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Published in: ourBeebHow the BBC can create a better digital public sphereThe BBC’s remit is not just broadcast. It has the power to improve our experiences online, and to realise the...
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Published in: HomeReclaiming the commons: an audiovisual primerOur constant clashes over ‘the commons’ are not just conflicts over public resources. This is a dispute over what...
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Published in: HomeStorming the digital barricadesLet us tell stories about resistance and adventure, from the margins of our cities to the edges of our online lives.
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Published in: HomeDefending the global knowledge commonsMembers are encouraged to use creative commons licensing and to join others in a pledge to be open by agreeing to...
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Published in: oD BlogEffective blogging in a digital commonsThree questions are important to us. First and foremost, who is the content or knowledge for? Which conversations is...
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Published in: HomeResponding to Myners: Notes on Co-operative Governance
Paul Myners is conducting a review of Governance of the Co-operative Group in the wake of the near-insolvency caused...
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Published in: HomeThe Co-operative Group and the commons
The Co-operative Group is already a force for good in the UK and it could become the basis for a much more equitable...
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Published in: HomeThe road from web 1.984
We are realising that the 'free' services we use online carry huge hidden costs. A totally administered society is...
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Published in: TransformationHow to win friends and influence the new economy
Loneliness is as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse as an indicator of premature mortality. When Lisa Cook found she...
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Published in: HomeSocialism and the Commons
Critique of the existing system has never been lacking on the Left. But, argues Danijela Dolenec, Elinor Ostrom's...
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Published in: HomeCommercial masters of our VoiceOnce upon a time publishers sold content to readers, and readers to advertisers. This two-fold market is being...
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Published in: HomeOstrom and the Commons
Elinor Ostrom's studies of commons-based social organization have important lessons for those looking to develop new...
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Published in: HomeWhen we talk about the Internet, we are talking about the bone marrow of contemporary monopoly capitalismIn a wide-ranging interview, the author and media reform activist Robert W. McChesney discusses the political...
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Published in: HomeopenDemocracy as a digital commons
Anthony Barnett, a founder of openDemocracy, explains how the idea of the commons has increasingly informed his...
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Published in: HomeWelcome to the digital commonsopenDemocracy calls itself a digital commons - but what does that really mean - and is it a sustainable model in a...
