Insurgent Power of the Commons

• Book: FREE, FAIR AND ALIVE. The Insurgent Power of the Commons. By Silke Helfrich and David Bollier.

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"Whether it are people establishing an energy cooperative, a cohousing project or taking care of a public park, our society is full of positive initiatives. In these commons, people work together to produce or manage what they find valuable and want to take care of, on the basis of their own decided rules. They take the future in their own hands and show that next to state and market, commons are a third essential way of organizing things in society.

How these new wave of commons can contribute to a sustainable society is an urgent question. It is at the heart of the new book of Silke Helfrich (D) and David Bollier (US), of which we are proud to present the English version in Brussels. The book, realized with the support of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, reads as a cultural critique, a table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook for commoning!" (https://www.oikos.be/denktank/evenementen-denktank/164-boekpresentatie-free-fair-and-alive-the-insurgent-power-of-the-commons)