I gave the following talk at “The Tragedy of the Market: from Crisis to Commons,” in January of 2012. Billed as “a community gathering,” it certainly was that, but it also took on a very “Occupied” focus as many in the audience had either participated in, or were vary curious about, the Occupy movement, and [...]
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Swarms, multitude, and activism: weaving the transatlantic conversation with OWS
This post is about an event that will happen tomorrow, a continent away, the other side of the Atlantic. Few of you reading it will have a chance to read it in time to decide to go there and be part of it. Yet, I’m writing about it because its portent goes way beyond the [...]
The Future of Work for the 99%?
“Yes Magazine” shared this wonderful look at worker-owned cooperatives… 7 minutes of video inspiration, from Cleveland, Ohio Evergreen Cooperatives to the mountains of Spain and Mondragon… towards a new world of working for ourselves and the greater good. video: Shift Change – Putting Democracy to Work p.s. 2012 is the International Year of the Cooperative!
Bill Moyers on Occupy Wall Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu82GXDVVs0
Legendary journalist and reporter Bill Moyers returns to PBS with a new program in 2012 called Bill Moyers and Company which so far has been focusing primarily on the economic injustice originating from Wall Street, banks, some corporations and their relationships with politics and government. In this segment, he also features economist William Black and comments on the income disparity created by the big players of a deregulated economic system.
Occupation in Philly, Day 20 (Oct 25): “Commons Not Capitalism”
This early blog post by Cindy Milstein, at Occupy Philly represents one of the earliest seeds of occupiers using the term ‘commons’ and its prototyping. Occupy Philly was the source of the banner that spurred Chris Taylor to write his reflections on the slogan “Commons not Capitalism” here. Cindy reports on their experiences of creating mini-commons, classroom discussions [...]
‘Occupy’ as a business model: The emerging open-source civilisation
Reposted from aljazeera.com, authored by Michel Bauwens, originally published on Friday, March 9, 2012 The Occupy Wall Street movement is a model for a new economic paradigm, in which value is first created by communities. In Zuccotti Park, protesters created an ‘ethical economy’ based on the group’s shared values [GALLO/GETTY] Chiang Mai, Thailand - Last week I discussed the [...]
Occupying the Commons – a Commonsense.it Project, an interview with Saki Bailey
This project is another very exciting commons project by commonssense.it another one being the campaign for the European Charter of the Commons here. This announcement, video, and interview of law and commons advocate, and director of commonsense.it Saki Bailey, offers much insight into the relationship between Occupy and the Commons. See below for the full [...]
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Jan Inglis: Great question Anthony.Thanks for giving me the op...
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Anthony Robinson: A good structuring of essential considerations nee...
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cocreatr: A few things emerge that we can do beyond occupy: ...
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annabetz: Dear Bernd, Reading your last sentence brings t...
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