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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Why the P2P and Commons Movement Must Act Trans-Locally and Trans-Nationally | P2P Foundation

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.
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Podcast: Kevin Carson on Mutualizing the Water Commons | P2P Foundation

Andrew Stewart interviews Kevin Carson on the issue of corporate water privatization and cooperative ownership, commons-based alternatives.
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The snowflake model: Marshall Ganz on how technology has changed organizing revolutions | P2P Foundation

Marshall Ganz is a ‘social movement scholar’ and author of the book, Why David Sometimes Wins.He shares his general thoughts on the use of social media in the Arab spring.
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P2P BOOKS P2P GOVERNANCE P2P HIERARCHY THEORY P2P MOVEMENTS POLITICS

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Mapping the emerging post-capitalist paradigm, and its main thinkers | P2P Foundation

2 diagrams that map the big picture of the emerging post-capitalist paradigm, underpinned by peer-to-peer and collaborative dimensions.
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Commons Movements & 'Progressive' Governments as Dual Power | P2P Foundation

A scholarly paper titled "Commons Movements & 'Progressive' Governments as Dual Power: The Potential for Social Transformation in Europe" by A. Broumas.
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Meet the 'crazy Left' French protesters with no leaders and no demands

Meet the 'crazy Left' French protesters with no leaders and no demands | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The world started anew last Thursday week, on the evening of 31 March 2016. On that night, a few hundred young people, and some not so young, came together on the Place de la République in Paris.

They are still there – or at least they turn up at 6pm each day and leave at midnight. Their numbers are growing, although not as fast as they claim. There are 1,000 present on most evenings.
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Essay of the Day: Warez Culture | P2P Foundation

Shedding light on the modus operandi and iconography of Warez culture ( the illicit activities of disseminating copyright protected digital content)

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The Momentum behind the Jeremy Corbyn movement | P2P Foundation

A momentum of non-state initiatives trying to build a social economics based on common or cooperative forms of ownership.

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Video: Benjamin Tincq and Francesca Pick on Globally Scaling Shared Values | P2P Foundation

Ouishare's Benjamin and Francesca share how they use Loomio to collaborate as a large-scale international distributed community.
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A new era of global protest begins | P2P Foundation

A new era of global protest begins | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
We have entered a prolonged period of dissent characterised by an escalation in the magnitude and diversity of public protest
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The crisis of the left as a crisis of the imagination | P2P Foundation

The crisis of the left as a crisis of the imagination | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
This is excerpted from an article from Jerome Roos. However, though we find this section appealing, on the whole, this article does not renew profoundly with the left tradition, though it adds the commons as one of the three planks of its renewal. What lacks most however, is any clear indication of the need for …
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On the politics of powerlessness: was the failure of Occupy primarily due to faulty internal dynamics ? | P2P Foundation

On the politics of powerlessness: was the failure of Occupy primarily due to faulty internal dynamics ? | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
When I think about the politics of powerlessness, it feels clear as day to me that the source of all of it is fear. Fear of leaders, of the enemy, of the possibility of having to govern, of the stakes of winning and losing, of each other, of ourselves. Excerpted from Yotam Marom: (we will …
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“Build the City”: The Critical Role of Art, Culture & Commoning Wed | P2P Foundation

“Build the City”: The Critical Role of Art, Culture & Commoning Wed | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A new anthology of essays, Build the City: Perspectives on Commons and culture,powerfully confirms that the “city as a commons” meme is surging. 
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Reclaiming the social commons: converging labor and the commons | P2P Foundation

This is a review by Birgit Daiber on the conference, “Transform! Europe, Seminar on Production and Common”, held in Rome, on March 11-12, 2016.
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The remarkable keynote of Yochai Benkler on the state of the commons/sharing movements and the tensions within | P2P Foundation

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.
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P2P Foundation wins 2016 Golden Nica for Digital Communities (Prix Ars Electronica) | P2P Foundation

The P2P Foundation has been awarded the 2016 Golden Nica for Digital Communities from Prix Ars Electronica, see our award winning video and text here.
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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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Nuit debout protesters occupy French cities in revolutionary call for change

Nuit debout protesters occupy French cities in revolutionary call for change | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
For more than a week, vast nocturnal gatherings have spread across France in a citizen-led movement that has rattled the government
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Greece: Solidarity for All (1): The state of the solidarity economy | P2P Foundation

Solidarity for All is an organization that offers technical support, capacity building, and network-scaling for various grassroots initiatives in Greece.
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How to be an anti-capitalist in the 21st century? Four proposed strategies ... | P2P Foundation

So, how to be an anti-capitalist in the 21st century? You should give up the fantasy of smashing capitalism to start constructing an emancipatory future.

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Freedom technologists and the future of global justice | P2P Foundation

Freedom technologists and the future of global justice | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

What role have internet freedom technologists played in the global struggles for progressive political change and social justice?

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Video: Benjamin Tincq and Francesca Pick on Globally Scaling Shared Values | P2P Foundation

Video: Benjamin Tincq and Francesca Pick on Globally Scaling Shared Values | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Benjamin and Francesca share how they collaborate as a large-scale international distributed community. (The conversation was conducted by Alanna Krause in the context of an investigation of how organizations use Loomio.) Watch the video here:
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The Commons as a Path for Philanthropy: from symptomatic medicine to systemic change | P2P Foundation

The Commons as a Path for Philanthropy: from symptomatic medicine to systemic change | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

European philanthropic institutions are seriously considering a turn towards the commons, in particular the members of the European branch of the Edge Funders alliance, a organization of radical funders.

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Michel Bauwens on P2P and Accelerationism (1) | P2P Foundation

Michel Bauwens on P2P and Accelerationism (1) | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Regarding the book: * Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work. by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams. Verso, 2015 I must confess, I have not read the book yet, but I am familiar with the ‘accelerationist’ manifesto, with various reviews and discussions on the book, etc .. There is probably not a single …
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Climate Games challenge Paris protest ban with peer-to-peer disobedience

Climate Games challenge Paris protest ban with peer-to-peer disobedience | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Climate Games co-founder Selj Balamir discusses the state of emergency, the strategy behind the games and what organizers plan to do next.
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