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The traditional left finds itself in a blind alley. It is quit incredible that just two years after the devastating financial crisis demonstrating the obvious bankruptcy of neoliberalism, the defenders of the “free” market and deregulation are already back in business. In the United States, the very same who caused the crisis and run to the state for their rescue, are now blaming the Democrats of causing huge deficits and demanding cuts in living standards of civil servants and the working…

The following was also endorsed by the P2P Foundation:

Original via http://fcforum.net/sustainable-models-for-creativity/declaration

Free/Libre Culture Forum Declaration

[For details, see the extended version]

We can no longer put off…

Via Olivier Auber:

Please donate via http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/projects/generateur-poietique

THis fundraising campaign is about raising money for some talented developers in order to make a massively multi-player and very serious game, that everyone can use for free, on their mobiles and on the InternetWhy…

Via Volker Ralf Grassmuck:

From what we know about Ana de Hollanda so far, she is void of any political vision. There is also no indication that she is grasping the fundamental transition of culture in the digital revolution that she would have to steer her country through; of the potential it holds for education and public creative expression by potentially all, for development and access to knowledge and for making use of the competitive advantage Brazil has in vying for a…

Via Silke Helfrich:

Dear all,



thank You so much for undersigning the Open Letter to Brazilians

President Dilma Rousseff in support of the work of the Brazilian society

and government for the cultural commons!



It took us some time (actually our whole stay in Dakar at the World

Social Forum) to craft the letter, to collect first signatures (yours)

and to prepare the launch. Therefore, sorry for the delay in responding

your mails…

Via Jan Servaes:

Radio and new participatory journalisms around the World:

Understanding Convergence in News Cultures

Special issue of

Telematics and Informatics

 http://ees.elsevier.com/tele/

 Edited by Dr. Last Moyo

Senior lecturer, Media Studies, University of Witwatersrand, P Bag 3,…

Via Andreas Exner:

Thanks to efforts from Christian Siefkes and Stefan Meretz, the new weblog



http://demonetize.it/



could be opened.



I feel that demonetization is present within different sorts of debates,

including commons, solidarity economy and basic income as a transformation

strategy, but that it should be made more visible as a paradigm in "its own

right".…

Via  José Carlos Mota:

The civic project 'No economic recovery without cities [& citizens]' (*) is launching a challenge of creating a global list of  'blogs [or sites] of streets, neighbourhoods, villages or cities’ promoted by citizens or groups of citizens that whish to think collectively about the future of the places they live and/or work.

The…

Here's my p2p page about the project I'm currently working on:

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/let%E2%80%99s-go-open-source-with-digital-patterns-making/2011/01/26

Via Frederic Sultan:

Workshop of copyright issues at the World Social Forum  (Dakar, Senegal)  

 

Tuesday, 8 February                   16h00 to 19h00



 

A workshop to examine the negative effects of copyright on the peoples

of Africa, including Senegal, and how these restrictive laws prevent the

sharing of knowledge and culture. We will look at how copyright impacts

negatively on libraries, schools and students, musicians and…

Via Frederic Sultan:

(source: http://bienscommuns.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dakar)

Seminar on Africa with strong commons connotation:

GRAP SEMINAR

WSF DAKAR

2011

07/02/2011



       Africa and the Crisis of Civilization: ruptures and challenges





       

08/02/2011





I. Search for…

Via Les Squires:

Introduction:

Over the last decade widespread debate about environmental issues and ethical consumer behavior has fostered the development of new grassroots organizations. These organizations represent a departure from the more hierarchical and institutionalized social movement organizations (SMOs) operating within similar…

Via Wouter Tebbens:

With a network of universities and specialised groups we are working on

the development of a shared master curriculum on Free Technologies (FT).

We understand FT to include Free Software (OSS / Libre Software), Open

Standards, Free Hardware. And with specialised tracks on Free Culture

and Peer Production.



Our aim is to help the adoption of these technologies and production

methodologies through helping universities and…

Via Amnesty USA:

(http://blog.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/inhumane-treatment-of-wikileaks-soldier-bradley-manning/)

US authorities must alleviate the harsh pre-trial detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused…

Dear Friends of the Eastern Coordinating Council,

We are pleased to announce that the 2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy will be held July 8 -10, 2011 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Click here to download a printable Save the Date…

Via Amy Kapczynski: