Thanks Michael, Appreciate the perspective!
- Marina On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Marina, > > thanks for your question, I respond in my own name as I can't respond for > the floksociety > > the flok project is funded through a tripartite agreement of the Ministry > of Human Talent, Senescyt (innovation secretariat) and the IAEN public > university > > our brief is to develop transition proposals and policy frameworks for a > social knowledge economy > > of course this means that we are operating in contradictory environments; > it is not different from working with EU funds in the knowledge of the > horrible situation that the EU imposes on Greece, or working for the > Spanish govt and its EUR 600k fine for civil disobedience, or the radical > anti-social oif the UK govt > > the flok society can't be expected to take any positions on current > controversies but as individuals we retain our freedom of speech > > I'm not particularly expert on the journalistic situation here in ecuador; > to the degree that the citizens mvt had to act against the oligarchic > ownership of the press it would be justified ; to the degree it silences > democratic critics it would be problematic > > our job is to make proposals that create conditions for the flowering of > open commons in every domain, which includes democratic institutions etc .. > > on a personal note, having lived here for one month only, it is clear that > there is a lot of democratic debate and critique, both from outside the > govt and from the citizens mvt that are allied with the govt > > and there is massive popular support for a got that has been the most > successful in the world in reducing poverty and hence promoted the human > capability to participate in a democracy, even by people who are otherwise > critical of decisions like Yasuni etc .. > > also it seems the indigenous segment of the population may be the most > critical (although I have no poll numbers, just several conversations) > > > > <<Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:06:35 -0800 > From: Marina Kukso <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [P2P-F] tweet campaign for open ecuador > To: P2P Foundation mailing list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > capgqyn+j9w2wrd8al0utv6vutsjzyxtrzky+43jskznoudj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Dear Michael (and others), > > I'd love to know more about the relationship between this project, FLOK > Society, and the government of Ecuador, specifically in light of some of > the government's actions against journalists ( > http://www.hrw.org/americas/ecuador). How does this square with the work > of > the FLOK Society? > > Best,-- > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > >
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