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LibrePlanet 2017 presentation/workshop on Platform Cooperativism and the Free Software movement.
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- 1. PlatformPlatform CooperativismCooperativism andand the Free Softwarethe Free Software MovementMovement
- 2. Micky Metts A member of Agaric, a worker-owned tech and web development cooperative based in Boston, Managua, Hamburg and Minneapolis. Known as FreeScholar, Activist Hacker – Industry Organizer – Public Speaker – Connector – Advisor and Visionary. I act as a liaison between the Solidarity Economy Network (SEN) and The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC), with an intention to bring communities together. I am a member of the Free Software Foundation and Drupal, a community based on free software. I grew up in Weston, CT and now live in Boston, MA with my long-time partner John M. Crisman. I support Platform Cooperativism in education as a bridge to the community. Agaric.com
- 4. Building the tools for the future
- 6. Stocksy.com a worker-owned coop
- 8. A Solution:
- 9. Platform for Group Decisions
- 10. Drutopia is an initiative to revolutionize the way we build online tools. We're combining the principles of software freedom, community ownership and intersectional politics to co-develop technologies that meet our needs and reflect our values. Tools such as Squarespace and NationBuilder have lowered the cost for launching a website. However, these tools are limited in functionality and push people getting into web development for a cause into the dead end of proprietary services. You cannot build a movement based on freedom on top of a proprietary foundation Drutopia.org
- 11. Students
- 12. Community
- 13. 1969 Weston, CT High School ~ Class of 1971
- 14. The anthology is newly published by OR Books: Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of PLATFORM COOPERATIVISM, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet. Platform Cooperativism Concept Trebor Scholz developed the idea of Platform Cooperativism in his recent book. Uberworked and Underpaid: How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse An up-close, inside account of Occupy Wall Street’s first year in New York City, written by Nathan Schneider.
- 15. What does this look like in practice? Stocksy is a stock-photo platform with multi-million-dollar revenues owned by its photographers discussion list Fairmondo is an online marketplace for goods owned by its vendors Loconomics is a gig platform that connects employers with worker-owners Robin Hood Minor Asset Management is an investment fund whose members support commons-based projects There are many more platforms than those, and an ecosystem to support them, which we’re gathering in our Directory. How can I take part? Learn about the Platform Cooperativism conferences and explore the resources in our Library Contribute to our Directory to help share knowledge about the platform co-op ecosystem Take part in the R&D efforts of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium Organize people with legal, technical, and financial expertise to support platform co-ops in your area and coordinate globally through our
- 16. How do I get there? https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ateams/ ● Find someone you love to work with. ● Pick an issue area and angle. ● Do activism full-time using every connection, skill, tool, and trick at your disposal—until you win.
- 17. Resources and Links Articles about Cooperatives: ● http://www.thenews.coop/ ● The Guardian - http://bit.ly/1s83iyE ● The ecologist - http://bit.ly/1oaxYyt ● http://shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-worker-co-op Video: ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpg4PjGtbu0 - The Sharing Economy – Janelle Orsi ● "Tech Cooperatives: A Better Way to Make a Living" http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP9313 with Jack Aponte of http://palantetech.com Starting a cooperative: ● http://banyanproject.coop/starting-a-news-co-op ● tech-coop@npogroups.org -the best tech-worker-coop-related mailing list that i know of ● http://npogroups.org/lists/info/tech-coop ● http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/workercoop/info ● http://www.techworker.coop/
Editor's Notes
- Platform Cooperativism is a movement spreading around the world. It’s already creating a fairer kind of Internet: If users owned their own social media, they could set terms of service in which they keep control over personal data If gig-workers controlled their own apps, they could combine flexible schedules with the rights and benefits they need New Bitcoin-powered “blockchain” technologies create possibilities for platforms with no central company in charge Co-op platforms can cooperate with each other by building free software solutions for common use
- Platform co-ops bring democracy to the online economy
- Co-ops are more likely to pay living wages and promote community wealth Democratic businesses experience lower failure rates and more sustainable growth Cooperation tends to empower those on the margins of society By serving people before profits, co-ops put us in control of the economy
- We want to make sure that every student has their needs met--socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually and academically. We are going to do this through providing students access to personalized learning, interdisciplinary approach, where we help students see, develop, and work the connections between content and real world experiences.
- Platforms connect people with each other. Online platforms—from Google to Uber and thousands more in between—are transforming our workplaces, our relationships, and our lives. A lot of this is great. But there are some big-time problems: Tools that appear to be “free” often come at the cost of selling our valuable personal information Huge monopolies are capturing important markets like search, transportation, and social networking Labor platforms are managing to bypass worker protections like sick leave and insurance Users have virtually no control over the platforms that affect their lives