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The Commons Law Perspective, Open Hardware and Digital DIY | P2P Foundation

Blockchain based distributed applications, Commons based licenses, network effects and antitrust legislation and much more in this David Bollier interview.
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How to change “people aren’t united” | P2P Foundation

Are people not united? Do they distrust each other? You don’t need  deep, introspection:  you need to distribute responsibilities and get to work

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What We Can Learn from the New Self-Management Practices in the Recuperated Factories in Argentina | P2P Foundation

What We Can Learn from the New Self-Management Practices in the Recuperated Factories in Argentina | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Excerpted from Carlos Eduardo Martínez: To refer to this topic, and to try recreate this subject with the greatest clarity possible, it seems important to us to establish what kind of of phenomenon and/or activity we’re referring to...

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Why we don’t like organizational charts | P2P Foundation

Why we don’t like organizational charts | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The kibbutzim inspired by Gordon understood through practice that every community is the result of the development of interpersonal links between its members. Structural and hierarchy, they said, is nothing but a “mechanical” impression, with its own logic, which is apparently rational, but really alien.

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From consumers to communards | P2P Foundation

From consumers to communards | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The disappearance of the “consumer” in the new productive models drives a growing social space of productive networks and egalitarian oriented to abundance.
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The tortuous path towards abundance | P2P Foundation

The tortuous path towards abundance | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The path towards abundance is no longer a proposal or a utopian dream. It is a real path, offering us a new promise to overcome scarcity, war and collapse.
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A documentary on the community energy revolution in the Netherlands: Power to the People | P2P Foundation

A documentary on the community energy revolution in the Netherlands: Power to the People | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Well-done documentary by ‘VPRO Tegenlicht’, with english subtitles, on the explosion of bottom-up energy generating initiatives, inspired by the Danish island of Samso, and spreading to many other countries. Here is the description of the program: “”In the Netherlands, ordinary citizens are assuming responsibility for generating their own sources of energy through the installation of …
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To Make Hope Possible Rather Than Despair Convincing | P2P Foundation

To Make Hope Possible Rather Than Despair Convincing | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Transcript of "To Make Hope Possible Rather Than Despair Convincing," a talk by David Bollier introducing the commons.
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Why Cooperatives and Cooperators Outlast Start-Ups ?

Why Cooperatives and Cooperators Outlast Start-Ups ? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Co-operatives and mutuals have performed impressively in the recession, with turnover across the board up 9.6% since 2008, compared to a shrinkage of 1.7% in the UK economy. That resilience is also seen in start-up success: 98% of co-operatives are still trading three years after formation against 65% of ordinary companies.

 
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Inventing the Future: building out the story — Enspiral Tales

Inventing the Future: building out the story - Enspiral Tales - Medium

Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek have published a manifesto for the next human age under the title Inventing the Future: P…

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What We Can Learn from the New Self-Management Practices in the Recuperated Factories in Argentina | P2P Foundation

The use of the concept of self-management has connotations with great ideological weight, rather than concrete.
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Robin Murray on Platform Capitalism, Platform Cooperativism, and Civil Socialisation | P2P Foundation

Robin Murray on Platform Capitalism, Platform Cooperativism, and Civil Socialisation | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From an in-depth conversation of Robin Murray with Jeremy Gilbert and Andrew Goffey for New Formations magazine: (Note from editor Michel Bauwens: please note that Robin here confuses our concept of Netarchical Capitalism with that of anarcho-capitalism or distributed capitalism) Robin Murray: “Platforms are a new kind of economy, in which you can talk about …
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The Commons Law Perspective, Open Hardware and Digital DIY | P2P Foundation

The Commons Law Perspective, Open Hardware and Digital DIY | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Blockchain based distributed applications, Commons based licenses, network effects and antitrust legislation and much more in this David Bollier interview.
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Abundance in the history of Art | P2P Foundation

Abundance in the history of Art | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
For many centuries, the most important thing in an artistic work wasn’t beauty but its message and functionality.
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The ethics and politics of abundance | P2P Foundation

The ethics and politics of abundance | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
While there is no “politics of abundance,” there does exist the possibility of living in accordance with an ethic of abundance.
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A collaboratively developed ideological map of the P2P world

A collaboratively developed ideological map of the P2P world | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Almost any contemporary group could be positioned on this two axis based in its proposals and practice on economy and network architecture.
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A very brief history of the meaning of “community” | P2P Foundation

A very brief history of the meaning of “community” | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Few words have become so polysemous as “community.” During its medieval origins, it became the basis of the earliest forms of democratic sovereignty, but the Revolt of the Comuneros of 1520 made the term synonymous with rebellion and assembly revolt. Quevedo uses the term in that sense, as well as, to some extent, the subtle and always critical Cervantes.
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