This is how people power wins an election: the story of Ahora Madrid
How do you win an election? According to Ahora Madrid’s activist councillors, the key is keeping it real - with real openness and participation.
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Common space for exchange: cities in transition and citizen struggles
How has activism in Spain produced new political platforms that are victorious in municipal elections? These are the stories of the cities in transition.
Solidarity in Brussels: the voices of the European Commons Assembly
On Wednesday 16th November about 100 commoners were swarming outside the doors of the European Parliament for the first European Commons Assembly.
Policies for a Post-Growth Economy
Offsetting the limits to growth: Here's a range of bold policy interventions to produce a stable and flourishing post-growth economy.
Digital Generative Economies and the New Guilds: A Conversation between Michel Bauwens and Douglas Rushkoff
An audio conversation between Michel Bauwens and Douglas Rushkoff covering finance, the commons how to replace the extractive economy with generative models
Unifying commons-based projects in a self-organised solidarity economy
An idea for unifying commons-based projects in a self-organised solidarity economy that’s both easy and convenient to join.
Silke Helfrich on Patterns of Commoning
What are the patterns of commoning? Michel Bauwens interviews Silke Helfrich on her work in the commons, and her latest Commons Stategies Group anthology
Re-imagine the Future: A List of Resources for Commoning
Commons-oriented resources and links on the growing world of system-change activism, legal and policy innovation, academic research and political analysis.
10 Ways to Accelerate the Peer-to-Peer and Commons Economy
What is peer production and commons economics? More importantly, how can they help bring about a thriving economy that work for people and planet?
Connecting the Dots the P2P Way: The Commons as the Response to the Structural Crises of the Global System
Against pseudo-abundance, scarcity engineering and perpetually increasing social injustice… Enter the Commons. An article by Michel Bauwens