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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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How Impassioned Amateurs Built a New Planetary Nervous System — Backchannel

How Impassioned Amateurs Built a New Planetary Nervous System — Backchannel | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Using cheap sensors and ubiquitous computing, a people’s movement has transformed science
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Drawing a line in the sand: The movement victory at Ende Gelände opens up the road of disobedience for Paris

Drawing a line in the sand:  The movement victory at Ende Gelände opens up the road of disobedience for Paris | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The raucous rattle of a low flying helicopter shakes me awake. It must be the Police.  The sun hasn't risen yet and the tent's sides still smell of morning dew. I doubt I was the only one in this f...
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Should we fight the system or be the change? - Waging Nonviolence

Should we fight the system or be the change? - Waging Nonviolence | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
It is an old question in social movements: Should we fight the system or “be the change we wish to see”? Should we push for transformation within existing institutions, or should we model in our own lives a different set of political relationships that might someday form the basis of a new society?
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Standing at the Gates: Our Generation Has to Convert Ideas of Change Into Action

Standing at the Gates: Our Generation Has to Convert Ideas of Change Into Action | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
We should create structures that allow the conscious evolution and ascension of our species, in symbiosis with nature.
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When the Transition movement met the Blue Economy | Transition Network

When the Transition movement met the Blue Economy | Transition Network | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

On May 20th in Brussels, the Second Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainable Development took place.  The opening session brought together Rob Hopkins of Transition Network and Gunter Pauli of the Blue Economy, who calls himself a "serial entrepreneur".  

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Towards a shared and disobedient crowdfunding platforms network | Radi

Towards a shared and disobedient crowdfunding platforms network | Radi | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Crowdfunding, for its practicality and usefulness, has expanded without any ideological limitation and while it served to finance many social projects it has also supported more conventional initiatives based on consumerism and business as meant in the capitalist system.

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