On October 5, 6, and 7, the “Allied Grounds” conference brought together scholars, activists, and cultural workers from more than 25 countries at the House of Democracy and Human Rights in Berlin. It was the culmination of Berliner Gazette’s annual
Protocol for Planned Disconnect
Technology is not a panacea, but a tool that must be chosen and used strategically. The Protocol for Planned Disconnect is an Open Source technology that can be used by groups or individuals. Its purpose is to provide a learning
MoneyLab Berlin video documentation
MoneyLab Berlin, which took place as a three-days online marathon from march 26-28, 2021, was a blast: More than 20 speakers from all walks of money activism, platform cooperativism, commons-oriented economies, collaborative finance, crypto art & NFTs and other interestig
Update on MoneyLab Berlin
Update on MoneyLab Berlin (March 26-28, 2021) When we started to plan for MoneyLab Berlin it was quite clear that we would not be able to organize a big, real-world conference with people joining from all parts of Europe and
MoneyLab call-in show on GameStop / Feb 1st, 2021
Over the past weeks the swarm of small-time, amateur investors “revenge buying” stock in GameStop, AMC and other firms has sent shivers down the spine of Wall Street and led to unprecedented reactions from establishment experts, regulators and corporations. Is
MoneyLab: Disaster Capitalism will come to Berlin in March 2021!
Disaster Capitalism In Momenten katastrophaler Veränderungen wird das zuvor Undenkbare plötzlich Wirklichkeit. Die Covid-19-Krise weckt nicht nur unsere tiefsten Ängste, sondern gleichzeitig auch unseren Sinn für das Mögliche. Das MoneyLab Berlin will Platz schaffen für Utopien, Experimente und radikale Vorstellungen
Platform Coop Netzwerk für Deutschland: Ankündigung des Starts unseres IGP-Projekts
Platform Cooperativism ist die Idee einer Neustrukturierung der globalen Plattform-Ökonomie. Zu den Plattform-Kooperativen, kurz “Platform Coops”, zählen Genossenschaften mit einem digitalen Geschäftsmodell, aber auch andere Unternehmensformen, die Eigentum und Mitbestimmung neu denken. Vor diesem Hintergrund fördert das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft
Documentation of the Business Model Innovators meetup Oct. 27, 2020
This is the video documentation of the October edition of the Business Model Innovators meetup, dedicated to one of our favourite topics: Digital Platform Coops Now: An alternative to the gig and sharing economy. Organized by Estefania Fernandez and Luis
Documentation of Funding Strategies for the Cooperative Digital Economy from April 9th, 2020
On Thursday, April 9th, 2020, we have hosted the third edition of our online series on platform coops: „Funding Strategies for the Cooperative Digital Economy“. Thanks to Karim Chabrak for presenting Coinsence as a great example for a P2P funding
Guest Article by Kibbs Fortilus: Doubting Dreamers
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom (George Iles) When I first explained my research question to a close friend of mine, she doubted it. My research question, concerning how hybrid organizations are transforming capitalism, was one that