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TIL about Kett's Rebellion (1549)!

Led by Robert Ket, himself a landowner, a rebel army of sixteen thousand peasants captured Norwich, England’s second-largest city. They set up their “court” on Mousehold Heath outside the city, where they maintained their cause for six weeks. They demanded that “lords, knights, esquires, and gentlemen” be stopped from commercial stock-raising, and rent-gouging, and from privatizing common lands. We can agree with Bindoff that this was “a radical programme, indeed, which would have clipped the wings of rural capitalism.”

-- Theodore W. Allen, The Invention of the White Race vol. 2

#Capitalism #Commonism #Enclosure #Norwich #KettsRebellion #PeasantUprisings

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kett%27s_Rebellion

“We don’t know and we don’t care who’s supposed to own the land. God put that coal there—not the Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company.”
—Mike McCloskey, miner

Quoted in The Bootleg Coal Rebellion by Mitch Troutman

H/T @anarchismhub

#Anarchism #MutualAid #Labor #Commonism #Pennsylvania #Coal #BootlegCoal #LaborUnions

https://search.worldcat.org/title/1338657059

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism

'The privatization of land has been justly described as “perhaps the weirdest of all undertakings of our ancestors.”* The transformation of common resources into private property involved not only new ways of using the land, but also, as both cause and effect, new ways of thinking about it. The idea that individuals could claim exclusive ownership of parts of nature on which all humans depend was very weird indeed. Contrary to the oft-expressed view that greed is inherent in human nature, the shift from commons-based to private profit-based farming was not accepted easily—in fact, it was denounced and resisted as an assault of the laws of God and the needs of humanity.'

--- Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons.

*Karl Polanyi. The Great Transformation p. 178.

https://search.worldcat.org/title/1348139994

#Capitalism #Enclosure #Commons #Commonism #Resistance #Anarchism #IanAngus

Game-Changers: The Game
https://panke.gallery/event/game-changers-the-game
🎲 @pankegallery, 28 September 2023

@aksioma #supermarkt #PlatformCoopDE #GameChangersEvent #P2P #Commonism #RokKranjc #WeirdEconomies

Tonight! ➠ Game-Changers: The Game
https://panke.gallery/event/game-changers-the-game
The stage is set for a clash between Capitalists & Commoners as they battle it out to seize the hottest buzzwords of the new economy.

🎲 @pankegallery, 28 September, 7 pm
Welcome!

@aksioma #supermarkt #PlatformCoopDE #GameChangersEvent #P2P #Commonism #RokKranjc #WeirdEconomies

While we encourage you to "peerticipate" throughout the whole event, the game also accommodates those with less time on that particular evening. As an online peerticipant, whenever you tune in, you are free to give your opinion on the current storylines in play using the Twitch poll – or, if you like, just sit back and be entertained:
https://twitch.tv/pankegallery
https://panke.gallery/streaming

➠ Game-Changers: The Game
https://panke.gallery/event/game-changers-the-game
🎲 @pankegallery, Thursday, 28 September 2023, 7-10 pm

@aksioma #supermarkt #PlatformCoopDE #GameChangersEvent #P2P #Commonism #RokKranjc #WeirdEconomies

Next Thursday ➠ Game-Changers: The Game
https://panke.gallery/event/game-changers-the-game
🎉 Get ready for an evening of excitement and engagement!

🎲 @pankegallery, 28 September 2023, 7-10 pm

Introducing Game-Changers: The Game, a public storytelling board game that blurs the lines between reality and simulation. The stage is set for a clash between Capitalists and Commoners as they battle it out to seize the hottest buzzwords of the new economy. And that's not all - enter the interactive audience, known as “peerticipants”, who have the power to shape the game's outcome in real time.

In the game, two teams that embody seemingly opposite discursive poles – for example Capitalism vs. Commonism, Green Growth vs. Degrowth, or Vectoralists vs. the Hacker Class – compete in creating compelling storylines about transformation in order to lay claim to playing fields consisting of real-world “new economy” initiatives and related ideas.

To create these stories, the teams must use the Challenge and Intervention cards available to them at a given time or respond to the cards already linked to particular playing fields. Another, third set of cards, Wildcards, is composed of “external” events which can offer unique windows of opportunity for either team or skew the balance in a number of ways.

