Patrick Meier: Towards a Match.com for Economic Resilience in a Crisis-Stricken World

Towards a Match.com for Economic Resilience in a Crisis-Stricken World So that’s what he’s been up to! My good friend and mentor Ken Banks of Kiwanja fame has just launched a very interesting initiative entitled “Means of Exchange“. Ken wants to democratize opportunities for radical economic self-sufficiency and thus render local communities more resilient to exogenous shocks. …

20120703 Open Source Everything Highlights

Open Source Everything Google Plus: Michel Bauwens Yesterday 12:20 AM  –  interesting conversation …(about author’s new book) Open Source Open World (with Graphic) Reality Sandwich: The Open Source Everything Manifesto Worth a Look: Open Source Everything Business Software Open Source Equinox Wants Open Source Skeptics Bacula4Hosts Launches Commercial, Open Source Disk Based Backup and Recovery …

Michel Bauwens: Indignados are (not so) silently gaining strength

Despite appearances, Indignados are (not so) silently gaining strength The 15-M movement has gone beyond protest: it has succeeded in altering the collective imagination and the political atmosphere at its very roots. It has generated a process of re-politicization of society. The agenda of actions has expanded and been radicalized: now we do not only …

Patrick Meier: Crisis Mapping End of Sudan’s Dictatorship?

Crisis Mapping the End of Sudan’s Dictatorship? Anyone following the twitter hashtag #SudanRevolts in recent days must be stunned by the shocking lack of coverage in the mainstream media. The protests have been escalating since June 17 when female students at the University of Khartoum began demonstrating against the regime’s austerity measures, which are increasing …