Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
As the planet reels from the slow-motion catastrophe of climate change, we are seeing the distinct limits of the prevailing paradigms of economic thought, governance, law and politics.
The emerging answer for a new mode of value creation is the re-emergence of the Commons.
We spoke about the importance of looking at the social, political and ecological elements of history, how history belongs not in dusty old shelves, but as a part of our everyday lives…
The only way to achieve systemic change at the planetary level is to build counter-power, i.e. alternative global governance.
One of the most insidious things about enclosures is how they eradicate the culture of the commons and our memory of it.
A growing movement that combines open source design with sustainability is creating an exciting alternative to profit-driven, proprietary sustainability products.
Think about how permanent funds for common assets in poorer countries could vastly reduce inequality and poverty!
The people developing a new parallel economy – sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity, as in Greece and Spain – are neither politicians, CEOs or credentialed experts.
Writing for Roar magazine back in 2014, Jerome Roos pointed out that money is a social relation, not a real thing.
What kind of “next system” would support the economics of sustainable and equitable cooperation?
Always known as a vivid and creative city, Barcelona is taking the lead as an exemplary change agent on the European stage. Its DIY vigor and urgent form of citizen-level democracy are palpable, contagious, and best of all, effective.
Last year SYRIZA, the left coalition party elected to lead the Greek government and face down its creditors and European overlords, lost its high-stakes confrontation with neoliberalism.
