Category Archives: Exchange

Labour as a Common-Pool Resource by Tom Walker

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

To better explain what it means to regard labour power as a common-pool resource, it is helpful to first take a step backward to the more conventional notion that labour is a commodity, the price of which “rises and falls … Continue reading →

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Live from Amsterdam, Second Day Networked Labour Seminar

Posted on May 9, 2013 by
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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPANTS – 8-9 June, London

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

From the uprising in northern Africa to the assemblies in Spain, followed by the spreading of Occupy, new social movements have sprung up all over the world. Our structures, ways of organising and tactics are still in their embryonic form: working through experimentations and learning from the inevitable difficulties. … Continue reading →

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Networked Solidarity workshop by GlobalSquare (Occupy the World Social Forum) initiative

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Dear comrades, Global Square initiative (global-square.net) has been preparing a space in and around the World Social Forum in Tunis in order to exchange, share and reflect on our recent experiences in horizontal grass roots uprisings / movements, among ourselves as … Continue reading →

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Parecon Vs. Peercommony: An Exchange Between Michael Albert and Christian Siefkes | ZNet

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

 vs.  Debating Parecon (Participatory Economy) Albert:  Summarizing Parecon Siefkes: My Doubts About Parecon Albert:  Peercommony Doubts Parecon? Siefkes: Why I Still Doubt Albert: Debating Peercommony (Commons based peer economy) Siefkes: Summarizing Peercommony Albert:  Considering Peercommony Siefkes: Peercommony Reconsidered  Albert:  Replying to Siefkes Reconsideration Siefkes: http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/zdebatealbsiefkes.htm

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Public reach out campaign for the Global Square initiative!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

We have started a social media offensive for public reach out for the Global Square initiative. Please spread this email and links as wide as possible!! GlobalSquare is a series of online and physical meetings and assemblies whose participants and organisers are individuals … Continue reading →

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Networked solidarity? An open workshop during the WSF in Tunis on the interactions between labour, NGOs, political groups and the squares

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Public Group on Global Square website to prepare the workshop General objective of the workshop is to evaluate the recent experiences of networking and solidarity between, on the one hand, the horizontal square movements, free information movements, student movements, indigenous movements … Continue reading →

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World Social Forum: Critical Explorations | Edited by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

OpenWord, New Delhi, 2012 Available FROM TODAY as an ebook @ http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ and soon also @ http://www.openword.in/critical-explorations. And soon to be also available as print-on-demand. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY !  Some advance comments on Critical Explorations : This is an extraordinary book about an extraordinary phenomenon. From the … Continue reading →

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GlobalSqaure – Grassroots towards, around and beyond the WSF

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

GlobalSquare is a series of online and physical meetings and assemblies whose participants and organisers are individuals linked to the 15M, Occupy, Student Movements, Yo Soy 132!, Tharek, Idle No More!, VIA22 as well as other movements. Our objective is … Continue reading →

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Call for the Next global Assembly VIA22

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Version en español abajo (Por favor difundir!)     ***********ENGLISH********** In this email: 1- VIA22 Call 2- Next global Assembly VIA22  3- January 22nd 2013 #22J ? Jump in! 4- VIA22 in your  area? 5- What are the main objectives of VIA22’s monthly process? 6- CONTACT … Continue reading →

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Global Communications Network online meeting, Sunday January 27th, at 9pm GMT [EN, Fr, S]

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

ENGLISH Global Communications Network online meeting, Sunday January 27th, at 9pm GMT***  ***Convert to your local time : http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html This is an invitation for you to join the 7th call for the ” International Communications Network”. It will take place on Sunday January … Continue reading →

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#21D Public Debate on World General Strike: How to Hack / Crack Capitalism

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Today at around 8 pm UK time there will be an online and informal open debate taking place on how to network and organise a global, indefinite, new generation emancipatory mass action. Please join us and share your ideas! Will … Continue reading →

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Global Unionism Dicussion Papers IV: The Direct Unionism Model

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

“What can we do today so that tomorrow we can do what we are unable to do today?” – Paulo Freire We have reached a moment in the technological development of human society where we are limited not by our … Continue reading →

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Call for the third Occupy the WSF Online Meeting – Tuesday, 18th of December, 2012 at 19.00 PM GMT

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

Français ci-dessous – Castellano abajo – Italiano sotto From 26-30 March 2013 the World Social Forum (WSF) will take place in Tunis. The WSF is a global meeting bringing together civil society organisations, social movements and activists to discuss our … Continue reading →

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The Power of Outrospection – On the rEvolutionary collective emphaty

Posted on December 7, 2012 by
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FIRENZE 10+10: Reports, videos, reflections compiled by Jasper Teuinissen

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

A very incomplete collection of reports from Firenze 10+10, 8-11 november, Florence, Italy, http://www.firenze1010.eu/ Reports of workshops and events Report of the Food Sovereignty Meeting on Land Issues http://www.nyelenieurope.net/en/news/70-report-of-the-food-sovereignty-meeting-on-land-issues Report of the European Water Movement Assembly at Firenze 10+10 (videos see … Continue reading →

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Complete LaborTech 2012 Schedule

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

Download Pdf here LaborTech 2012 Schedule FRIDAY, November 30 5:00 – 7:00 PM Registration – (McLaren Center rm. 252) 7:00 PM Plenary – (McLaren Center rm. 252) Welcoming – Dorothy Kidd, Professor, Department of Media Studies, USF, AFT 4269 Spooked by the MOOCs (Massively Open … Continue reading →

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Occupy-15M World Social Forum Planning (Mumble) Meeting – 30 November 19:00 GMT

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

This is a Call for a Mumble Meeting / Open Space on 30 November 2012 at 19.00 pm GMT What? World Social Forum 2013 will be taking place in Monastir, Tunis in March. This Forum might be a strategic space for us. Tunis has become a symbolic … Continue reading →

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FROM #14N TO #21D: COMING OF THE SYSTEMIC GENERAL STRIKE TO REPLACE ANCIENT CAPITALIST WORLD WITH FRESH COLLABORATIVE ONES

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

We are ordinary people, outraged like you. Some calls us Indignados others 15M or Occupy Movement, describing those who is pushed at the brink of the global disastrous system or already fallen out of it. We are sometimes highly educated, … Continue reading →

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Final Plenary in Firenze 10+10 Tension, discussion and finally an agreement among social movements, civil society, trade unions and cizitens from all over Europe

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Final Plenary in Firenze 10+10 Tension, discussion and finally an agreement among social movements, civil society, trade unions and cizitens from all over Europe. Worth to see it! http://www.livestream.com/spanishrevolutionsol/video?clipId=pla_d9ab2abd-d812-45fd-8a39-8979e151bced

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