Audiences (peerticipants) evaluate the players’ storylines in real time and, in doing so, affect their chance of success. As a peerticipant, you also have the option to contribute prompt cards (prior to or during the event) for the players, making the game a dynamic knowledge commoning and scenario-building tool.

Get ready for an evening of interactive excitement, strategic gameplay, and meaningful reflections! We look forward to having you with us, either as a member of the audience or as an active peerticipant.

@aksioma #supermarkt #PlatformCoopDE #GameChangersEvent #P2P #Commonism #RokKranjc #WeirdEconomies

Upcoming ➠ Game-Changers: The Game
https://panke.gallery/event/game-changers-the-game
🎉 Get ready for an evening of excitement and engagement!

🎲 @pankegallery, Thursday, 28 September 2023, 7-10 pm

Introducing Game-Changers: The Game, a public storytelling board game that blurs the lines between reality and simulation. The stage is set for a clash between Capitalists and Commoners as they battle it out to seize the hottest buzzwords of the new economy. And that's not all - enter the interactive audience, known as “peerticipants”, who have the power to shape the game's outcome in real time.

In the game, two teams that embody seemingly opposite discursive poles – for example Capitalism vs. Commonism, Green Growth vs. Degrowth, or Vectoralists vs. the Hacker Class – compete in creating compelling storylines about transformation in order to lay claim to playing fields consisting of real-world “new economy” initiatives and related ideas.

To create these stories, the teams must use the Challenge and Intervention cards available to them at a given time or respond to the cards already linked to particular playing fields. Another, third set of cards, Wildcards, is composed of “external” events which can offer unique windows of opportunity for either team or skew the balance in a number of ways.

Audiences (peerticipants) evaluate the players’ storylines in real time and, in doing so, affect their chance of success. As a peerticipant, you also have the option to contribute prompt cards (prior to or during the event) for the players, making the game a dynamic knowledge commoning and scenario-building tool.

Get ready for an evening of interactive excitement, strategic gameplay, and meaningful reflections! We look forward to having you with us, either as a member of the audience or as an active peerticipant.

@aksioma #supermarkt #PlatformCoopDE
#GameChangersEvent #P2P #Commonism #RokKranjc #WeirdEconomies

Available now from Meson Press: Shintaro Miyazaki's new book “Counter-Dancing Digitality. On Commoning and Computation”
https://meson.press/books/counter-dancing-digitality (free PDF via Open Access)

This has been my most extensive translation effort to date. Going through all these elaborations and finding English words for them, particularly for the idiosyncratic expressions, has been a deep dive into the inspiring network of thoughts presented in this text. I am happy it is finally published: “Digitality is imposed upon us! To change this, we should not turn away from it, but look carefully into its transformative power and make operable alternatives such as counter-algorhythms and solidarity-oriented commoning. The aim is a world where profit and property no longer exist, but instead where a cooperative dance – between all the needs posed by our ecosystems, and all the needs of people – becomes practicable. This book is a critical media theory of future-building, modulated by a focus on the potentials of counter-dancing as providing ways to unfold fugitive practices.”

Prof. Dr. Shintaro Miyazaki teaches and researches in the field of media studies (digitality, computation, critique, and social transformation) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His collaegue Jussi Parikka, professor in digital aesthetics and culture at Aarhus University & Winchester School of Art, says: “Shintaro Miyazaki’s joyful book builds a media theoretical proposal for collective rhythms in computational culture. The mix of wonderful readings and insights offers alternatives to the depressing beat of capitalism, while maneuvering from cybernetics and computational modeling to play, from media archaeology to Marx and digital commons.”

The German version, published a few months earlier, can be accessed from https://www.transcript-open.de/isbn/6626.

#MediaStudies #MediaArchaeology #DigitalMedia #Cybernetics #Commonism #Commons #DigitalCommons #DigitalCulture #Politics #AntiCapitalism #DigitalSolidarity #OpenAccess

"Beyond all the ideology of the special mission of the university sector it is worth remembering two things. First, students make the higher education system. Professors are primarily supervisory. Second, students working to become teachers, in any area, are – all of them – being groomed for management. Graduate students feel this contradiction and it hurts because they are moving from the shop floor to management. But the fact is that if you want to teach for money in our system, you’re supposed to supervise. None of this would need saying if we were talking about the automobile sector."

