Dear Birgit: fully agree that local initiatives are not sufficient,
my own belief is that very little is possible at national scale within the eurozone especially with the government committed to carrying out the extreme measures of the accord, in the absense of a democratic and sovereign monetary policy, I'm very partial to the transition proposals of CADTM and Ellen Brown, but it's hard to see them as realistic options under the current government in the meantime I believe it would be useful to start linking up local and regional currencies and to link them up with a 'national' (or even transnational) credit commons system, based on a link with the solidarity economy, SME's and coop entities that gives it real economic clout and liquidity, as it has done for the WIR in Switzerland, in general, I would hope for interconnecting provisioning and mutual aid networks, on the model of what has started in Madison, Wisconsin with Stephanie Rearick's Mutual Aid Network and the stirrings of encommuns.org in Lille. Is there anything to be done at the urban level, on the model of what is happening in a multitude of places in Italy ? we need a multitude of people in Greece to start thinking not just about local resilience, but about rebuilding, an alternative mode of production with its own logic ; the pieces of the puzzle are there, but who can and is willing to assemble them ? Plan C for the moment can't be based on the hope of a political party carrying it out, but, for the moment, in my opinion, must be based about patient self-organization and the rebuilding of social and political forces that actually believe in alternatives, Michel On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Birgit Daiber <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Michel, > > thanks for the initiative to work on a commoners' Plan C concerning Greece. > Last year already a referendum was held in Thessaloniki on water as common > good - and there > are other initiatives in Greece active in different fields - let's > connect with these initiatives and try to > develop common strategies. I will come back to you in some days - as I'm > actually on mission and > not really able to concentrate on it. > > But: Greece will not get rid of the European Monetary Union's strangling > rules by > such initiatives! And Greece needs strong solidarity actions - not only > today but tomorrow and in future - as this war will go on. EMU wants > Greece to be their garbage-place for all errors made during the European > crisis - and > they will not stop to burn incredible amounts of money on it! To find at > least a kind of corridor for > sustainable development will be the hardest thing! > > At the same time there are two other issues to be discussed: The question > on European democracy and the question of a new financial architecture > globally but regionally in Europe too. We could refer to projects like > "Banco del Sur" in Latin America, now followed on BRICS-level. Just for > your information: > Pedro Paez Perez published a basic reflection on Money as Common Good in > 2012 - you find it as attachment. > > Best wishes, Yours, Birgit > > > > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > *www.birgitdaiber.eu <http://www.birgitdaiber.eu>* > *Fon: 0039-090-9452432* > *Mobile: 0039-366-4207762* > > > *Brussels: Rue du Canal 19, B-1000 Brussels* > > *Sicily: Casella Postale No. 28, I-98055 Lipari* > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:08:51 +0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: [CommonGood] support appreciated for Plan C, a commons transition > plan for greek civil movements > > dear friends, > > I will try to work on this in the coming days, but would really appreciate > any support , > > see: > http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Proposals > > Michel > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://commonstransition.org > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ CommonGood Mailingliste > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider [email protected] > https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commongood > -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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/
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