A Spectre is haunting multinational capitalism —the spectre of free information. All the powers of “globalism” have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcize this spectre: Microsoft and Disney, the World Trade Organization, the United States Congress and the European…
Anarchism and the scale problem The problem of scale is perhaps the most fundamental problem of anarchism. We all know by direct experience that anarchism works well on a local scale. Most people who have been active in the anarchist…
O anarquismo e o problema da escala O problema da escala é talvez o problema mais fundamental do anarquismo. Todos sabemos por experiência própria que o anarquismo funciona bem numa escala local. A maioria daqueles que têm sido activos no…
One of the most interesting experiments with computerised planning and control of the economy was undertaken in Chile under the Allende government in the years 1972 to 1973. The system was designed by Stafford Beer and is described in his…
Introduction Chile went into a highly significant political process in the early 1970s. It was an attempt to have a socialist revolution in freedom. The government of Presidente Salvador Allende, supported by political forces from the centre-left to the extreme…
We are living in a data-driven society. Big Data and the Internet of Things are popular terms. Governments, universities and the private sector make great investments in collecting and storing data and also extracting new knowledge...
What if the global economy were structured, not to send wealth into the hands of a tiny group of oligarchs, but rather to ensure the best possible lives for everyone, ensuring that people lived fulfilling lives free from want, engaged…
Sítio com Vista conta, a partir de agora (Setembro de 2020) com quatro textos muito elucidativos sobre o projecto Cybersyn — de Paul Cockshott & Allin Cottrell, Raúl Espejo, Katharina Loeber, e Jeremy Gross, respectivamente. São textos que dispensam…
Plan Émotions et pensées politiques face au peuple assemblé Acte premier du débat : la capacité politique du peuple Irrationalité Démagogie Factions (et guerre civile) Modernité Acte deuxième du débat : la question du pouvoir Mais qui est le peuple ? Retour sur la…
Note introductive [*] au texte de Jean-Marie Harribey L’article qu’on va lire de Jean-Marie Harribey a été publié originalement en 2016. Il explique, parmi d’autres choses, pourquoi la pandémie de la Covid-19 a pu se répandre comme une traînée de…