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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
Links of interest, about which there should probably be pages on this site or possibly on ICMS:
 
Links of interest, about which there should probably be pages on this site or possibly on ICMS:
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* [[htyp:co-operative business]] and [[htyp:co-operative businesses]] - links below marked "(htyp)" have already been filed
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* [http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Post-Corporate Post-Corporate pages] at p2pWiki
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* https://www.coops.tech/ - Cooperative Technologists
 
* [[wikipedia:Online deliberation]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Online deliberation]]
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* [[wikipedia:Colour revolution]]: successful nonviolent resistance movements
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* [[wikipedia:Committee of correspondence]]
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* [[wikipedia:Symbolic violence]]: how existing hierarchies are maintained
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* '''2017-05-17''' [http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-set-up-a-community-co-op How to Set Up a Community Co-op] ([https://social.coop/users/risabee/updates/9629 via])
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* '''2013-08-20''' [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-supercell-autonomous-team-model/2013/08/20 The Supercell Autonomous Team Model]
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* '''2013-07-29''' [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/the-stupidity-of-the-crowd/278188/ The Stupidity of the Crowd] "New research shows that groups make worse decisions than individuals do when the choice is really obvious." Actually no, it shows that ants make bad decisions in groups; it says nothing about humans, much less humans aided by tools to enhance the accuracy of collective decisionmaking.
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* '''2013-06-23''' [http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/23/state-machinery-for-state-machines/ State Machinery For State Machines], aka "hackers need statehood"
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* '''2013-05-09''' (htyp) [http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/9/chicago_workers_open_new_cooperatively_owned#en Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation]
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* '''2013-04-23''' [https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/107/we-are-players-game-revolution.html We are Players in the Game of Revolution]
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* '''2013-04-06''' (htyp) [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15570-mexican-workers-win-ownership-of-tire-plant-with-three-year-strike Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant With Three-Year Strike] "Taking over their plant was not the workers’ idea. Continental Tire proposed to sell it to them—after the union backed management into a corner so tight the owners wanted nothing more to do with it. But to get to that point workers had to wage a three-year strike and what we in the U.S. call a “comprehensive campaign.” Workers say it was not just one tactic that won the day, but a combination of relentless pressures."
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* '''2013-02-19''' (htyp) [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/the-economy-under-new-ownership  The Economy: Under New Ownership] How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities.
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* '''2011-12-20''' [http://www.policymic.com/articles/2952/green-bay-packers-prove-that-public-ownership-of-organizations-is-economical Green Bay Packers Prove That Public Ownership of Organizations is Economical] "The Packers’ stocks do not gain in value, there are no dividends, and ownership can only be transferred to an immediate family member. Most importantly, there’s a 200,000 individual share limit to prevent any one person from becoming the majority owner."
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* http://www.nceo.org/articles/employee-ownership-100
 
* http://p2pfoundation.net/Building_Trust_in_P2P_Marketplaces
 
* http://p2pfoundation.net/Building_Trust_in_P2P_Marketplaces
 
* http://www.alternet.org/economy/chris-hedges-explains-how-entire-regions-within-us-are-treated-exploited-colonies?paging=off
 
* http://www.alternet.org/economy/chris-hedges-explains-how-entire-regions-within-us-are-treated-exploited-colonies?paging=off
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* John Green's Crash Course videos:
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vKGU3aEGss Seven Years War]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUiSBXQHCw The American Revolution]
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===Projects===
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* [http://www.allourideas.org/ AllOurIdeas]: an "idea marketplace" -- some resemblance to [[liquid agenda]], but simplified
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* [https://www.constituteproject.org/#/ Constitute]: search the world's constitutions or browse by topic
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* [http://www.procon.org/ ProCon.org]: pros and cons of controversial issues -- nonpartisan
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See also: [[governance methods]]
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==Quotes==
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* "The ballot box, a tawdry token of democracy, enables shrewd, effective control in the mass society, by those on top." - [https://plus.google.com/u/0/104607863567617060562/posts/5pMTqkW8nUt Howard Zinn]

Latest revision as of 12:16, 2 September 2017

Notes

Links of interest, about which there should probably be pages on this site or possibly on ICMS:

Projects

See also: governance methods

Quotes

  • "The ballot box, a tawdry token of democracy, enables shrewd, effective control in the mass society, by those on top." - Howard Zinn