Book review by Matt Cropp, republished from geo.coop
Democratizing Finance: Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement
Clifford N. RosenthalFriesen Press, 2019
Modern capitalism has the conceit that only individual property owners create wealth and they therefore deserve all the rewards. It cannot comprehend the idea that commoners and commons create value. Fortunately, a brilliant young cartoonist from Canberra, Australia, Stuart McMillen, clearly explains the collective origins of wealth through a wonderful extended comic strip.
What happens to resource efficiency, recycling and waste management in a world where disownership is becoming the new normal?
As much as it may seem that the nuts and bolts of resource and waste
management is about sorting machinery, storage, bins and collection
systems, it is really ultimately about people.
Facebook has launched a voluntary, opt-in program, which monetarily compensates users in exchange for their data.
The blog post by Geetika Mantri was published in the Newsminute on June 14, 2019. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
ICANN organized a masterclass in Bangalore on June 19, 2019.
It was ICANN's first-ever such initiative within civil society to inform and spread awareness about their functioning. The workshop was conducted by Mary Wong who is the Vice President for Strategic Comunications Operations, Planning and Engagement and is a member of the Policy Team performing global policy development work. She was joined by Samiran Gupta who is the Head of India for ICANN. He is the primary representative of ICANN in the country and responsible for all stakeholder engagements here.
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Posted on The Web of Debt on May 31, 2019 by Ellen Brown
This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1.
Girga for orchestra, del compositor y chelista suizo Martin Jaggi, será la obra con que comenzará el espectáculo de la Orquesta Sinfónica, que se presentará este fin de semana en Santiago y Valparaíso. "El programa tiene dos temas: retratar imágenes de lugares particulares a través de la música, así como también los bailes españoles", detalló Hermanto.“Esta es la primera vez que trabajaré con la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile.
El encuentro, que reunió en Alemania a 45 rectores de universidades de todo el mundo, tuvo la participación de la máxima autoridad de la Casa de Bello como uno de los cuatro representantes de instituciones de América Latina. En la ocasión, el documento suscrito por las y los participantes, apunta a cómo los planteles tienen la doble responsabilidad de liderar cambios y, a su vez, responder a las necesidades emergentes y las expectativas de la sociedad.
Literarische Kunstwerke zum Durchklicken
You may recall that in February, a federal district court in Fresno denied a petition I filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to attempt to shed light on the Department of Justice's attempt to force Facebook to break the encryption on its Messenger app for encrypted voice calls so that Facebook could carry out a wiretap order the DOJ had obtained.
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Author(s): Stephen Wm. SmithPublication Date: June 19, 2019Publication Type: Litigation Brief
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How are co-operatives responding to the world of work challenges?
Interview by Anca Voinea, originally published at coop news on 1st May 2019
Le Laboratoire de Cyberjustice vous invite du 17 au 21 juin 2019 à la 17ème éditon de la International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2019).
La Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Casa de Bello renovó en China su convenio de movilidad con dicho plantel, el cual permite tanto a estudiantes como académicos de ambas instituciones acceder a intercambios y pasantías, además de promover la colaboración en materias como ciencia y tecnología.La firma de este acuerdo se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de Beijing, China y fue encabezada por el vicepresidente de Relaciones Internacionales y Académicas de la Universidad de Beihang, Huang Haijun, junto al vicerrector de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Univers
Publicada en Qué Pasa, esta columna de la profesora de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Caterine Galaz, analiza el contexto cultural y social en el cual se enmarca el suicidio de Matías, joven trans de la ciudad de Copiapó. "El error está en mirar la homo, lesbo o transfobia como fenómenos individuales y psicológicos. Necesitamos un cambio cultural urgente que se impregne en los colegios", advierte la especialista.
Suite à un communiqué publié ce vendredi sur le site des chaires re recherche du Canada, nous avons de plaisir d’apprendre que la professeure Catherine Régis s’est vue renouveler sa chaire du Canada niveau 2 s’intitulant «Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la culture collaborative en droit et en politique de la santé ».