Category Archives: immaterial labour

Live from Amsterdam, Second Day Networked Labour Seminar

Posted on May 9, 2013 by
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Netwar 2.0: the convergence of streets and networks

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

by GIORGIO GRIZIOTTI, DARIO LOVAGLIO, and TIZIANA TERRANOVA 23 February 2012 To the extent to which we are not witnessing a clash between two capitalisms but a process of reconfiguration realized through the hegemony of finance, information and circulation, the only way to change … Continue reading →

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The Making of a Cybertariat: Virtual Work in a Real World

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

by Ursula Huws The workplace has been changed in recent decades by the rise of digital technologies. Parts of a single labor process can be moved around the world, with implications not only for individual workplaces or firms, but for the … Continue reading →

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The Soul At Work by Franco “Bifo” Berardi

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

The Soul At Work From Alienation to Autonomy By Franco “Bifo” Berardi Introduction by Jason E. Smith. Translated by Francesca Cadel and Giuseppina Mecchia. Overview We can reach every point in the world but, more importantly, we can be reached from any point in the … Continue reading →

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The Dramatic Rise of Peer-to-Peer Communication within the emancipatory movements Reflections of an International Labour, Social Justice and Cyber Activist

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

In the article I give a personal review on some of the important spaces of convergence and mobilisations some of which took place in 2011 and 2012 and others are currently being planned: like, 15O, Joint Social Conferences, Hub Meetings … Continue reading →

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Commons as an Alternative by Jukka Peltokoski

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

Commons as an Alternative by Jukka Peltokoski on Oct 09, 2012    

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Social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to knowledge), and ‘commons’ paradigms | P2P Foundation

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

A directory of social and political movements related to the P2P (participatory), open (open access to knowledge), and ‘commons’ paradigms. Please read: Mapping a Coalition for the Commons. By Philippe Aigrain. Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Sister Organizations 3 Citations 3.1 On P2P dialogue across … Continue reading →

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The Effects of the Open Source Movement on the Development of Politics and Society | Transform!

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

Knowledge Is a Common Good By Marco Berlinguer Introduction In October 2009, Transform! co-promoted the first Free Culture Forum (FCF). The FCF is one of the first attempts to create an international space of networking and strategic reflection for a wide … Continue reading →

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Unleashing the creativity of labour by Hilary Wainwright | TNI

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Something interesting is going on in the city of Stuttgart, one of the regional success stories of the German system of Mitbestimmung, or ‘co-determination’, where workers have a role in the management of companies. The dominant trend in Germany is … Continue reading →

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A New Age of Revolutions has Arrived | via Domus

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

The fundamental moment in which design becomes a political tool has arrived. Whatever we choose to call it — P2P culture, peer production movement, open-P2P-design — will we be able to find new meaning cooperatively? Will we be able to … Continue reading →

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Blueprint for P2P Society: The Partner State & Ethical Economy

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

By Michel Bauwens, 04.07.12 Image: Dave Gray A new way to produce is emerging. By this I mean: a new way to produce anything and everything, whether it is software, food, or cities. What once required rigid organisations and a society defined by the … Continue reading →

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Democracia Real Ya: Five Reasons to Take The Streets

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Posted 5 hours ago on April 16, 2012, 10:37 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt The following was translated from Democracia Real Ya (Real Democracy Now) Barcelona, aSpanish protest movement that helped inspire #OWS. While some things are specific to Spain/Europe, they echo our reasons for … Continue reading →

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SPRING IS HERE. WE ARE COMING | OCCUPY GENERAL STRIKE

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

THE PLAN For May 1st, 2012 Occupy Los Angeles is organizing around a “4 Winds” People’s Power Car and Bike Caravan through the urban sprawl of Los Angeles that will culminate in Direct Action in and around the Financial District … Continue reading →

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15M Global Strike – What is the plan? | Take the Square

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

1/ BACKGROUND AND GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION 2/ PRINCIPLES AND DEMANDS, AIMS OF THE MOVEMENT 3/ 15M GLOBAL STRIKE AND SYSTEMATIC EXPANSION 1.1 Arab Spring: One goal, One strategy The Arab Spring was sparked by the first protests that occurred in Tunisia on 18 … Continue reading →

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Documenting the History of Social Network Unionism before the GLOBAL MAY STRIKES – Part I

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Movement-Space-Movement cycle: Linkages between Zapatista-WaterWar-Seattle-WSF-ESF-[JSC-ALTERSUMMIT] and Arab Spring/ 15M /OCCUPY I First post of a series of key documents that trace back the efforts  have been made for the creation of a Globally Networked -preferably in a p2p distributed way- and reinvented … Continue reading →

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‘Occupy’ as a business model: The emerging open-source civilisation by Michel Bauwens | Al Jazeera

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

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 … Continue reading →

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[Occupy/Inidgnados] [May'12] #12M15M Newsletter – issue No 3 | via Dr. TR. Rojas

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Dear comrades, Here goes!! Already the third issue of the Newsletter dedicated to offer updates form Assemblies around the world that are preparing actions next May 2012. Please share and spread, paste it in your facebook groups, send it to … Continue reading →

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Autonomy, Labour and the Political Economy of Social Media with Dmytri Kleiner and Tiziana Terranova

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Center for Gender Studies of the Department of Social Policy of Panteion University and the European research project MIG@NET invite you to the event titled: «Autonomy, Labour, and the Political Economy of Social Media». Presentations by: Dmytri Kleiner Tiziana Terranova_ … Continue reading →

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Weekly Marches on Wall Street Start Today! 2PM LIBERTY SQUARE

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Posted 1 day ago on March 16, 2012, 7:12 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Start training for May Day and join the spring resistance! Weekly marches every Friday; meet at 2 PM in Liberty Square! via the NYCGA: On Friday, March 16, 2012, … Continue reading →

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The new class structure of neoliberal capitalism | Excerpted from Guy Standing‘s book on the Precariat by Michel Bauwens

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Excerpted from Guy Standing‘s book on the Precariat: The New Dangerous Class “The globalisation era generated a class fragmentation that threatens democratic governance. At the top, in terms of income, above older representatives of capital, an elite of absurdly affluent figures emerged as global … Continue reading →

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