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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 [...]

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 [...]

Throughout this month Occupy London have been hosting the New Putney Debates, with hundreds attending and participating in this huge collective series of events. With the intention to catalyze debate and discussion around the themes raised in the original Putney debates in the context of our contemporary crises one theme brought to our attention has [...]

As a biologist and commons activist, and an avid meditator with a universalist bent, i always look forward to the Spring Festivals, Holidays, and Holy Days of celebration and renewal.  I tend to think of April (Passover – Earth Day – Easter), May (Beltane – International Workers Day – The Buddhist Festival of Wesak) and June (The Great Journey [...]

Using Public Deliberation: Co-governing the Commons By Jan Inglis Commons: gifts of nature & society; wealth we inherit or create together and must pass on, undiminished or enhanced, to our children; e.g. water, oceans, culture, technology, seeds etc Public Deliberation: a process for reaching agreements by deeply considering the costs, consequences, and trade offs of various [...]

Social Charters:  Praxis of the Commons By James Bernard Quilligan, Commons Economist & Advocate                 Beyond the Market State There are two operating systems involved in the provision and allocation of goods and services in modern society. Each has familiar roots in history. Adam Smith’s legacy is that the self-interest [...]

Excerpts from “Peer-to-Peer and Marxism: analogies and differences,” an interview of Michel Bauwens, founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives by Jean Lievens. Having facilitated a teach-in on commons-based peer production, governance and property, at Occupy Wall Street’s Liberty Plaza encampment last November, Bauwens visited London and the School of Commoning featured him in its series of Meetings with Remarkable Commoners.  Bauwens gave his “Introduction to P2P [...]

Reposted from Occupy London, authored by Press,  originally published on: 10 March 2012 Video by Inka Stafrace of Polly Tikkle Productions, an occupier who resided at the Occupy London Stock Exchange occupation for 3 of the 4.5 month occupation. Featured song is “Why we build the wall” by Anais Mitchell, one of the artists featured on Occupation Records’ upcoming album, Folk the Banks, [...]

Re-posted from http://occupylosangeles.org, authored by Dan Nowman Niswander, originally published on: 13 February 2012 Submitted by nowman on Mon, 02/13/2012 – 1:11am February marks the anniversaries of two key developments in  the 99% and Occupy Movements: the publishing of a report entitled The Economic Elite Vs. the People of the United States of America which signaled the beginning [...]