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Aaron Swartz was one of the pioneers in the struggle to tear down that wall in academia. And the job he did so much to help start is now nearing completion. 
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Patterns of Commoning is arguably the most accessible and broad-ranging survey of contemporary commons in print.
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A summary from the Commons Strategies Group recent event in Berlin featuring videos with David Bollier, Michel Bauwens and Silke Helfrich
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The Direct Economy puts us in a world that goes far beyond collaborative consumption or SMEs empowered by technology.
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A rundown of all that's happening in #Gijón this fall at Somero 2015
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Is it possible to imagine a new sort of synthesis or synergy between the emerging peer production and commons movement on the one hand, and growing, innovative elements of the co-operative and solidarity economy movements on the other?
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“Inventing a new global monetary system is – let us concede – unprecedented. But after twenty years of living in networked culture, it’s also safe to say that “the experts” never anticipated crazy ideas like Linux, wikis, social networking, Bittorrent, open design and manufacturing, 3D printing or Bitcoin, let alone that millions of users would adopt such innovations with breathtaking speed. What really needs adjusting is our imagination and courage. “
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Now here is an improbable idea:an activist hedge fund. Robin Hood Coop skims market investments to support commoners
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Shareable's Neal Gorenflo recounts the high points of the recent Somero 2015 event in Gijón Spain
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The idea of POC21 is to invent inexpensive, modular household devices, farm tools and energy systems that can be replicated cheaply and shared by anyone.
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Developing a new Law for the Commons is obviously a significant challenge that is more of an open-ended, long-term adventure than a short, bounded project.
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What would it look like if commoners could invent their own types of law, consistent with state law, to reliably protect their commons?
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The goal of seed sharing is to preserve and promote genetic diversity by having people grow tons of different plants all over the place.
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This text is the result of my intervention in the ‘Hacking the City’ workshop organised by radarq that took place in Seville, Spain, on September 2012. My goal was to think about the concept of Tactical Urbanism and its ability to empower citizens, considering the possibilities offered to us by the digital sphere and new technologies.
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