1. An Exchange between John Griffin and Takis Fotopoulos
(Concept/Polemics)

... money and markets, despite the fact that most important anarchist writers, from Bakunin and the other classical anarchists in the past, to Bookchin today, have always talked about a moneyless and ...

2. Bourgeois Anarchism and Authoritarian Democracies
(Concept/Anarchism)

...]. From an organizational (not political!) point of view, these new forms of cooperation are best classified as anarchist, in that they are based on voluntary actions, self–motivation an...

3. Imagining and Enacting Noncapitalist Futures
(Concept/Gift Economy)

...g conversation (Number 3) with academic colleagues and students interested in a new Marxian politics of class; and we’ve engaged in a traveling conversation (Number 4) with local activists ex...

4. The anarchist urban ecosystem
(Concept/Anarchism)

Nathan Revercomb: The anarchist urban ecosystem. (2010.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: Beyond Revolution. The anarchist urban ecosystem: Water. Th

5. Between Art and Anarchism; Horisontalism in New Social Practices
(Concept/Anarchism)

...narchist People of Color, initiated by Ernesto Aguilar. Anarcho-communists emphasize the abolishment of class structures under capitalism, and strive to create autonomous spaces in which mutual aid ...

6. The African Commons
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Tendayi Viki: The African Commons : interviewed by Neal Gorenflo. (2010.)   This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: Shareable. Dr. Tendayi Viki was born and ra

7. The Gift – Mauss, Bataille, Hyde, and Derrida
(Concept/Gift Economy)

... This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: Deathpower. Mauss In his classic essay The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, Mauss attacked t...

8. Outline of an Economic Model for an Inclusive Democracy
(Concept/Anarchism)

...on which the model is based are as follows:     * the community assembly—the classical Athenian ecclesia—at the municipality level is the ultimate policy–makin...

9. Breaking Out Of The System Loop
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Ran Prieur: Breaking Out Of The System Loop: How To Drop Out. (2004.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: Master New Media. Here is a mental exercise in reading

10. Big and Small Obstacles to Living in Community
(Concept/Roots)

Eberhard Arnold: Big and Small Obstacles to Living in Community. (1933.) Source: Plough Publishing House. If everybody wants to be in the right, or even if only one person wants to be in the

11. The Economy of Collaboration 3.0
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Andrew Swenson: The Economy of Collaboration 3.0. (2010.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: Wordpost. Recently, Carlos Miceli argued that the future of collab

12. The Digital Commons
(Concept/Gift Economy)

...iginally integrated in a society dominated by feudal forms. What we see is a mutual reconfiguration of classes: all workers will gradually increase the peer production aspects of their lives, with ...

13. Integrating Six Models of a Better Way to Live
(Concept/Anarchism)

Dave Pollard: Integrating Six Models of a Better Way to Live. (2010.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Source: How to save the world. Since I’ve retired I&rs

14. Cooperative Economy in Salinas
(Concept/Anarchism)

...f a more capital-intensive production model to suit the institutional and economic needs of a dominant class. From the time electrically powered machinery was first introduced in the late nin...

15. Decipher the Future
(Concept/Anarchism)

... in turn-of-the-century Argentina the banks have not even temporarily closed their doors, and the middle classes of the overdeveloped countries are not out in the streets alongside the workers and the...

16. Freedom vs. The Cloud Log
(Concept/Anarchism)

Eben Moglen: Freedom vs. The Cloud Log : interviewed by Glyn Moody. (2010.) Source: H-Online. Free software has won: practically all of the biggest and most exciting Web companies like Google,

17. Community Currencies : A New Tool for the 21st Century
(Concept/Gift Economy)

...ong the Tutsi in Africa: "He is worth 1,000 head." Another example: in Egypt through the Late Classical period, and in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and until the late 18th Century, we...

18. Gift Economics and Reunion in the Digital Age
(Concept/Anarchism)

... of stockbroker and travel agent, Craigslist has, according to one estimate, destroyed $100 billion of classified ad revenue over the last ten years. And whereas once producers needed advertising t...

19. Free : so good it hurts
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Jean Sini: Free : so good it hurts. (2008.) Published with the permission of the author.   Mike [Michael Arrington] over at Techcrunch lashed out at Billy Bragg for whining, in a New York T

20. The Death of Politics
(Concept/Roots)

...ect it as an instrument of beneficence. The conservative who wants a Federally authorized prayer in the classroom is the same conservative who objects to Federally authorized textbooks in the same ...

21. Out of the Fullness...
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Lynne Twist: Out of the Fullness... : Interviewed by Pamela Gerloff. (2003.) Published with the permission of The Project on Civic Reflection. GERLOFF:  Is giving an art? TWIST: Th

22. Reflections on Cultural Politics
(Concept/Gift Economy)

... known film roles, while in Mexico, Lucha Libre wrestlers can become powerful spokespeople for the underclass. In the current context, user-generated content faces new forms of media concentra...

23. Be a Spy
(Concept/Polemics)

...e big candy floor piece Untitled (Placebo), and she was amazing. There was this suburban white, middle class mother, with two young sons who came in the room and in thirty seconds, this woman - who...

24. Graceful Giving Listening for Surprise
(Concept/Gift Economy)

...tery ended up with $18,000, which was more than enough to build a three-story building and have English classes all week long. It became the whole focal point for the village. This turned out t...

25. Gift(wrap)ing New Media (in an Authentic Chilkat Blanket)
(Concept/Anarchism)

Ryan Griffis: Gift(wrap)ing New Media (in an Authentic Chilkat Blanket). (2004.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. "The Internet is actually a social condition where

26. Give and You Shall Receive
(Concept/Gift Economy)

John Randolph Price: Give and You Shall Receive. (2003.) Published with the permission of The Project on Civic Reflection. My philosophy of giving is based on "the law of cause and effe

27. Application of crowdsourcing principles outside the virtual realm
(Concept/Polemics)

Kosta Krauth: Application of crowdsourcing principles outside the virtual realm. (2010.) This article is licensed under the Creative Commons. Abstract Crowdsourcing has been on a steady

28. Two Models for Giving Effectively
(Concept/Gift Economy)

...n all fields, so we let the management of goals be at the discretion of grantees. We try to pick world-class grantees-we place a high emphasis on that. We set the goals and evaluate the grantees on...

29. Respect and Dignity : A Grantee's Perspective
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Kavita Nandini Ramdas: Respect and Dignity : A Grantee's Perspective. (2001.) Published with the permission of The Project on Civic Reflection. Intentionality When I think about eff

30. What Donors Need to Know
(Concept/Gift Economy)

Emmett Carson: What Donors Need to Know. (2001.) Published with the permission of The Project on Civic Reflection. Align Expectations with the Level of Risk There are two philosophical