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"The following adaptation of Ostrom’s rules for managing the commons is informed by libertarian socialism/communism/communalism, organizations and revolutions influenced by libertarian socialism that utilize community assemblies related to common decisions and resources, various commons Ostrom looks at, as well as an expanded history of commoning in multiple modes of subsistence:

1. Participants know they are part of a group and what the group is about (Wilson, 2016).
2. Agreements for sharing and at times rotating labor/work and implementation of decisions as well as for sharing the fruits thereof (Kropotkin, 1906, Sixth Commission of the EZLN, 2016, Ostrom, 2021, Usufruct Collective, 2022). People can co-create a cornucopia where there is more than enough for all or otherwise agree to specific ways of distributing less abundant fruits of re/production according to needs.
3. Direct collective decision making by participants through deliberation. For there to be self-management of each and all, there must also be mutual non-domination. By extension, community assemblies related to the commons should utilize direct, participatory, and non-hierarchical forms of democracy (Bookchin, 2005b).
4. Organizational transparency that allows participants to mutually-monitor the commons (Atkins, Wilson, Hayes, 2019). This can happen through the process of co-managing and interacting with the commons, collective action, living in community with others, relevant accounting/calculation as needed, and availability of relevant information to participants.
5. Graduated defense against domination and exploitation such as: informal social disapproval, self-defense and defense of others as needed, and recourse to expelling someone from a particular collective (through deliberation, assembly, and due process) in response to the most extreme violations of the commons and freedoms of persons (Boehm, 2001, Ostrom, 2021, Usufruct Collective, 2023).
6. Good-enough conflict resolution such as: people talking directly to each other, mediation to find out how to move forward, dispute resolution to resolve disputes, restorative justice and transformative justice processes for people to repair harm and transform causes thereof, and organization-wide assembly when the conflict is in regards to organizational form and content. (Kaba, 2019, Usufruct Collective, 2023).
7. Communities and participants need sufficient autonomy to organize.
8. The use of co-federation and embedded councils. Community assemblies can co-manage inter-communal commons in a way where policy-making power is held by participants and assemblies directly (Bookchin, 1992, Ocalan, 2014). This enables self-management and mutual aid within and between communities as well as inter-communal management of the commons. Community assemblies can utilize mandated and recallable councils and rotating delegates to implement decisions within the bounds of policies made by community assemblies directly (Bookchin, 1992, 2007, 2018). "

https://usufructcollective.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/ostroms-8-rules-of-the-commons-for-anarchists/

#anarchism #anarchy #democracy #directdemocracy #mutualaid #commons #commoning #communalism #libertariansocialism #libertariancommunism #ostrom

From ‘strong support’ to ‘let’s debate it’: The shifting stance of RSS on reservations

The discourses around reservations, a cornerstone of affirmative action, by the RSS are skillfully manoeuvred so that it does not impact the Hindutva cause of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

#RSS #BJP #reservations #communalism #casteism #hindutva #CasteSystem #brahminism #islamophobia #IndianMuslims #vegetarianism #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/caste/from-strong-support-to-lets-debate-it-the-shifting-stance-of-rss-on-reservations

Marked by Insight and Foresight:
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State

The writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India.

#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #congress #fascism #reservations #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/marked-insight-and-foresight

Miss World contestants pay tributes to RSS founder Hedgewar at his memorial

Six contestants of the Miss World 2024 beauty pageant along with Julia Morley, chairman and CEO of the Miss World Organization, visited the memorial of Dr K B Hedgewar at Reshimbagh here and paid tributes to the RSS founder, its functionary said.

#communalism #MissWorld2024 #hedgewar #golwalkar #RSS #hindutva #maharashtra #nagpur #india

https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/03/02/bes6-mh-miss-world-contestants-rss.amp.html

Review: K. Balagopal’s 'Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State'

Incisive essays on caste, communalism and rise of state authoritarianism in India.

#BookReview #KBalagopal #caste #casteism #hindutva #communalism #authoritarianism #dalits #CasteViolence #BJP #fascism #reservations #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://thewire.in/books/k-balagopals-incisive-essays-on-caste-communalism-and-rise-of-state-authoritarianism-in-india

How ‘Hinduphobia’ is being weaponised in the US

Challenging this agenda will mean condemning efforts to brand anti-Hindutva as discriminatory and compassion for Hindus who face religious marginalisation.

#hindutva #UnitedStates #IndianDiaspora #communalism #RSS #HSS #HAF #brahminism #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #caste #dalits #labour #AntiMinorityViolence #BJP #india

https://scroll.in/article/1060250/how-hinduphobia-is-being-weaponised-in-the-us

‘Nehru and the Spirit Of India’: A timely study of a vision for a secular and tolerant India

The book is centrally focussed on Jawaharlal Nehru’s imagination of India as an inclusive political community.

https://scroll.in/article/1055510/nehru-and-the-spirit-of-india-a-timely-study-of-a-vision-for-a-secular-and-tolerant-india

#BookReview #ManashFiraqBhattacharjee #JawaharlalNehru #nehru #history #secularism #anticolonialism #culture #FreedomStruggle #IndianHistory #HinduNationalism #hindutva #communalism #books #bookstodon #histodon #india

Battle ahead: Hindutva vs Mandal 2.0

The All India Federation for Social Justice seeks to check the subversion of reservation, strengthen federalism and secularism, and culturally interrogate Brahminical Hinduism. These ideas together represent an ideological alternative to BJP’s Hindu nationalism.

#AIFSJ #SocialJustice #federalism #reservations #secularism #BJP #caste #CasteCensus #MKStalin #DMK #AkhileshYadav #hindutva #GRSwaminathan #brahminism #communalism #india

https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/battle-ahead-hindutva-vs-mandal-20-23280140