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Jan 19 2012in Big Picture, Commons, Direct Democracy, FoO Media, Social Innovation by mbsteisslingerTags: black humor, civic distress, commons, deliberative democracy, elections, local governance, local sovereignty, Occupy New Haven, Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, sovereignty, thinking together, upside down flag, working groups
Here in the U.S., many are already sick to death of the Presidential campaign. Sadly, our national politics boil down to not much more than lining-up favors and cash for the next election. The only thing good about the whole spiel is the comedy routines… but one cannot survive on comedy alone. The United States [...]
Tags: black humor, civic distress, commons, deliberative democracy, elections, local governance, local sovereignty, Occupy New Haven, Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, sovereignty, thinking together, upside down flag, working groups
Dec 11 2011in Movement Documents by mbsteisslingerTags: CELDF, commons law, commons rights, Community Bill of Rights, coporate personhood, fair share taxation, food sovereignty, local communities, local economy, local sovereignty, open internet, preventive healthcare, Rights of Nature, self governance, self government
Prepared by Jeff Reifman, Envision Seattle and Thomas Linzey, Esq. What is this document? We’re offering the model Community Bill of Rights template below for Occupy communities that wish to begin mobilized initiative campaigns in their region. Think of the template as a menu to pick and choose what’s important in your community. It’s meant to provide a framework and a [...]
Tags: CELDF, commons law, commons rights, Community Bill of Rights, coporate personhood, fair share taxation, food sovereignty, local communities, local economy, local sovereignty, open internet, preventive healthcare, Rights of Nature, self governance, self government
Dec 11 2011in Direct Democracy, Social Innovation by mbsteisslingerTags: Bill of Rights Template, By and For the People, commons law, cooperation across boundaries, economic oppression, local communities, local sovereignty, municipal collaboration, people power, Pittsburgh, self governance, shale gas regions
Jeff Reifman, Envision Seattle and Thomas Linzey, Esq of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) recently posted a major message to the Occupy movement, both a warning and a challenge… “Mainstream progressive groups have failed by constraining their activities within legal and regulatory systems purposefully structured to subordinate communities to corporate power. Real movements don’t operate that way. Abolitionists never sought to regulate [...]
Tags: Bill of Rights Template, By and For the People, commons law, cooperation across boundaries, economic oppression, local communities, local sovereignty, municipal collaboration, people power, Pittsburgh, self governance, shale gas regions
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