Peer2Politics

On March 20, the hashtag #GlobalP2P suddenly vaulted up among Twitter’s most globally used. One detail: It had never before been a trending topic. Afterward, #GlobalP2P was an insistent echo raising the visibility of theP2P Foundation's Wikisprint event, a mapping of the commons and peer-to-peer space taking place that day in Latin America and Southern Europe. The explosion of #GlobalP2P as a trending topic was no accident. There was a intensive process underway to increase participation in and awareness of the Wikisprint with hundreds of groups, individuals, foundations, universities, and governments involved.

Collaboration, networking, transversality, openness, free licenses, remixing, transnationality. On March 20, the hashtag #GlobalP2P suddenly vaulted up among Twitter’s most globally used. One detail: it had never before been a TT(Trending Topic) in any country. Afterwards, it took place as the most watched among many. #GlobalP2P was a choral cry. #GlobalP2P was an insistent echo raising the visibility of the P2P Foundation ‘s Wikisprint event (a mapping of experiences happening around the commons and peer-to-peer) taking place that day in Latin America and Southern Europe. The explosion of #GlobalP2P as a global trend was no accident. There was strategy behind it. The hashtag #P2PWikisprint had had a few weeks to gear up. It came about in a decentralized way, hence its big leap to the global TT. Above all, there was a very intensive process already in place, common among hundreds of groups, networks, activists, foundations, thinkers, universities … and even some governments, both local and supranational.