'Occupy' as a business model: The emerging open-source civilisation. Chiang Mai, Thailand - Last week I discussed the value crisis of contemporary capitalism: the broken feedback loop between the productive publics who create exponentially increasing use value, and those who capture this value through social media - but do not return these income streams to the value "produsers". In other words, the current so-called "knowledge economy" is a sham and a pipe dream - because abundant goods do not fare well in a market economy. For the sake of the world's workers, who live in an increasingly precarious situation, is there a way out of this conundrum?
Can we restore the broken feedback loop? 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. Occupy Wall Street celebra 6 meses de vida con arrestos y desalojos. Los EE. UU. del mañana: ¿un país con todos sus manifestantes encarcelados? African American pastors express support for Occupy movement.
A growing number of African American pastors in the Washington area, including the Rev. Carroll A. Baltimore Sr., president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, have embraced the Occupy movement. In December, leaders of Occupy D.C. left their encampments at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza to worship at Empowerment Temple, Bryant’s church in Baltimore. Hagler has held services on Freedom Plaza. Others bring food and clothing to the protesters. And Bryant, who ministers to many in the Maryland suburbs, co-founded Occupy the Dream with former NAACP leader Benjamin Chavis. The pastors’ pleas for economic justice sound a lot like King’s. “This is the continuation of the [civil rights] movement. The Rev. “When Dr. Some critics say the focus of the Occupy movement, which by design does not have leaders, is unclear. “Number one, we are asking for more Pell grants so that our young people might be able to compete and go to colleges and universities,” he said.
The Rev. The Rev. La City de Londres gana batalla legal a indignados - El Universal - El Mundo. Londres | Miércoles 18 de enero de 2012EFE | El Universal16:00 El Ayuntamiento de la City de Londres ganó hoy su batalla legal para desalojar a los "indignados" que desde el pasado mes de octubre acampan frente a la catedral de San Pablo. El Tribunal Superior de Londres dio hoy la razón al ayuntamiento y le concedió una orden judicial para tomar medidas contra las personas que protestan frente al templo anglicano, aunque ello no supondrá necesariamente un desalojo inmediato. Tras conocerse la sentencia, las autoridades de la City expresaron en un comunicado su deseo de que los manifestantes "retiren las tiendas de campaña de San Pablo de manera voluntaria". "Si no es así, y teniendo en cuenta cualquier proceso de apelación, consideraremos la opción de desalojarlos por la fuerza", señaló el ayuntamiento.
Un portavoz del grupo que protesta a las puertas de la catedral de San Pablo señaló por su parte que "probablemente" recurrirán la sentencia. jfra. Occupy Wall Street could go broke within a month - BlogPost. Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 01/17/2012 Jan 17, 2012 05:26 PM EST TheWashingtonPost Less than a week after it was reported that Occupy Wall Street was on the hunt for an accountant, the reason has become clear — the protesters are nearly broke.
A protester holds a sign asking for donations for pets at the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park. (Bebeto Matthews - AP) The Wall Street Journal reports that Occupy Wall Street voted Saturday to stop funding new projects because their funds were dwindling. With just $170,000 left in their pockets from the more than $700,000 total raised, Occupy will go broke within a month, accounting volunteer Haywood Carey told the Journal. The Atlantic Wire reported last week that fewer were donating to the group than ever and that Occupy is “hemorrhaging cash.” In flusher times, the group was eager to spend money spreading the message. Instead, the group relies on voluntary handouts.