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"What do a US-Israeli airstrike on Iran, a farmer who cannot fix their own tractor, your Netflix subscription, a singing stunt in federal parliament, and the reason I stopped using ChatGPT have in common?" #enclosedeconomy #thecommons #fascism #endstagecapitalism
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The Cleveland Foundation relocated to the Hough neighborhood and opened more than half its building to the public — with a gallery, cafe, music venue, brewery and restaurant.
"It felt like philanthropy happened behind a curtain," says CEO Lillian Kuri.
https://phlnthrp.com/40C77mR
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Opinion: Funder-driven requirements, professionalized jargon, and moral signaling have pushed the nonprofit world toward abstraction and away from clarity. The result? Communities no longer recognize themselves in the work.
https://phlnthrp.com/4tSp3Ya
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Opinion: Gen Z isn’t turning away from public service — they’re rejecting elite pathways that manage inequity instead of challenging it. Nonprofits need a new playbook, not a new pipeline. Read Tim Krause’s powerful rebuttal.
https://phlnthrp.com/4amdHm8
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National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes "radical empathy" through storytelling can unite us. Join a free LinkedIn Live conversation about his nonprofit Narrative 4 on Jan. 27 at noon ET. Register: www.linkedin.com/events/74064202568454184...
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Opinion: "Affordability" isn’t just a buzzword. It’s how people decide whether institutions understand their real-life challenges. Read why nonprofits should speak plainly about cost.
https://phlnthrp.com/4r37IJF
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National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes "radical empathy" through storytelling can unite us. Join a free LinkedIn Live conversation about his nonprofit Narrative 4 on Jan. 27 at noon ET. Register: www.linkedin.com/events/74064202568454184...
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Opinion: Veteran nonprofit leaders debate whether Gen Z workers need tough love from their bosses. One argues for a new leadership model based on compassion and trust. The other says groups need to demand excellence.
Read both essays at: https://phlnthrp.com/3NffiCu
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National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes "radical empathy" through storytelling can unite us. Join a free LinkedIn Live conversation about his nonprofit Narrative 4 on Jan. 27 at noon ET. Register: www.linkedin.com/events/74064202568454184...
#TheCommons
National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes "radical empathy" through storytelling can unite us. Join a free LinkedIn Live conversation about his nonprofit Narrative 4 on Jan. 27 at noon ET. Register: https://phlnthrp.com/4qF7vvT
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Title page: INTRO TO THE COMMONS WITH GROWING FORWARD
this zine was produced on the unceded lands of the Yuggera & Turrbal people USEFUL TERMINOLOGY Commons are not material goods or assets but communal systems of property relations. The public is not the commons. It is a particular kind of private property, which is owned, managed, controlled, and regulated by and for the state. Primitive accumulation is the enclosure and privatisation of the land and consequently the means of production. The process of primitive accumulation means that people no longer have the means to support themselves and therefore must work for the owning class allowing the owning class to exploit and profit from them. Enclosure is a term used to describe the appropriation of common land, tuming it into private property. The new enclosures: The foundation of all enclosures is the seizure of land from common people. New enclosures refer to the ongoing privatisation of all aspects of our lives as a consequence of these original enclosures. They uproot us from our connection to place and sabotage our ability to exercise collective power. Reproduction: In this context reproduction means our ability to recreate our lives and provide our basic needs like shelter, food, water, etc. In order to reproduce our lives we need strong social relations so that we can manage the limited resources available in a collective way. This requires access to the resources, memory and skills necessary to organise communal property. Collective organisation is the ability to problem solve and manage systems through cooperation, and collective decision making. Collective organisation helps to create structures and guidelines that prevent chaos and poor management of resources.
