After the festival “Temps des communes”, (October 2015), a small group has decided to produce an exhibition on the commons. The idea was to do a light, self editable and easy to use collection of posters. It is dedicated to…
Catalunya en Comú: To Built A Country As Commons
Interview with Joan Subirats – Barcelona, April 20, 2017 Alain Ambrosi and Nancy Thede The pro-independence government of Catalonia recently sparked a political crisis in Spain by proposing to call a referendum on independence by the end of 2017 with…
New Vidéos That Explore The Political Potential of Commons
Original publication by David Bollier Just released: a terrific 25-minute video overview of the commons as seen by frontline activists from around the world, “The Commons in Political Spaces: For a Post-capitalist Transition,” along with more than a dozen separate…
C@rds In Commons : Learn From The Commons By Playing
Because the practices of commoning fly in the face of market culture, they are frequently misunderstood. What is this process of committed collaboration toward shared goals? people may wonder. How does it work, especially when many industries want to privatize…
Screening – debate: Commons in the political space
Organized by Remix The Commons, VECAM and radio Libre @ Toi Projection debate: Commons in political space, Broadcast live by the radio Libre @ Toi, 7 April 2017, from 18:30 to 20:30 At the Foundation for the Progress of Man,…
Sharing The Vocabulary Of The Commons
As Alain Ambrosi wrote in 2012, “Commons is on everyone’s lips“1. In order to make this notion known and to avoid its dilution in sometimes too vague speeches, the collective Remix the Commons endeavors to decipher the practices and to…
C@rds In Commons, Place Your Order!
6 months after the World Social Forum, our Documentation / Card Play tool on the commons is ready to circulate, to animate conversations and to help you to move the commons close to you! C@rds in Common is a game…
Coming soon : European Commons Assembly
From the 15th-17th of November 2016 a European Commons Assembly will take place in Brussels. The commoners will convene, discuss, showcase, and reclaim Europe. On the afternoon of the 16th, around 150 will partcipate in a meeting in the European…
Commons Josaphat, To Do The City (Of Brussels) in common !
Original published on Commons Josaphat. Translation by Nicole Leonard. Commons Josaphat is an independent platform of residents, activists and associations. You have heard talk of it as one of the flagship European initiatives for the reconquest of the city by…
What we learn from the history of Ravel’s Bolero
Original publication 21 of May 2016 by Hervé Le Crosnier in Vecam.org . Translation by Nicole Leonard In 1928 Ravel composed Boléro, a piece that would become a worldwide success with hundreds of versions and arrangements. A harmonic crescendo that…