Peer to Peer: A Commons Manifesto
As capitalism faces a series of structural crises, a new social, political and economic dynamic is emerging: peer to peer. This book explores it in depth.
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P2P: A new cycle of post-civilizational development
Professor and economist Rajani Kanth is currently undertaken a series of interviews with thinkers about social change, including herewith P2P Foundation founder Michel Bauwens. This is one of the longer interviews that gives a good idea of the current...
Summer of Commoning: a Tour of French Communities and Projects
During the summer of 2017, the P2P Foundation's Maïa Dereva travelled throughout France. Now she shares the stories of the commoners she met along the way.
The Catalan Integral Cooperative: an organizational study of a post-capitalist cooperative
What does a post-capitalist, cooperative and open source society would look like? A full study on the Catalan Integral Cooperative.
Peer to Peer and the Commons: A matter, energy and thermodynamic perspective
Commons Transition presents this report in two volumes by Céline Piques and Xavier Rizos, with the support of P2P Foundation founder Michel Bauwens. The Commons movement is facing a challenge: to articulate the optimum rate at which a resource can be...
The History and Evolution of the Commons
Is it possible to historicize the commons, to describe the evolution of the commons over time? This is our first draft and preliminary attempt to do so.
Commons Transition and P2P: a Primer
This short primer explains the Commons and P2P, how they interrelate and how a Commons transition could to reinvigorate work, politics, production, and care.
Peer To Peer: A New Opportunity For The Left
Peer to Peer allows for the creation of new modes of production and allocation, as well as new types of social relations beyond the state-market nexus.
What the P2P Foundation did in 2016
2016 has been widely acknowledged as difficult year but it turned to be a very productive period for the P2P Foundation and the wider P2P/Commons community.
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