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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…

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 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…

Via Amy Kapczynski:

Via Mary Beth Steisslinger:

Hello Friends Around the World, thought you might be interested in participating in the next Common Course online, beginning the end of January, 2011.   

I am putting this out to people i know who are working towards sustainability and justice in various fields.  I think you will find that the commons movement provides means to operationalize sustainability and enable transparency,…

Via Marco Fioretti:

"Open Data, Open Society is a report I wrote for the Institute of

Economics of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. The report represents the

first part of a research project (1) financed through the DIME network

(Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe), as part of DIME Work

Package 6.8, coordinated by Professor Giulio Bottazzi.



The report discusses the current and potential role, in a truly…

Via Kevin Flanagan:

Reset Ireland is a grassroots initiative to facilitate conversation for real social, political and economic change through developing an action plan for open government and media reform. Many conversations about political reform are all ready taking place in Ireland. Reset Ireland is an opportunity to knit these conversations together. A call to action for an alternative Ireland.



Whats this about?



Like many people witnessing the…

Via Kevin Carson:

Here is a link to the new P2P Research email list:

http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation



It is a mailman list like the present one, and the subscription

procedure is quite simple and straightforward.



If you wish to remain a member and continue to receive messages,

please click on the link and subscribe…