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 …

P2P Open Source In Depth: Open Manufacturing

Open Manufacturing at P2P Foundation 1 Introductory Citations 2 Visualization 3 Overview 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Comparative Tables 3.3 The Personal Manufacturing Industry 3.3.1 Tools 3.3.1.1 Typology of Personal Manufacturing Machines (Hardware) 3.3.1.2 Computer-Aided Design Software 3.3.2 Players 3.4 Mappings and Typologies 3.5 Key Resources 3.6 Introductory Articles

Event: 14-15 June Rio de Janeiro Unconference on Culture & Sustainability

Unconference: Culture and Sustainability in Rio+20 ECO 92 and its discussions led to the structuring of sustainable development around three main pillars: the environmental, the economic and the social. But what is the role of culture in this trinity? Is it subsumed within the social field? Is it an additional 4th pillar? Or, Is there …

NIGHTWATCH: France-Greece Shock Bankers Into Reality

Europe: For the record. German Chancellor Merkel and the European Council have changed in the last 48 hours from emphasizing austerity and the importance of adhering to agreements and goals to focusing on growth. The two economic ideas are not mutually exclusive. Nevertheless, the growth has not been discussed in connection with south European sovereign …

Chuck Spinney: Why Doesn’t Spain Understand that Integrity is Priceless?

One of core component’s of the neoliberal agenda is privatization of state assets.  Attached is one countries reaction to the inequalities and economic distortions privatization introduces. CS Afloat in the Mediterranean Piracy as good policy by Serge Halimi Le Monde Diplomatique, 1 May, 2012 The head of state, confident after electoral victory, tells the governor …

Mini-Me: US Dollar Out, Yuan, System D, and Open Money In + Meta-RECAP

BRICS Move To Replace Dollar With “Super-Sovereign” Global Currency Alexander Higgins, Contributor Activist Post, 28 March 2012 As China is expected to rise to the status of a financial superpower within the next 8 years and eclipse the US economy by 2020, Africa becomes center stage in the greatest currency war the world has seen …