P2P Revolution and Commons Phase Transition
Contribute to the phase transition first; and be ready for the coming sparks and organic events that will require the mobilization of all.
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Here’s What a Commons-Based Economy Looks Like
Michel Bauwens focuses on three specific realms crucial to a Commons-Based Economy – ecological sustainability, open knowledge and social solidarity.
Blockchained: A conversation with Vinay Gupta
The P2P Foundation's James Burke chats with Vinay Gupta about homelessness, Ethereum, blockchains, and whether the Republicans were right or not.
An Introduction to Basic P2P Ideas
Four short videos specifically designed to introduce newcomers to Commons-oriented P2P approaches to politics, economics, fairness and sustainability
Michel Bauwens: The Transition Will Not Be Smooth Sailing
A pioneer of the peer-to-peer movement lays the conceptual foundations of a production system that would serve as an alternative to industrial capitalism.
A new evaluation of the FLOK experience in Ecuador: what’s next?
Michel Bauwens reflects on the highly innovative qualities of Ecuador's FLOK Society project while offering ideas on how to transcend its local context.
How Peer to Peer will Change the World: An Interview with Michel Bauwens
P2P Foundation co-founder Michel Bauwens talks about his personal background, the ongoing development of the P2P Foundation and how P2P could save the world.
Research for Transition
The problem with this current economic model is that most of the value created is not put back into the commons.
Civil Power and the Partner State
John Restakis speaks about the Civil Economy as a contrast to the the crisis that has gripped Europe, and the western democracies, over the last 30 years.
Civil Power and the Path Forward for Greece
That Syriza is taking the social economy seriously is a good sign. The social economy represents one of the very few bright spots in Greece, with hundreds of new groups being formed to provide goods and services in a way that is entirely new.