Friday, June 24 · 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Announcement from George Por: (snip) Plans for the School of Commoning are moving quickly forward. Inspired by the blog of Michel Bauwens on the same subject http://bit.ly/k7jijy, we will offer a new workshop: #Spanish Revolution, and the Commons Here and Now
(snip) For those who cannot attend in person, a virtual venue will be provided.
“In the beginning, nobody, not the traditional media, nor the big parties thought that it was a significant event. On May 15, a demonstration was called for in the main Spanish cities under the slogan “Real democracy now!” By Sunday evening, the main Spanish squares were full of people shouting and calling for more democratic participation and more transparency in political decisions. Since then, they have occupied Puerta del Sol, the central square in Madrid and a democratic virus has begun to sweep through the rest of the country.”
What can we learn from them? How can lessons from the Spanish Revolution contribute to the transition to a post capitalist, commons-based society? (more at Facebook link )
Dadamac interest
Pamela McLean is interesed in the Commons
Commons - Wikipedia
The commons is terminology referring to resources that are collectively owned or shared between or amo
She was introduced to the ideas of the Commons through Andrius Kulikauskas and his insistance on everything in Minciu Sodas being in the public domain. She learned more about the issues at the second COMMUNIA wokshop in 2008
COMMUNIA - The European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain (website)
She attended the first meeting of the School of Commons in London.