Stefano Harney & Fred Moten
Plantocracy and Communism
@IllWill

https://illwill.com/plantocracy-and-communism

#FredMoten #StefanoHarney #Plantocracy #Communism #Commonism #Undercommons #HigherEducation #Universities #College #Education #IllWill

"Beyond all the ideology of the special mission of the university sector it is worth remembering two things. First, students make the higher education system. Professors are primarily supervisory. Second, students working to become teachers, in any area, are – all of them – being groomed for management. Graduate students feel this contradiction and it hurts because they are moving from the shop floor to management. But the fact is that if you want to teach for money in our system, you’re supposed to supervise. None of this would need saying if we were talking about the automobile sector."

Stefano Harney & Fred Moten
Plantocracy and Communism
@IllWill

https://illwill.com/plantocracy-and-communism

#FredMoten #StefanoHarney #Plantocracy #Communism #Commonism #Undercommons #HigherEducation #Universities #College #Education #IllWill

"Beyond all the ideology of the special mission of the university sector it is worth remembering two things. First, students make the higher education system. Professors are primarily supervisory. Second, students working to become teachers, in any area, are – all of them – being groomed for management. Graduate students feel this contradiction and it hurts because they are moving from the shop floor to management. But the fact is that if you want to teach for money in our system, you’re supposed to supervise. None of this would need saying if we were talking about the automobile sector."

Stefano Harney & Fred Moten
Plantocracy and Communism
@IllWill

https://illwill.com/plantocracy-and-communism

#FredMoten #StefanoHarney #Plantocracy #Communism #Commonism #Undercommons #HigherEducation #Universities #College #Education #IllWill

"Beyond all the ideology of the special mission of the university sector it is worth remembering two things. First, students make the higher education system. Professors are primarily supervisory. Second, students working to become teachers, in any area, are – all of them – being groomed for management. Graduate students feel this contradiction and it hurts because they are moving from the shop floor to management. But the fact is that if you want to teach for money in our system, you’re supposed to supervise. None of this would need saying if we were talking about the automobile sector."

Stefano Harney & Fred Moten
Plantocracy and Communism
@IllWill

https://illwill.com/plantocracy-and-communism

#FredMoten #StefanoHarney #Plantocracy #Communism #Commonism #Undercommons #HigherEducation #Universities #College #Education #IllWill

Freshly out finally: Counter-Dancing Digitality (free PDF) https://doi.org/10.14619/0481 I am very looking forward to read spicy feedback. Let's practice futuring everyday! #commonism

From the book blurb: Digitality is imposed upon us! To change this, we should not turn away from it, but look carefully into its transformative power and make operable alternatives such as counter-algorhythms and solidarity-oriented commoning.

#futurehistories #podcast

S02E27 - Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism

#FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Podcast, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Biocommunism, #Dyer-Witheford, #Commonism, #Platforms, #Biocommie, #HelenHester, #NickSrnicek, #AlexWilliams, #Accelerationism, #Ecosocialism, #Rationing, #PowerandCatastrophe, #Capitalism, #AaronBenanav, #Postcapitalism, #Polycrisis, #EconomicPlanning, #Crisis, #Capital, #Rationing, #Hegemony, #Governmentality, #Foucault, #RadicalTransformation, #SocialTransformation, #Democracy, #Socialism, #DesasterCapitalism, #PoliticalEconomy, #Scarcity, #Communism


https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s02e26-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/

#futurehistories #podcast

S02E27 - Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism

#FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Podcast, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Biocommunism, #Dyer-Witheford, #Commonism, #Platforms, #Biocommie, #HelenHester, #NickSrnicek, #AlexWilliams, #Accelerationism, #Ecosocialism, #Rationing, #PowerandCatastrophe, #Capitalism, #AaronBenanav, #Postcapitalism, #Polycrisis, #EconomicPlanning, #Crisis, #Capital, #Rationing, #Hegemony, #Governmentality, #Foucault, #RadicalTransformation, #SocialTransformation, #Democracy, #Socialism, #DesasterCapitalism, #PoliticalEconomy, #Scarcity, #Communism


https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s02e26-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/