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Occupy Nigeria Commemorates Uprising

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Irresponsible Requiem

A beautiful and poignant new years poem posted by Dean Omori, shared by FoO in appreciation of the message he shares and for his talent. Happy New Year to all.

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The New Putney Debates – Programme

Celebrating the 365th year anniversary of the original Putney Debates, Occupy London is holding a series of events inspired by the Levellers’ and Diggers’ demands for social justice, civil rights and equal access to the land.

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Next Steps for the P2P and Commons networks

 
March 29, 2013

This blog post represents the latest thinking from the founder of the P2P Foundation Michel Bauwens. As part of our collaboration with Making Worlds 2013 (#MW2013) the participants of whom will be figuring out ways in which we can build the Commons in NYC and beyond, Michel [...]

Making Worlds 2013: Building the Commons Forum Questions

 
March 29, 2013

“How do communities identify with and participate in the process of commoning?” We live in a time when competitive individualism is emphasized, the shared and mutual aid obscured. And yet we live every day in webs of dependence and collectivity, sharing space, words, the [...]

Making Worlds: Second Forum on the Commons

 
March 12, 2013

Update:  We at The Future of Occupy are collaborating with Making Worlds on this forum and our home page and key resources for the event can be found here. Friends.. In follow up to the original OWS conference on the commons (see the 1st workshop listed [...]

Frack Attack Ground Zero: Democracy Schools in Pennsylvania

 
March 4, 2013

One of the most important things you can do for yourself and your community this spring is to take yourself and a friend to a Democracy School. Democracy Schools are hosted by local grassroots groups and taught by staff and friends of the Community Environmental Legal [...]

Occupy Has Generated a Multitude of Activist Networks

 
February 1, 2013

Re-posted from P2P Foundation, curated by Michel Bauwens, 14th January 2013. The next big idea might very well not be called “Occupy”, which may be a good thing — but the chances are high that, even so, it will be the result of networks that were forged during the [...]

Occupy Nigeria Commemorates Uprising

 
January 3, 2013

Jaye Gaskia 12:06pm Jan 3 REMEMBER? LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN! One year ago today the January Uprising of 2012 began to take its first tentative steps. Jan 2012 was the day the civil society wing of the Labour civil society coailition began the mass resistance to the inhuman [...]

Irresponsible Requiem

 
December 29, 2012

A beautiful and poignant new years poem posted by Dean Omori and shared by the Future of Occupy Collective, with special thanks to the talents of Dean Omori. Happy New Year and to the future ahead of us. Together lets make it as bright, just and sustainable as We Can! Music [...]

The New Putney Debates: Is a New Agreement of the People emerging?

 
November 19, 2012

Throughout this month Occupy London have been hosting the New Putney Debates, with hundreds attending and participating in this huge collective series of events. With the intention to catalyze debate and discussion around the themes raised in the original Putney debates in [...]

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