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Sage Advice for Occupy? from Nobel winner Elinor Ostrom
Dr. Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for her 30+ years of research and study of commons* management, is joined by many other commons supporters in saying that the “tragedy of the...
View ArticleBuilding alliances for the long haul
The original of this note was posted in the Outreach Strategy conversation of Occupy London’s online bulletin board. Thinking of Occupy as a force of prefigurative politics would open the possibility...
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What is sense-making and its implications for movement sense-making
Wikipedia describes sense-making as follows: It is a collaborative process of creating shared awareness and understanding out of different individuals’ perspectives and varied interests… Sensemaking...
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Manuel Castells on overcoming fear
Originally posted by European Revolution on 10/08/2011 Translation of the conclusions of the speech in Spanish of the sociologist Manuel Castells, professor at Berkeley University (California) and...
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Chomsky to Occupy: come back bigger, better, and with much more of the 99%
The original of this post appeared in the Portland Phoenix, under the title: Chomsky to Occupy: move to the next stage. The current title was expressed by Adam Jung, an Occupy London supporter. Noam...
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A responsible Occupation?…the fun and hard work of Pittsburgh’s WG’s
"We demand evidence of the corporation's certificate of live birth" photo by T. Jefferson On Jan 21, 2012, Occupy sites around the US and the world demonstrated in solidarity with members of the 99%....
View ArticleOccupy Research – research by and for the Movement
This panel of the Left Forum conference in New York, March 16-18, focuses on theoretical and practical developments around social movement research and research justice in the context of the Occupy...
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The nascent story of the Escuela de los Commons
Reposted from p2pfoundation.net, titled Presentation on the School of the Commons in Catalonia for Future of Occupy Magazine, written by Escuela de los Commons Towards a ‘School of the Commons’ in...
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The Future of the Commons
‘Excerpts from The Future of the Commons, by David Harvey, in Radical History Review Issue 109; Winter 2011 “Suppose, says Marx, a capitalist begins production with $1,000 in capital and in the first...
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David Harvey on The Fetishism of the Local and Horizontal
This post by David Harvey calls for commoning at all scales. Why? Isn’t it just about local community building and horizontal organising? If so how do we effectively self-organize public goods such as...
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