Questions about the “ownership” or the right to benefit from the indigenous heritage are at the heart of political, economic and ethical debates taking place at the local, national and international levels. When it comes to research in this field,…
Rick Wolff: les coopératives pour se guérir du capitalisme Video : 6min
Rick Wolff: Cómo curarse del capitalismo El profesor Rick Wolff explica los motivos por los que el crecimiento ha adquirido tal protagonismo en nuestros sistemas políticos. La desigualdad es consecuencia de la forma en la que están organizadas las empresas.…
La terre de l’autre – Interviews Of Étienne Le Roy
This interview of Etienne Le Roy, made in Paris March 4, 2014, while presenting his work on land ownership synthesized in his book ‘The land of the other. An anthropology of land ownership schemes’ introduces us in the heart of…
Ndima – Cards Of TheF future
The RFUK and MEFP, in collaboration with the director Luis Leitao, have launched a new film on the way BaAka rainforest of Central African Republic make their voices heard through participatory mapping. The Rainforest Foundation UK’s mission is to support…
Stop, Thief!: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance (PM Press)
A must read ! PM Press has published the last book of Peter Linebaugh: Stop, Thief: The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance. with chapters on Karl Marx, the Luddites, William Morris, Thomas Paine, indigenous peoples, is scheduled for March 1, but…
Philippe Minard : War Of The Forests And The Commons
Interview of Philippe Minard about E. P. Thompson’s book: Whigs and Hunters : The Origin of the Black Act, translated and published in French in 2014. Philippe Minard par Mediapart
Valuing natural capital or devaluing nature?
Maxime Combes produced a report on the first “Global Forum on natural capital” which took place in late November 2013 in Edinburgh (Scotland). The document decrypts the process of developing new tools for natural capital accounting based on the valuation…
Wa(te)rdrops, un projet de documentaire sur les luttes autour de l’eau en Grèce
A great new documentary that is currently in production, documenting the water struggles around Greece. The working title of the new documentary is “Wa(te)rdrops”, and it aims to present, through in-depth research and fieldwork, struggles concerning water around Greece, including…
Hosting the Commons
By Samantha Slade “From where I stand today, one of the challenges of advancing an emerging movement such as the commons lies in how we build the community and how we meet in ways that embody the values of commoning.…
Commons And Populare Education, Experience Sharing And Perspectives
At the last meeting of the Francophone network for the commons, popular education approaches have been discussed several times. Working groups should be set up to pursue this logic, one in particular, around the idea of school or university common…