Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by GAGYI Agnes
How does the global movement for the commons, solidarity economy and municipalise expresss itself in the post communist countries of Eastern Europe?
The global economic crisis of 2008 and the international movement wave that formed in its wake have crystallised new political initiatives in (…)
, by KĘBŁOWSKI Wojciech
We don’t put coins in street lamps or pay by the minute in public parks. Here’s why we can make subway and bus fares a thing of the past.
If we are to believe transport experts and practitioners, abolishing fares for all passengers is the last thing public transport operators should be doing. (…)
, by CHAVEZ Daniel
What are the commons and what is their political, social and economic relevance?
Daniel Chavez / Photo credit Patricia Alfaro
In recent years, many researchers and social activists from very different countries, like myself, have rediscovered the notion of the commons as a key idea to (…)
, by CHATTERJEE Patralekha, MELLOUCK Othoman
Intellectual property negotiations are dominated by the counties that export intellectual property. The counties of the global south have often failed to identify and protect their own interest as intellectual property importers
Intellectual Property Watch (IPW): Conventional wisdom has it (…)
, by NEW William
A wide-ranging list of international nongovernmental organisations have written to European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström opposing a proposal to establish a “watch list” of countries deemed failing to protect European intellectual property. The list would violate World Trade Organization (…)
, by MALAMUD Carl
Since 2011, Russia-based Sci-Hub has accumulated 67 million journal articles. Available to all, free of charge. Elsevier and the other commercial publishers are loosing their ability to assert copyright over common knowledge and restrict access to information.
The sum total of all scholarly (…)
, by SUNDARAM Jomo Kwame
Developing countries must reject the intellectual property rights regime imposed on them by powerful foreign monopolies in recent decades.
Over the last few decades, people in the developing world have been rejecting the intellectual property (IP) regime as it has been increasingly imposed on (…)
, by SULTAN Frédéric
PRESENTATION OF THE WORKING GROUP COMMON GOODS
“We speak of ‘common good’ every time a community of people is driven by the same desire to take charge of a resource that they’ve inherited or created and this organises them in a democratic, convivial and responsible manner to ensure access, use (…)
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