WHAT ARE THE COMMONS? Commons are not just the resources belonging to and affecting a community. They are social relations of cooperation and solidarity responsible for the sharing of wealth, both natural and produced. The resource itself is not necessarily a commons but rather the way humans deal with these resources and with each other creates the commons. Growing Forward farms as commons: Growing Forward rebuilds commons on disused public land by establishing common farms which are collectively managed, maintained and shared by the community. The common farms have 3 principles: nobody owns the garden, the food is free, and mistakes are welcome. HISTORY OF THE COMMONS Commons have historically been used to organise people all over the world. These communal relations and ways of organising persist today as a fundamental part of managing life throughout Latin America, Africa and Asia Silvia Federici speaks of the commons not as small one off experiments but as "large-scale social formations that at times were continent wide, like the networks of commons that in precolonial America stretched from present- day Chile to Nicaragua and Texas, connected by a vast array of exchanges, - including gift and barter. In Africa, as well, communal land tenure systems have survived to the present, even in the face of an unprecedented land grabbing drive'. In England the commons played a huge part in producing food and organising communities, with a quarter of total land being held in common in 1688. Despite centuries of violent enclosures, at the end of the twentieth century the total territory of land remaining in commons was 3 percent. In 1964 a group of radicals occupied a common plot known as St. George's Hill in Surrey and they began to grow vegetables. These radicals called themselves "True Levellers" and were later more widely known as The Diggers
ENCLOSURES Enclosures were fundamental in the process of colonisation and createce necessary conditions for capitalism. Enclosure is a term used to describe the appropriation of common land, turning it into private property. This takes place through the seizure and privatisation of land and natural commons (i.e. water, air, soil) that was once managed and owned in common by everyone. This privatisation has led to the breakdown of social relations, loss of control over the means of production, and the loss of our ability to self-organise to meet our basic needs like food and housing. Enclosure and its knock-on effects has meant communities no longer have the means to self-manage and support themselves. ...the historical movement which changes the producers into waged workers, appears on the one hand as their emancipation from serfdom and from the fetters of the guilds, and this side alone exists for our bourgeois historians. But on the other hand these new freedmen became sellers of themselves only after they had been robbed of all their own means of production and all the guarantees of existence offered by the old feudal arrangements. And the history of this, their expropriation, is written in the annals of mankind in letters of blood and fire." - Karl Marx, Capital, Vol. 1 The new enclosures uproot workers from the terrain on which their organisational power has been built. "We are now the most geographically mobile labor force since the advent of capitalism Capital keeps us constantly on the move, separating us from our countries, farms, gardens, homes, and workplaces, because this guarantees cheap wages, communal disorganisation, and a maximum vulnerability in front of the law, the courts, and the police." - Silvia Federici THE SIN OF PROPERTY WE DO DISDAIN NO MAN HAS ANY RIGHTS TO BUY AND SELL THE EARTH FOR PRIVATE GAIN BY THEFT AND MURDER THEY TOOK THE LAND NOW EVERYWHERE THE WALLS RISE UP AT THEIR COMMAND
Picked up this zine at a local market a couple years ago.. very informative and inspiring, highly recommend. I did the text analyser thing so all the pictures have comprehensive alt text
I hope you take the time to read and maybe put some of this into practice
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When violence becomes jargon: As they battle weaponized political rhetoric, public safety advocates default to technical terms that confuse the communities they aim to protect, writes columnist Matt Watkins for #TheCommons.
https://phlnthrp.com/3MzvTk6
Daniel Stid, the former lead of a national program to tame polarization, writes for #TheCommons of how he's come to see local efforts and community foundations as key to civic renewal.
https://phlnthrp.com/3MD5yle
In Mississippi, a philanthropy in the capital city of Jackson has expanded to include 19 rural counties — an area twice the size of New Jersey. Will big money follow to areas that have little or no philanthropic presence? #TheCommons
Read the full story: https://phlnthrp.com/3KOROD4
How can fundraisers build trust and community today? Allison Fine, president of Every.org, joins The Commons in Conversation to share practical tips on websites, volunteers, AI, and more. Join us on LinkedIn on Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Register now! https://phlnthrp.com/4oGiTqg
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How can fundraisers build trust and community today? Allison Fine, president of Every.org, joins The Commons in Conversation to share practical tips on websites, volunteers, AI, and more. Join us on LinkedIn on Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Register now! https://phlnthrp.com/4oGiTqg
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How can fundraisers build trust and community today? Allison Fine, president of Every.org, joins The Commons in Conversation to share practical tips on websites, volunteers, AI, and more. Join us on LinkedIn on Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Register now! https://phlnthrp.com/4oGiTqg
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Performances by Theater of War Productions often feature star actors — the likes of Adam Driver, Keri Russell, Jeffrey Wright. But it’s the audience that’s the focus as the group aims to build connections and empathy through storytelling and art. 📹 https://phlnthrp.com/3KzoDUB
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In today's political climate, funding the gritty work of creating big-tent coalitions is essential to notching wins on climate and other big issues.
https://phlnthrp.com/4aqzBGo
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How can fundraisers build trust and community today? Allison Fine, president of Every.org, joins The Commons in Conversation to share practical tips on websites, volunteers, AI, and more. Join us on LinkedIn on Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Register now! https://phlnthrp.com/4oGiTqg
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So excited to have received John Fullerton’s new book Regenerative Economics, and I’m especially excited for Chapter 9: Epiphany – The Missing Institution of the Commons.
