Water privatization in China: New publication

Markus Euskirchen | 29. March 2010 | Filed under: • • • Water | Leave a comment

Water privatization in China: New publication in German: Wasser auf Abwegen. Die Privatisierung der Wasserversorgung in China auf dem Pruefstand. It can be ordered by e-mail: vertrieb at asienhaus.de.

World Water Day in March 2010

Ann St | 25. March 2010 | Filed under: General | Leave a comment

Monday March 22 is World Water Day. To mark the day, TVO Canada, Ontario’s public educational media organization, will air a week of water-themed programming featuring the world premiere of the Canadian documentary Water on the Table on March 24, 2010 (written, directed and produced by Liz Marshall), and encores of films that examine political, Continue reading →

The Story of Bottled Water

Ann St | | Filed under: • • Privatization • Water | Leave a comment

The Story of Bottled Water, releasing March 22, 2010, employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the fast-paced, fact-filled story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water Continue reading →

Whopools.net

Markus Euskirchen | 23. March 2010 | Filed under: • • • Communication | Leave a comment

Whopools.net is a open source online tool to share resources, knowledge, experiences, infrastructure and things with others. For instance: Wood to build shelves (or sth. else), a saw, or a sewing machine, drill press, videos, music, books, a car, computers with the possibility of printing, etc. in your local neighbourhood. At Whopools.net, you can also Continue reading →

Potatoes and computers

Ann St | 9. March 2010 | Filed under: General | Leave a comment

The future commons really boils down to two elements: access to land (i.e. food, fuels), equals bites; and access to knowledge (capacity to use and improve all means of production, material or immaterial), equals bytes. It’s all about potatoes and computers, writes p.m., author of bolo bolo, in Turbulence. Read more: potatoes and computers.

Commons in turbulent times

Markus Euskirchen | | Filed under: • • • Debates: Theories/Alternatives • Public Goods | Leave a comment

After several decades of relentless neoliberal enclosures, the idea of ‘commons’ is enjoying a renaissance amongst some neo-Keynesian economists and commentators, while political scientist Elinor Ostrom has just been award the Nobel prize ‘for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons’. Massimo De Angelis explains why capital’s commons will always be distorted – because Continue reading →

Gift Economy: The Really Really Free Market

Markus Euskirchen | 5. March 2010 | Filed under: • • • Debates: Theories/Alternatives • Practical Struggles | Leave a comment

According to the capitalist lexicon, the “Free Market” is the economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses. Any sensible person can recognize immediately that neither human beings nor resources are free in such a system; hence, a “Really Really Free Market” is a market that operates according to Continue reading →

Who Owns the World? A new book

Ann St | 2. March 2010 | Filed under: General • Education/Knowledge • Literature/Books • Public Goods • Political Alternatives • Privatization | Leave a comment

A new book on the commons has been published in Germany. An anthology of essays with the title “Who Owns the World? The Rediscovery of the Commons”, has now been published by oekom Verlag in Berlin. (German title: “Wem gehört die Welt – Zur Wiederentdeckung der Gemeingüter”.) The list of authors includes Elinor Ostrom, Richard Continue reading →

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