A book relating the commons and the state, explicitely:

* John Restakis. Civilizing the State: Reclaiming Politics for the Common Good (2021)

wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Civilizing_the…

'Civilizing the State displays three segments: how we got this systematic crisis from political and economic…

Quote of the Day, April 30, 2024

* Neoliberalism as the Anti-Commons

'As neoliberalism converts every political or social problem into market terms, it converts them to individual problems with market solutions. Examples in the United States are legion: bottled water as a…

#capitalism

This is inspirational!
Revitalising the #power of the #Commons is crucial for how we react to the corruption of excessive power in our Market and State structures and build #Civil #society as the #ThirdPillar .
Michel Bauwens Kylie Stedman Gomes
Cordial World

This is one of the hardest videos to find. Removed everywhere!

From a UN Council assembly meeting in 2006 on geo-engineering, and what they’re doing.

Watch & share!

‘Chemicals are being found in our drinking water…beginning to impact crop production’.

rumble.com/v256alg-the-20…

I am so ashamed of my country's role in this.

Today's policy from the Ministry of Imagination Manifesto (available as a free download at robhopkins.net/2024/04/15/min… comes from Mr Simon Cohen, A National Statement of Failure. Dive deep into our Manifesto and expand your sense of what's possible #imagination

Dereliction of duty from our #MPs .
Outrageous, disgusting, contemptable.

In the name of filtering-out #disinformation content from our online #news and #information #media , a #government -sponsored agency is censoring real #journalism .
This is deeply troubling.
In the name of #democracy and a #freepress , this needs to be stopped immediately.

Jim Funnell the PRSD The United States geological survey identifies “Dartmoor in the east to Isles of Scilly in the west” …as one of the top five lithium-enriched granite areas worldwide. Dartmoor is now a part of The Plymouth and South Devon Freeport.

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/liz-t…

An urgent message to all of the world's nation-state leaders ... please watch this powerful video now - before it's too late to take corrective action.
(PS. It's worth us all watching this)

The Power of #Vulnerability by the amazing Brené Brown.

youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9c…

'Don't even think about wild swimming here... Treat the river as if it is a biohazard'.

Steve Backshall broadcaster, author and naturalist reveals the utterly shocking if not potentially lethal lab results he got from water testing in the River Thames. 🤮🤮🤮

Good to see a strong The Guardian editorial picking up on the democratic renewal aspects of Arianna Giovannini Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky! recent report: need to strengthen #localgov powers & funding framework to progress a deeper devolution agenda…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Interesting analysis of The RSA’s Andy Haldane in the comments of the Financial Times. Seems to be Haldane’s trademark move to surround himself with people who fail to call him out while he makes a catalogue of poor decisions. The backbone-less board are complicit

I feel so sad about what's happened at the RSA, both for the individuals affected and for the absolute failure to act in accordance with the organisational values. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Spell binding, brave, moving, powerful and devastating from the proudly Jewish Miriam Margolyes. She is a bright light indeed. We need more Miriams. 👏 👏 👏