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The solution now is to go back to the cooperativist tradition as an alternative to the corporate sharing economy.
Michel Bauwens: A note on the post-capitalist strategy of the P2P Foundation How to create a Post-Capitalist strategy? As expressed in our previous posts — where we describe the work of Kojin Karatani— we agree that the present system is based on a trinity of capital-state-nation, and that this reflects the integration of three modes... Continue reading →
Can the factors creating a slower growth world find open discussion in time to avoid severe social strife and an Age of Stagnation
Sociologist Erik Olin Wright explains why a basic income would not be a “disincentive” to work (unlike means-tested anti-poverty programs).
Andrew Stewart interviews Kevin Carson on the issue of corporate water privatization and cooperative ownership, commons-based alternatives.
A series of proposals and more than 120 policy recommendations for governments, ending in a joint statement of public policies for the collaborative economy
What can bind people together beyond the minimal social and civic ties? David Bollier argues that the Commons can be the driver for systemic change
Every so often I am invited to write a piece that in effect answers the question, “Why the commons?” I invariably find new answers to that question.
The following article, originally published in Enlivening Edge, is the first in a series of 7 looking at health and healthcare from a commons perspective.
Video panel exploring the Commons in the city and internationally. Featuring Christian Iaione, Eloísa Piñeiro Orge, George Dafermos and Joan Subirats.
D-CENT invites you to an exciting week-long programme of activities which showcase and celebrate the results of the D-CENT project.
One of Shareable’s core projects this year is to produce a new book and digital database comprised of case studies and model policies to support the growth of Sharing Cities.
It’s time to examine and broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income
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Pixelache Helsinki wants to bring key members of ZEMOS98 collective to the 2016 edition of their festival, under the campaign title 'CopyLove Helsinki'
David Bollier's presentation to the Agence Française de Développement in Paris outlining the commons as an alternative vision of "development."
Michel Bauwens (Madison, Wisconsin), June 12, 2016: Part One – Analyzing the global situation One of the best books I have read in the last ten years is undoubtedly, The Structure of World History, by Kojin Karatini.
The General Political License would allow policy makers to have the support of commons and commoners, subject to clear conditions of reciprocity.
Video exploring the topic of Open Source Circular Economy
It's indeed a remarkable synthesis of where the P2P movement is at, and how it is both grappling with the tensions in the world and within the movements.
Sharing is not an opposite of ownership nor a panacea. But we can make use of existing resources rather than create everything we need.
Video panel exploring questions of why decentralization is relevant. The session addressed this topic with examples from projects like D-CENT and Pump.io, as well as the digital social innovation ecosystem in Europe. There was also a presentation about the European strategy for Collective Awareness Platforms and distributed infrastructures. Featuring David Rozas, Loretta Anania, Irina Bolychevsky,... Continue reading →
What exactly is the P2P Foundation? I consider it an invaluable resource of archived information about the history of peer production and related topics.
Michel Bauwens' initial analysis of Kojin Karatani's 'The Structures of World History' and how these insights potentially enrich P2P theory.
What does the SYRIZA experience have to teach us about the potential of democratic politics to bring about economic and social transformation?
PROCOMUNS, a 3 day event held in Barcelona to discuss commons-oriented approaches to public policy, peer production and the collaborative economy.
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