Call for papers: What is the common?
Markus Euskirchen | 30. March 2009 | Filed under: Commons • Global Public Goods • Open Access • Open Source • Open Source Ecology • Public Goods • Upcoming Events • Public Goods • Dates/Events | Leave a comment
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is calling – submission deadline: September 5th, 2009: In the shadow of the global crisis of capitalism, the common, somehow obliterated in the recent past, has emerged as an indispensable and central notion. The conference addresses this notion both as a real movement and as an already present horizon, a dynamic Continue reading →
Water cannons against water scarcity??!
Markus Euskirchen | 17. March 2009 | Filed under: Struggles • Turkey • Water • Practical Struggles • Water | Leave a comment
Since yesterday the Turkish government hosts the fifth World Water Forum against a backdrop of what is probably the most sweeping water privatisation programme in the world. As well as privatizing water services, the government plans to sell of rivers and lakes. Turkish social movements, who hosted their own conference in Istanbul last month, suspect Continue reading →
River privatization in Turkey
Markus Euskirchen | 5. March 2009 | Filed under: Turkey • Water • Water | Leave a comment
The Turkish government intends to privatise their water sources throughout the whole country in 2009. Rights of water use will be sold to international corporations for up to 49 years – amongst others Siemens seems to be in on it. The reason behind this is to build and run power plants which are marketed as Continue reading →
PRESOM final conference
Markus Euskirchen | 4. March 2009 | Filed under: Network • Upcoming Events • Debates: Theories/Alternatives • Dates/Events | Leave a comment
Berlin: Forth and final international PRESOM conference. See Programme and Flyer
The “Atlantic Yards”: Ratner’s Brooklyn Landgrab
Markus Euskirchen | 3. March 2009 | Filed under: Real Estate • Struggles • Landgrab • New York • Public Space • Practical Struggles • Housing | Leave a comment
In Brooklyn, New York, USA, a whole city quarter is supposed to be landgrabbed by an investor’s plan. But awareness and maybe resistance is growing. Stay informed
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Rheinische Post: Hellas in Not (PolitikExpress): ... verlieren. Der Ruf nach einem “Sparkommissa... http://t.co/aFp4KQm3 #Privatisierung
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RT @Gentrifizierung: Krach um #Wasser preise: Rendite für die Stadt: Rot-Schwarz unter Druck http://t.co/e2slYpko #Berlin #Privatisierung
Gewerkschaftlicher Widerstand gegen die Riester-Rente? (NachDenkSeiten): Zurück zum Anfang diese... http://t.co/ZN88wpYw #Privatisierung