The concept of common good has been increasingly present in class struggles. Could this reference to the concept of ‘the Commons’ lay the groundwork for a political project that surpasses ownership? One could think so given the many discussion seminars currently taking place on the subject. The...
Der Neoliberalismus hat die Krise dazu benutzt, soziale Rechte zu beseitigen und die Gemeingüter in Form öffentlicher Waren und Dienstleistungen zu privatisieren.
Basic income is not just one financial measure among many but a social, economic and civic financial amount which has a far-reaching multiplier effect in many areas of life. Basic income is a profound civilizational change on par with the introduction of universal suffrage or universal health care. Read an analysis of its key aspects.
This book begins a transformation programme which combines an ecological and social agenda with the end of the very notion of ownership of the means of production.
From the World Bank, transnational companies to the European Union – today, everyone is speaking about commons and commoning, and everyone wants to build the commons. We have to be very clear about what the commons are. Or at least what they are structurally.
Due to the local character of most Commons initiatives it’s obvious that cities are preferred places. From social housing to urban gardening to digital citizenship to public cultural spaces to educational initiatives to healthcare-centres to direct farmers-consumers-cooperatives to workers’...
The question of property is central to all left politics from its (organised) beginnings in the nineteenth century until today. The private appropriation and exploitation of labour, resources, and nature are the driving forces in capitalism.
Es zeichnet sich immer deutlicher ab, dass das Konzept der Commons einen Rahmen für ein linkes Alternativprojekt in Sachen Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdemokratie und -ökologie bieten kann. Roberto Morea stellt das Konzept der Commons vor und berichtet von der Konferenz in Zagreb.
What to do on the upcoming G20 Summit (Italy)? – In particular in relation to the Global Health- and the COP26 Summit on climate change, crucial events in the fight against the climate and environmental disaster and its structural factors.
The UN General Assembly has convened a Special Session on the Covid-19 pandemic at the level of Heads of State and Government on 3 and 4 December next. It took more than a year of discussions to overcome the opposition of certain states, notably the United States of former President Donald Trump.
Read the short e-publication on the importance of health care as a common good in the light of a future Covid-19 vaccine by the GUE/NGL (European United Left / Nordic Green Left) group in the European Parliament.
The Research Institute PROMITHEAS organized with the suppport of transform! europe an event with alternative, non-commercial activities for the local community, the family and its citizens of Nicosia who, through their presence reclaimed - albeit temporarily - the old GSP stadium as a "Common" space for all.
transform! europe supports the Water Project, organised by the Fundació l'Alternativa, to contribute through debate and reflection to the democratic impulse of decision-making in the management of water by the municipalities, promoting sustainable territorial planning, making use of green energies and proposing new forms of management of commons.
Common ownership of the means of production never works. At the size of an enterprise (co-operatives), it excludes those who are not members and therefore appears to be private. At the size of a country, it generates a huge bureaucracy which excludes those - citizens, workers - which are the legal...
The Earth has never been a "common home". Today, it is even less so. Yet the possibilities of building the Earth as a "common home" are greater than before. Why?
Seit einigen Jahren fördert transform! ein Forschungsprojekt, Networking und Erfahrungsaustausch zum Thema Commons und bietet auf politischer Ebene Diskussionen an. Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Sommeruni der EL und transform! in Wien fand ein Arbeitsgruppentreffen statt. Im Folgenden eine Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse.
Declaration, adopted at the Asia Europe People's Forum social justice cluster conference, Barcelona 8 to 10 June 2018, in cooperation with transform! europe.
The sixth Transform!Danmark Conference, focusing on the development of left economic and ecological alternatives, took place in Copenhagen on 18 March. Once again, it focused on sustainable and fair transformation, as well as a changing society in Europe and around the world.
Mitte Februar organisierte das Nicos-Poulantzas-Institut in Zusammenarbeit mit transform! europe eine Vorlesung des Wissenschaftlers und Autors David Bollier zum Thema Commons.
As a continuation of NPI’s research work on ‘commons’, an open event was organized in Athens on 11 April in cooperation with transform! europe. The speech was given by Dr. Richard Stallman under the title ‘Copyright vs. Community’.
Im Zuge eines zweitägigen Workshops diskutierten Aktivist_innen und Sozialwissenschafter_innen aus ganz Europa konkrete Möglichkeiten zur Überwindung der kapitalistischen Organisation der Produktion und die Selbstverwaltung von Fabriksarbeiter_innen.
Short report of an open event and a set of seminars on common goods, peer-to-peer modes of production and cooperative economy, organised by the Nicos Poulantzas Institute in Athens from 8 to 13 November.
Was verstehen wir unter dem Begriff Commons? Kann er die unterschiedlichsten Kämpfe zusammenfassen und zusammenführen, wie etwa jenen um die öffentliche Wasserversorgung, die Sicherstellung der öffentlichen Dienstleistungen, jenen gegen Studiengebühren, für Selbstverwaltungsinitiativen von Arbeiter_innen, gegen Großbauprojekte, für das Bleiberecht von Migrant_innen oder gegen die Privatisierung von öffentlichen Plätzen?
Sustaining the planet, preparing the future, building another world … this daunting task for current generations is also a promising manifestation of care for the future of humankind and of nature.
“This economy kills”, Pope Francis wrote 2013 in his encyclical Evangeli Gaudium, opening thus the door for a dialogue between Catholic Christians and socialists of Marxist orientation.
The Catalan member organization of transform! europe, Fundació l'Alternativa has released a guide for Municipalities on democratic control for access to land.
Defending water as life's most important resource is becoming an increasingly important topic across Europe and the world. The pressures of private interests threaten the availability of drinking water and thus problematize the concept of water as a public good. The struggle for water is becoming more real in Serbia as well.
Wir freuen uns, unser erstes transform! eBook zum vielversprechenden Thema der Commons vorstellen zu dürfen. Es handelt sich dabei um einen Rückblick auf die Diskussionen, die im Zuge eines europäischen Seminars in Paris im November 2014 stattfanden. Das eBook kann als EPUB (für eBook Reader) oder im PDF-Format (zum Ausdrucken o.ä.) in der nebenstehenden rechten Spalte heruntergeladen werden.
The BIEN (Basic Income European Network) organises this series of events, aiming at achieving a coordinated global effort with a presence in many countries all over the world.
In den langen Tagen des Lockdowns wurde unser aller Bedürfnis, die uns aufgezwungene soziale Distanz zu überwinden und uns geeint zu fühlen, immer wieder deutlich: So wurde von Balkonen und Terrassen gesungen und musiziert, um zu zeigen, wie wichtig Sich-Ausdrücken und Kommunizieren für unser...
The common goods' point of view seems to us to be a particularly useful and profitable point of view for understanding the crisis of the pandemic, both on the health and on the economic and social aspect.
Nicos Poulantzas Institute and transform! europe are co-hosting the event on 11 April with Richard Stallman, President of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), as keynote speaker.
In den langen Tagen des Lockdowns wurde unser aller Bedürfnis, die uns aufgezwungene soziale Distanz zu überwinden und uns geeint zu fühlen, immer wieder deutlich: So wurde von Balkonen und Terrassen gesungen und musiziert, um zu zeigen, wie wichtig Sich-Ausdrücken und Kommunizieren für unser...
The common goods' point of view seems to us to be a particularly useful and profitable point of view for understanding the crisis of the pandemic, both on the health and on the economic and social aspect.