Social Movements on the Commons by David Bollier

Social Movements on the Commons David Bollier iCommons Summit July 31, 2008

Bloggers expose New York Times
on Iraq War coverage

Senate candidate George Allen’s “macaca” slur Kat Ruddy, via Flickr, CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.flickr.com/photos/katskiphoto/123998362/

Photo by tsevis, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA license. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsevis/2279253649/
Obama’s 1.5 million donors

Bloggers/activists expose flaws in Diebold voting machines
Photo by Aaron Gustafson, via Flickr, CC BY-SA license. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarongustafson/63773438.

Hughelectronic, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA license.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hughelectronic/2261248169/

Norman Rockwell, Four Freedoms Computer networks + free culture = “History-Making Citizenship”

The Commons Sector ( of creativity & culture) … .and countless others.

“ The Great Value Shift” Socially created value is becoming a macro-economic and cultural force in its own right.

The commons paradigm explodes
Video
photography
music-sharing
remix
mashups
Blogs
podcasting
online games
wikis
social networking
Open educational resources
open access publishing
open textbooks
open courseware &
collaborative curricula
One Laptop Per Child
Open business models
open science
open databases (CC0) collaborative websites

“ You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” --R. Buckminster Fuller

Viral Spiral
How the Commoners
Built a Digital Republic of Their Own
New Press, January 2009

The commons -- a new social metabolism in our cultural ecosystem for governance & law Image by Stanton F. Fink, via Wikipedia, CC BY license, version 2.5 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3ABanffia_confusa.jpg

The Digital Citizen honors:
Open access
Freedom to participate
Transparency
Talent & innovation
Social equity
Decentralized authority
“ Freedom is participation in power.” --Cicero

The Commons Sector as a New Digital Republic Photo by rw, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbostyle/380346564/

Enclosures are destroying other commons….. Global atmosphere Oceans Genes Seeds Freshwater Forests Minerals Arctic & Antarctic Democratic Governance Civic infrastructure Public spaces Local community Social insurance Parks Wilderness Shared traditions & values

Two general types of commons…. Infinite: The More the Merrier Finite: Tragedy of the Commons L’etrusco, via Flickr, CC-BY-SA license.

Twin errors of neoliberal economic policy
Scarce commons (air, water, land) are treated as infinite.
Limitless commons (creative works) are treated as scarce (via copyright & patent law).

The Commons: A vision for a new political culture
1. A new narrative to reclaim what’s ours
2. Tech expertise can build democratic practice
3. Moral credibility, cultural authenticity
4. The commons as a third sector that “competes” with governments & businesses.

David Bollier [email_address]

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