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First Things First Series  As an artist, I have always been re-inventing myself.  As an educator, entrepreneur, and activist, I could say the same, but it is definitely important to expand on this idea. What are our real priorities as individuals and as part of collective groups?  The more I contemplate this question, the more […]

I have a NEW ARTICLE SERIES…. I started a new article (blog) series called FIRST THINGS FIRST. The inspiration for this series has come from the perspective that the U.S. has come to a crossroads… It looks to me that in the U.S. alone hundreds of millions of people know that something is terribly wrong […]

Written by Jerome Roos on June 19th, 2013, re-posted from SnuProject.wordpress.com. The protesters are starting to counter-pose their own direct democracy to the sham of a democracy proposed by Erdogan’s authoritarian neoliberal state. Something quite amazing is happening in Istanbul. In addition to the silent “standing man” actions around the country, people’s assemblies are slowly starting […]

This blog post represents the latest thinking from the founder of the P2P Foundation Michel Bauwens. As part of our collaboration with Making Worlds 2013 (#MW2013) the participants of whom will be figuring out ways in which we can build the Commons in NYC and beyond, Michel presents us with his thoughts on the key next […]

“How do communities identify with and participate in the process of commoning?” We live in a time when competitive individualism is emphasized, the shared and mutual aid obscured. And yet we live every day in webs of dependence and collectivity, sharing space, words, the air we breathe, the water we drink, the cities where we […]

Update:  We at The Future of Occupy are collaborating with Making Worlds on this forum and our home page and key resources for the event can be found here. Friends.. In follow up to the original OWS conference on the commons (see the 1st workshop listed here: http://thefutureofoccupy.org/workshops/online-workshops/) March 29th to March 30th 2013 sees Making World’s the […]

One of the most important things you can do for yourself and your community this spring is to take yourself and a friend to a Democracy School. Democracy Schools are hosted by local grassroots groups and taught by staff and friends of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). They challenge just about everything we […]

Re-posted from P2P Foundation, curated by Michel Bauwens, 14th January 2013. The next big idea might very well not be called “Occupy”, which may be a good thing — but the chances are high that, even so, it will be the result of networks that were forged during the Occupy movement. Excerpted from an interview […]

Jaye Gaskia 12:06pm Jan 3 REMEMBER? LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN! One year ago today the January Uprising of 2012 began to take its first tentative steps. Jan 2012 was the day the civil society wing of the Labour civil society coailition began the mass resistance to the inhuman and unprecedented hike in fuel price. From […]

A beautiful and poignant new years poem posted by Dean Omori and shared by the Future of Occupy Collective, with special thanks to the talents of Dean Omori. Happy New Year and to the future ahead of us. Together lets make it as bright, just and sustainable as We Can! Music & Film By Dean […]