">�There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there, good for you, but I want to be clear�you moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid�for.�
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�Elizabeth Warren</p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 25px 0pt 0pt 12px; padding: 0pt; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 188, 228); font-size: 26px; line-height: 29px;">�My earlier political work was all about scarcity. The commons is more about abundance�
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�Ana Micka, On the Commons co-director</p>
</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 25px 0pt 0pt 12px; padding: 0pt; clear: both; color: rgb(0, 188, 228); font-size: 26px; line-height: 29px;">�I store my surplus grain in my neighbors' bellies�
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�-A saying from India</p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; font-weight: normal;">Five Rule Changes to Help the 99 Percent</h2>
<p>Putting the commons into practice, by David�Morris � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RwxUqvaX7rCFl5odHn2eG9jeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<p>The Occupy movements reinvigorate hope in America. Julie Ristau and Alexa Bradley explain why it took so�long � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JOrnm4N7%2FuA4i0PIsyo8vdjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; font-weight: normal;">Elinor Ostrom�s Strategies for Managing the Commons</h2>
<p>Nobel Prize winner headlines OTC�s Festival of the�Commons � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pS7BDkTc17oUO%2BLKyLlSHNjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<p>Frustration about Wall Street greed boils over in Middle America. A report from Traverse City,�Michigan � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BCqrFcQYJgAz31F50O%2BQ49jeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; font-weight: normal;">Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street</h2>
<p>Finally, a real populist movement�rises � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5zdjeoBJLrdeWmMZmHsLgNjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; font-weight: normal;">The Little Library That Could</h2>
<p>Free neighborhood libraries pop up on street corners�everywhere � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9CmEL4CkDaOUmARCpf4I9NjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; font-weight: normal;">Commons Arises on the Campaign Trail</h2>
<p>Elizabeth Warren evokes what we share in Massachusetts Senate�Race � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ylhr%2FgfwLFY8jBOclE55JtjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">SEE THE VIDEO</a></p>
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<p>The economic benefits of knowledge�which belong to all of us�flow to the rich, says Gar�Alperovitz � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BVSbH80%2FRLYUNtaDjwJO4IrsMIV5d3A9" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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<p>Why so much modern design looks harsh and feels inhospitable � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tqqaNdV6%2BhKcNIq8eeBcCNjeEQygeQxA" style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>
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