The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Helene Finidori on FLOK Society and the Commons Here’s an excellent summary, written by our good friend Helene Finidori from the Commons Abundance Network, on FLOK Society’s historical significance for the Commons and P2P movements. The article was originally published in STIR magazine and Helene has kindly given us permission to republish it here. This column was …
Christian Siefkes: Peer Production is based on Possession, not Property “Peer production is based on commons and possession (not on property). Benkler talks about “commons-based peer production” to emphasize the important role of the commons (goods and resources without owners who can control how they can be used). Generally, commons such as free software and …
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Peter Linebaugh 5.0 out of 5 stars David Bollier’s Review is Better, This Is My Attempt, April 21, 2014 I was very impressed by David Bollier’s review of this book at his web site (look for < “Stop, Thief!” – Peter Linebaugh’s New Collection of Essays > and am encouraging him to port that excellent …
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Elinor Ostrom 4.0 out of 5 stars Addressing the Collective Action Problem August 2, 2007 By Matthew P. Arsenault Ostrom attempts to refute the belief that only through state and or market-centered controls can commonly pooled resources (CPRs) be effectively governed. Ostrom writes, “Communities of individuals have relied on institutions resembling neither the state nor …
Elinor Ostrom, Army R. Poteete, and Maroc A. Janssen 5.0 of 5.0 Stars An inspiration for Transdisciplinary Researchers By Herbert Gintis on June 7, 2010 This book, which is based on the several decades of research by Nobel award winning political scientist Elinor Ostrom and her talented colleages, vigorously asserts two messages with equal fervor. …
“Stop, Thief!” – Peter Linebaugh’s New Collection of Essays Reviewed by David Bollier It is always refreshing to read Peter Linebaugh’s writings on the commons because he brings such rich historical perspectives to bear, revealing the commons as both strangely alien and utterly familiar. With the added kick that the commoning he describes actually happened, …
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To Save our Planet We Must End Wage Slavery and Rebuild the Commons by Gary Engler Dissident Voice, April 6th, 2014 Who runs your workplace? For most of us the answer is a boss, who reports to a higher boss, who reports to an even higher boss, who reports to a … all the way …
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