As “death star platforms” such as Airbnb and Uber continue their pursuit of global domination, an alternative is rising in its wake: Platform Cooperatives.
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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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* Book: Scaling Up: The Convergence of Social Economy and Sustainability. Co-edited by Mike Gismondi, Mary Beckie et al. BALTA, 2015 The P2P Foundation has been working on the convergence of the solidarity economy / cooperative model with the open/commons model, and with the convergence of the sustainability model with open/commons approaches. But here is … 
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With the prospect of a Syriza government, everyone is wondering what the future holds for Greece. Whether disaster or deliverance, or just the normal chaos, it is hard to ignore the potential for game-changing repercussions from a Syriza government. On the street however, embittered by the failures of leftist governments in the past to change a corrupt and dysfunctional political system, few people are expecting big things from Syriza. The feeling of popular cynicism and fatalism is palpable. How different will Syriza be?
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Businesses tired of dealing with bureaucrats and failing corporations are relying on volunteer networks to provide cheaper goods and to sell directly to customers.
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As the social economy sector continues to grow across Spain, in Murcia the regional government has allocated €300,000 to enable youth to join social enterprises, particularly co-operatives. The programme could help young people below the age of 25 become members of co-operatives or social enterprises, by granting €7,000 for each member joining the society.
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It has agreed to adopt co-operative values and principles including social partnership, democratic engagement, co-production, enterprise and social economy and maximising social value.
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People are sharing way more than their status updates and cell phone pics these days, and new kinds of sharing will have a critical impact on businesses.
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