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Community Land Trusts, Urban Land Reform and the Commons

By: Commons Transition On: July 07, 2015 Community Land Trusts, Mike Lewis, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Community Land Trusts, Urban Land Reform and the Commons

Community Land Trusts,Mike Lewis,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

This Special Report provides a crash course in Community Land Trusts and the Cooperative Land Bank and how practical land reform can be systematically implemented to return land to the commons.

In Defense of the Commons

By: Commons Transition On: May 07, 2015 Mary Ann Manahan, Natural Commons, Shalmali Guttal, Special Reports 2 Comments

In Defense of the Commons

Mary Ann Manahan,Natural Commons,Shalmali Guttal,Special Reports

Where well managed, the Commons are capable of preserving the long term health of the resources and sustained benefits to the community relying on them.

From basic income to social dividend: sharing the value of common resources

By: Commons Transition On: March 26, 2015 Rajesh Makwana, Special Reports, STWR 1 Comment

From basic income to social dividend: sharing the value of common resources

Rajesh Makwana,Special Reports,STWR

It’s time to examine and broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income. An article by Rajesh Makwana, from Share the World's Resources

A New Alignment of Movements? Part II: Strategies for a Convergence of Movements

By: Commons Transition On: February 26, 2015 Commons Strategy Group, David Bollier, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports 2 Comments

A New Alignment of Movements? Part II: Strategies for a Convergence of Movements

Commons Strategy Group,David Bollier,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

Can leading alt-economic and social movements find ways to work more closely together? Can there be a greater convergence and collaboration in fighting the pathologies of neoliberalism? Part two of two.

A New Alignment of Movements? Part I: The General Challenge

By: Commons Transition On: February 24, 2015 Commons Strategy Group, David Bollier, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

A New Alignment of Movements? Part I: The General Challenge

Commons Strategy Group,David Bollier,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

Toward an Open Co-Operativism:

By: Commons Transition On: February 10, 2015 Commons Strategy Group, David Bollier, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Toward an Open Co-Operativism:

Commons Strategy Group,David Bollier,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

The P2P economy needs bridges between cooperative culture and the organizational forms that can sustain it and advance the general well-being of society.

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3

By: Commons Transition On: January 23, 2015 Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3

Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

In this, the final part of our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty talks about monetary reform, Commons-oriented public banking, citizen's income and the strategic need for a public-social partnership agenda.

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 2

By: Commons Transition On: January 21, 2015 Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 2

Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

In this, the second part of three in our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty talks about Co-operative Interest-free lending models - past and present and examines Co-operative movement actions leading to Public banking solutions.

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 1

By: Commons Transition On: January 19, 2015 Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 1

Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

In this, the first part of three in our serialization of "Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money", Pat Conaty examines the cost of access to land is essential to the provision of affordable housing. Likewise the cost of access to money is fundamental to economic health.