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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The $100bn Facebook question: Will capitalism survive ‘value abundance’?
Is Facebook really worth $100bn – and where is this value coming from? [GALLO/GETTY] Chiang Mai, Thailand - Does Facebook exploit its users? And where is the $100bn in the company’s estimated value coming from? This is not a new debate. … Continue reading
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Reddit reveals first draft of crowdsourced Free Internet Act
After playing a critical role in the downfall of anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA, social network Reddit has started a campaign to write its own, alternative law: the Free Internet Act, or FIA. The proposed legislation, which has been crowdsourced by … Continue reading
Interview with Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project | P2P Foundation
Source: PRASANTH RADHAKRISHNAN RICHARD M. STALLMAN has been an indefatigable campaigner for the cause of free software for nearly 29 years now. Stallman founded the GNU project in 1983 and established the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985, and was the … Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street and the Peer-to-Peer Revolution: a discussion with Michel Bauwens Part III
This is part three, and the last segment, of this series. In this final and short response to questions about the future, Bauwen’s discusses two possible futures for the development of peer to peer society globally, the ‘High Road’ and … Continue reading
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OCCUPY MAY 1ST GENERAL STRIKE!
What is #M1GS? In most European countries, May 1st is traditionally a ‘Workers’ day – a day of Labor Solidarity, and a public holiday. In Los Angeles, it’s a day to celebrate and march in support of im/migrant rights. In protest … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Alliances, Movements, Occupy, Organising, Wikistrike
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Occupy + Commons: The Beginnings of a Beautiful Relationship | David Bollier
Monday, February 20, 2012 The Occupy movement is beginning to discover the commons, and the result could be a rich and productive collaboration. This was the lesson that I took from a three-day conference, “Making Worlds: A Forum on the Commons,” hosted … Continue reading
Occupy Heads into the Spring | Rebecca Solnit’s ZSpace Page
By Rebecca Solnit When you fall in love, it’s all about what you have in common, and you can hardly imagine that there are differences, let alone that you will quarrel over them, or weep about them, or be torn apart … Continue reading
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Tweetin’ ’bout a revolution: Red Pepper interviews with Paul Mason
Newsnight’s Paul Mason, author of a new book on the revolts sweeping the world, speaks to Red Pepper Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper) You highlight the commonalities of the different revolts of 2011, but how do we understand the differences between revolts … Continue reading
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Dialogue between Bertram M. Niessen and Geert Lovink on p2p, Occupy, precarious net-workers, revolution and ‘general strike’ | net critique
Posted: February 24, 2012 at 10:34 am BMN: There is a struggle going on between different views of the ownership of the data produced and shared throughout the Web. While companies and governments are claiming for a stronger copyright control, … Continue reading
Posted in free labour, immaterial labour, networkers, Organising, Theory, unions
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The P2P – Marxism Debate Takes Off
As an intro to a recent post ‘And the Debate Begins… Peer-to-Peer and Marxism: analogies and differences‘ we have said: “We are posting a critically timed and very important interview on P2P-Marxism nexus. Conducted by Jean Lievens with the founder … Continue reading
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They are exploiting us! Why we all work for Facebook for free | via P2P Foundation
The stockmarket floatation of Facebook brings together a range of issues in how we understand work and the creation of economic value but we should be careful not to overstate the novelty and conflate the newness of the media … Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street and the Peer-to-Peer Revolution: a discussion with Michel Bauwens Part II
Source: Action Foresight This is part II of Occupy Wall Street and the Peer-to-Peer Revolution, a discussion with Michel Bauwens, founder of the The Foundation for P2P Alternatives. How does Occupy Wall Street prefigure wider changes? Bauwens talks about the failings of the current … Continue reading
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Eleftherotypia’s Workers are back with their own newspaper | via Niel – O.T.R.O
Posted by Niel – O.T.R.O on 02/23/2012 in Stories · 0 Comments “Days of Strike” (click on cc for subtitles) A short documentary on the strike at Halyvourgia Ellados’ steel factory in Aspropyrgos, Greece. For more than 2 months, … Continue reading
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BBC covers The Global Square: a grassroots social network
By Jerome Roos On February 22, 2012 Heather Marsh, spokesperson for The Global Square, appeared on BBC radio to discuss the ongoing effort of building a secure, decentralized social network. As we reported earlier last week, The Global Square (original project outlinehere, updated information here) has … Continue reading
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Lisbon: two days of actions in solidarity with the people of Greece. We are all Greeks!
Posted by Niel – O.T.R.O on 02/22/2012 in Report · 0 Comments Last Saturday 18Feb, people from Lisbon and tourists gathered in Rossio square for the traditional Carnival festivities… but this year something different was waiting for them. Suddenly amidst the crowd Greek flags started … Continue reading
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Massivity: over a million protest labor reforms in Spain
From: ROARMAG.org They said the movement was dead. That the indignation had subsided. That rage and frustration alone was never a sustainable motivation for continued resistance against the scourges of financial capitalism and the farce of our so-called representative democracy. … Continue reading
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Fighting for our lives: why we need a revolution
By Talita Soares On February 22, 2012 We need a revolution because this system is not a system for the people; because even those who are on the favored side are not able to find true fulfillment. By Talita Soares We need … Continue reading
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Anonymous power by Felix Stalder | via Viewpoint
Recent targets of the highly effective “Anonymous” cyberattacks, made in the name of freedom of speech and social justice, include the Belgian website of steel giant ArcelorMittal, hacked in January in protest against the closure of two blast furnaces; the … Continue reading
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29 February 2012: Decentralised European day of action
Enough is enough! Alternatives do exist. For employment and social justice Why take this action? In collaboration with its member organisations, the Confederation has decided on a European day of action on 29 February on the eve of the European … Continue reading
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EPSU calls for support for ETUC European-wide mobilisation
(15 February 2012) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) supports the call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) to mobilise across Europe against the European Treaty on February 29th on the eve of the European tri-partite summit. … Continue reading
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