Monthly Archives: April 2016

For weeks, the corporate media has spouted a stern prediction: Canadians will flee in horror from the Leap Manifesto. We are a “modest shift people,” not “big shift people”. The New Democratic Party, merely by endorsing to debate the document, … Continue reading →

Has the pursuit of labour productivity reached its limit? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/lets-be-less-productive.html

By Nathan Slater Have you ever lived on a compound with a group of people? I’ve done it twice: once in the United States and once in Kenya. I found both experiences intense. It was great getting to really know … Continue reading →

“As we evolve we begin to identify with larger and larger systems, recognizing the nested nature of subsystems and the uncountable interconnections between them. Using the terminology from Reed, we can see this process of transforming identity (role & relationship) … Continue reading →

It’s nice to hear this pledge from Labour’s Shadow Chancellor. We will follow these developments with great interested while advocating for our ideas on P2P/Commons Open Cooperativism. The following press release comes from our friends at Cooperatives UK. Co-operatives UK … Continue reading →

Lifestyle change and ‘ethical consumerism’ are not bridges to effective social change, but barriers to it. To build effective social movements, we must begin by rejecting individualist approaches. http://climateandcapitalism.com/2016/04/20/ethical-consumerism-or-social-activism/

British MPs launch landmark report on impending environmental ‘limits’ to economic growth by Nafeez Ahmed This exclusive is published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowd-funded investigative journalism project for the global commons A report commissioned on behalf of a cross-party group … Continue reading →