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jean lievens
March 6, 2016 3:28 PM
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All proposals for “reform” within the present system are designed to be implemented within existing institutional structures.
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jean lievens
February 28, 2016 12:54 PM
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Paul Mason occupies a niche where there is plenty of room for more good analysis.
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jean lievens
February 28, 2016 12:46 PM
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In the first of an occasional series, Sophie Jerram considers the history and current practice of commoning in New Zealand.
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jean lievens
February 23, 2016 4:18 AM
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The backlash to the corporate “sharing economy” is gaining momentum, and one key player is the movement to develop “platform cooperativism.”
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jean lievens
February 21, 2016 10:45 AM
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“Despite 300 years of industrialisation 156 of 196 modern states are agrarian; that is, their economies remain land based. Their assets cover two thirds of the world’s land area and cater to 87% of its population. Directly dependent rural dwellers number three billion or 42% of the world’s population. Most (at least two billion and... Continue reading →
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jean lievens
February 20, 2016 4:35 AM
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To see just how stupid this “argument” is, we only have to imagine its equivalent being used by apologists for other class systems throughout history.
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jean lievens
February 18, 2016 11:37 AM
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“We believe that a new economy cannot be built in vacuum. We see this as a process of metamorphosis. The ethical and aware classical players will join first to transfer their classical store value and production assets into new assets. This is in essence a transfer of resources from the old economy into the new.... Continue reading →
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jean lievens
February 8, 2016 12:38 PM
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An example of this would be my perplexity towards encountering CodeSolid and their proposal for Employee-Owned Source Code, originating as it does from a cooperative, which Nathan Schneider considers to be a platform cooperative. As he writes about them in a Facebook exchange:
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jean lievens
February 6, 2016 4:00 PM
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During boom years, it takes land owners only three years to recuperate a lifetime of taxes through the rising land values. A brilliant explanation by Fred Harrison. Watch the video here:
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jean lievens
February 6, 2016 3:42 PM
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Open sourcing software leads therefore to competitive outcomes, and thus income, to vast reductions in infrastructural investments, which can be used in other productive ways by participating entrepreneurial entities. Finally, while the open source software is often free (as is a lot of proprietary software), it also generates substantial incomes for developers, which are actually a ‘aristocracy of labor’. Fair use pools not only generate 1/6th of U.S. GDP (according to a 2011 study) and employ 17 million workers, but developers are generally well paid for their work on software. Labor for open source is only ‘free’ if the motivation of the workers is to develop such software either for their own use, or to contribute to common projects they believe in.
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jean lievens
January 27, 2016 3:15 PM
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Excerpted from a great and clarifying contribution from Natalia Fernández, translated by Steve Herrick: “Municipal goods and services are not “commons,” and a rental vehicle from a company-owed fleet is not “collaborative.” Confusing things only can lead to disillusionment and disappointment. Anglo culture and the absence of public policies in the US tended to distort …
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jean lievens
January 18, 2016 3:05 PM
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Excellent documentary, with english subtitles, about democracy in the workplace. Instead of the owners of capital renting worker’s time, the film proposes a reverse contract, i.e. the real producers rent capital, but run their own production processes. Watch the documentary here:
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jean lievens
December 28, 2015 4:17 PM
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The commons is a living organism and that’s precisely what needs to be studied: its aliveness
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jean lievens
March 2, 2016 4:19 PM
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Aaron Swartz was one of the pioneers in the struggle to tear down that wall in academia. And the job he did so much to help start is now nearing completion.
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jean lievens
February 28, 2016 12:51 PM
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The Data Commons Coop brings together a range of “data-sharing” members, from small grassroots groups to national umbrella organizations.
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jean lievens
February 28, 2016 12:44 PM
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The founding groups, the pioneers in almost any community, hold a different status: equal rights, more responsibility, and more prominence.
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jean lievens
February 21, 2016 10:46 AM
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During boom years, it takes land owners only three years to recuperate a lifetime of taxes through the rising land values.
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jean lievens
February 21, 2016 9:19 AM
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A call for sharing is being expressed by campaigners, activists, progressive economists, academics and many more
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jean lievens
February 18, 2016 11:46 AM
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Christopher David has garnered 1,600+ drivers to launch a competing app on February 14th. It's called Arcade City
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jean lievens
February 18, 2016 11:32 AM
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Once in a while, we are confronted by initiatives which elicit contrary feelings, especially if they come from what you consider as ‘your own side’.
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jean lievens
February 7, 2016 4:39 PM
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Video interview of co-founder Christopher David: “The former ‘illegal Uber driver’ Christopher David — who provides rides to Portsmouth, New Hampshire residents when cab companies will not — has garnered 1,600+ drivers to launch a competing app on February 14th. It’s called Arcade City.” Watch the video here:
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jean lievens
February 6, 2016 3:59 PM
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“Despite 300 years of industrialisation 156 of 196 modern states are agrarian; that is, their economies remain land based. Their assets cover two thirds of the world’s land area and cater to 87% of its population. Directly dependent rural dwellers number three billion or 42% of the world’s population. Most (at least two billion and …
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jean lievens
February 4, 2016 11:40 AM
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“We believe that a new economy cannot be built in vacuum. We see this as a process of metamorphosis. The ethical and aware classical players will join first to transfer their classical store value and production assets into new assets. This is in essence a transfer of resources from the old economy into the new. …
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jean lievens
January 27, 2016 3:14 PM
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This is excerpted from the second part of an in-depth review of the book, Commun, by Martin O’Shaughnessy. Here, first in summary, are the nine propositions: * Proposition 1: it is necessary to construct a politics of the common: * Proposition 2: we must mobilise rights of use to challenge property rights. * Proposition 3: …
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jean lievens
January 6, 2016 12:03 PM
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Can the commons serve as an alternative to the corporate or state domination of big data, the lifeblood of this dawning digital world? Can it serve as the foundation for collective empowerment? Can it provide a means of criticizing the IT corporations’ perception of themselves? From the Berliner Gazette, presenting the project, ‘Big Data in …
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