The Charter of the Forest – Carta de Foresta – published in 1217, is recognized as the first official act that extends the protections and essential rights of the Magna Carta to the English commoners against the abuses of the…
European Commons Assembly Meet At Medialab Prado
Original publication from P2P Fondation blog The European Commons Assembly (ECA) is a network of grassroots initiatives promoting commons management practices at the European level. The next stop for the network will be Medialab Prado, Madrid. These activities are part…
An Exhibition On The Commons
After the festival “Temps des communes”, (October 2015), a small group has decided to produce an exhibition on the commons. The idea was to do a light, self editable and easy to use collection of posters. It is dedicated to…
New Vidéos That Explore The Political Potential of Commons
Original publication by David Bollier Just released: a terrific 25-minute video overview of the commons as seen by frontline activists from around the world, “The Commons in Political Spaces: For a Post-capitalist Transition,” along with more than a dozen separate…
C@rds In Commons : Learn From The Commons By Playing
Because the practices of commoning fly in the face of market culture, they are frequently misunderstood. What is this process of committed collaboration toward shared goals? people may wonder. How does it work, especially when many industries want to privatize…
Screening – debate: Commons in the political space
Organized by Remix The Commons, VECAM and radio Libre @ Toi Projection debate: Commons in political space, Broadcast live by the radio Libre @ Toi, 7 April 2017, from 18:30 to 20:30 At the Foundation for the Progress of Man,…
Sharing The Vocabulary Of The Commons
As Alain Ambrosi wrote in 2012, “Commons is on everyone’s lips“1. In order to make this notion known and to avoid its dilution in sometimes too vague speeches, the collective Remix the Commons endeavors to decipher the practices and to…
C@rds In Commons, Place Your Order!
6 months after the World Social Forum, our Documentation / Card Play tool on the commons is ready to circulate, to animate conversations and to help you to move the commons close to you! C@rds in Common is a game…
Coming soon : European Commons Assembly
From the 15th-17th of November 2016 a European Commons Assembly will take place in Brussels. The commoners will convene, discuss, showcase, and reclaim Europe. On the afternoon of the 16th, around 150 will partcipate in a meeting in the European…
What we learn from the history of Ravel’s Bolero
Original publication 21 of May 2016 by Hervé Le Crosnier in Vecam.org . Translation by Nicole Leonard In 1928 Ravel composed Boléro, a piece that would become a worldwide success with hundreds of versions and arrangements. A harmonic crescendo that…