Congratulations, John, and godspeed.
Peace and love,
Avis
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How do you give voice to people who have little opportunity to speak their truth? Watch the new short documentary from #TheCommons to see how Theater of War Productions creates performances to connect people from all walks of life. Learn more: https://phlnthrp.com/4akEssA
![The image is a black and white photograph of an old-style wooden building labeled "3ETHAI ASI" in the upper left corner. The structure appears to be a community or cooperative store, given its open entrance and presence on what looks like farmland with sparse vegetation around it.
There are several key features that stand out:
1. **Building Structure**: It's a rectangular single-story building made of wood with a slanted roof.
2. **Signage**: The name "3ETHAI ASI" is handwritten in an unfamiliar script, possibly Semai or another language associated with the Delta Cooperative Farm mentioned in the caption.
3. **Awnings and Overhangs**: There are two overhanging structures on either side of the main entrance which likely serve as sheltered areas for goods.
4. **Windows**: The building has multiple windows that have a classic design, possibly indicating an older construction style.
5. **Side Structures**: To the right is another smaller structure with a white door and what appears to be steps leading up to it.
6. **Ground Condition**: The ground around the buildings looks dry and barren of grass or plants.
The photograph itself has visible borders that include text, indicating it might have been part of an album or collection. It gives off an historical feel, likely taken during a time when cooperative farming was prevalent in rural America, such as the 1930s to '40s era associated with Dorothea Lange's work.
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The image is a black and white photograph of an old-style wooden building labeled "3ETHAI ASI" in the upper left corner. The structure appears to be a community or cooperative store, given its open entrance and presence on what looks like farmland with sparse vegetation around it. There are several key features that stand out: 1. **Building Structure**: It's a rectangular single-story building made of wood with a slanted roof. 2. **Signage**: The name "3ETHAI ASI" is handwritten in an unfamiliar script, possibly Semai or another language associated with the Delta Cooperative Farm mentioned in the caption. 3. **Awnings and Overhangs**: There are two overhanging structures on either side of the main entrance which likely serve as sheltered areas for goods. 4. **Windows**: The building has multiple windows that have a classic design, possibly indicating an older construction style. 5. **Side Structures**: To the right is another smaller structure with a white door and what appears to be steps leading up to it. 6. **Ground Condition**: The ground around the buildings looks dry and barren of grass or plants. The photograph itself has visible borders that include text, indicating it might have been part of an album or collection. It gives off an historical feel, likely taken during a time when cooperative farming was prevalent in rural America, such as the 1930s to '40s era associated with Dorothea Lange's work. The captio [...]
The cooperative store at the Delta cooperative farm near Clarksdale, Mississippi
#Delta #Clarksdale #Mississippi #America #DorotheaLanges #American #Semai #DorotheaLange #Wikipedia #TheCommons] #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
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Can “radical empathy” bring us together? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes it can. On November 20, he'll join a #TheCommons in Conversation interview with the Chronicle's Nandita Raghuram at 2 p.m. ET.
Register: https://phlnthrp.com/4nMMpdb
Powerful stories — whether by Martin Luther King Jr. or Sophocles — can cut through today’s noise and division.
Watch for our mini-documentary later this week exploring how Theater of War Productions organizes performances drawn from classic texts to bring people together.
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Can “radical empathy” bring us together? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes it can. On November 20, he'll join a #TheCommons in Conversation interview with the Chronicle's Nandita Raghuram at 2 p.m. ET.
Register: https://phlnthrp.com/4nMMpdb
Can “radical empathy” bring us together? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann believes it can. On November 20, he'll join a #TheCommons in Conversation interview with the Chronicle's Nandita Raghuram at 2 p.m. ET.
Register: https://phlnthrp.com/4nMMpdb
“The question is: Will we govern for all or just a few?” asked PolicyLink's president Ashleigh Gardere said in a recent Chronicle interview for #TheCommons. “And then, will we hold ourselves accountable for delivering for all?”
Read more and watch the full interview at: https://phlnthrp.com/4qGgRbR
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