March 2012
15 posts
Free the Network →
From VBS.tv
You’re on the Internet. What does that mean?
Most likely, it means one of a handful of telecommunications providers is middlemanning your information from Point A to Point B. Fire off an email or a tweet, broadcast a livestream or upload video to YouTube, and you’re relying on vast networks of fiber optic cables deep underground and undersea, working with satellites high above, to...
Studio Occupy interviews Noam Chomsky →
'Occupy' as a business model: The emerging... →
FTA: ”Strangely enough, the answer may be found in the recent political movement that is Occupy, because along with “peer producing their political commons”, they also exemplified new business and value practices. These practices were, in fact, remarkably similar to the institutional ecology that is already practiced in producing free software and open hardware communities. This...
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The Economic Survival Guide for the 99% (aka:...
Our workshop was featured in the Barometer this week. See the piece below!
Occupy OSU sponsors lectures, discussion on ‘economic survival’ Lectures dive into subjects of HOURs, “reality-based economics,” invoking change
By Katja Kozber
The Daily Barometer
Published: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Updated: Monday, March 5, 2012 01:03
Last Thursday, a teach-in was held on the OSU campus called “The...
G-8 summit to be held at Camp David, not Chicago |... →
theamericanbear:
A big Occupy win?
The G-8 summit will be held at Camp David, not in Chicago as had been scheduled.
The White House announced the change in the following statement:
“In May, the United States looks forward to hosting the G-8 and NATO Summits. To facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G-8 partners, the president is inviting his fellow G-8 leaders to Camp David...
