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Michel Bauwens: Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society

Transitioning to a Commons-Based Society Background on the FLOK Project Michel Bauwens: The National Plan of Ecuador recognizes and stresses that the global transformation towards knowledge-based societies and economies requires a new form for the creation and distribution of value in society. The National Plan’s central concept is the achievement of ‘Buen Vivir’ (Sumak Kawsay) …

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Rickard Falkvinge: More People Were Paid To Exploit Heartbleed For The NSA Than To Fix It

More People Were Paid To Exploit Heartbleed For The NSA Than To Fix It Infrastructure – Zacqary Adam Green: Unsurprisingly, it turns out that the NSA knew about the Heartbleed bug since shortly after it was added to OpenSSL. While thousands of salaried NSA personnel search for bugs like these to exploit, OpenSSL has only four …

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Jean Lievens: Toward a Salutary Political Economy – Freedom from Jobs

Toward a Salutary Political-Economy – Freedom from Jobs By Elliot Sperber While gains have certainly been made toward a more inclusive, egalitarian society over the half-century since Martin Luther King delivered his iconic I Have a Dream Speech (as part of the March for Jobs and Justice in Washington, D.C.), in many respects – particularly …

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Rickard Falkvinge: Zacqary Adam Green – Reflections on Property

Ideas Can’t Be Property. Can Dirt? Reflections – Zacqary Adam Green:  So, we’re all in agreement that intellectual property is a bad thing that should not exist. What about plain old property? If no one has a right to monopolize the use of an idea, is there a justification to allow monopolies on the use …

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David Swanson: Switzerland Limits CEO Pay [But Shelters Predatory Banking]

Switzerland Shows U.S. How to Handle CEOs In Switzerland a petition from 100,000 people, or about 1.25% of the population, creates a public referendum.  By this means, last March, Swiss voters created strict limits on executive pay. On November 24, the Swiss will vote on whether to take a further step — limiting executive pay …

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David Swanson: Is USG Tripping on Drugs?

Is the Federal Government a Drug-Induced Hallucination? You laugh, but that could be a side-effect.  Consider: The Capitol Police just murdered an unarmed mother fleeing her car on foot, declared her child “unharmed,” and received the longest standing-ovation in Congress since Osama bin Laden’s Muslim sea burial.  Try holding your breath until Congress takes the …

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