Notices by neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop), page 72

When you had no plans for the evening, then you find out from a friend that there’s a book launch on the topic of cooperative alternatives beyond markets & states. Win!

http://www.perc.org.uk/project_posts/launch-elinor-ostroms-rules-radicals-derek-wall-1st-december/

"A review of thousands of internal company documents and witness statements published on Tuesday points to the Anglo-Dutch organisation’s alleged involvement in the brutal campaign to silence protesters in the oil-producing Ogoniland region in the 1990s."

This doesn't come as a surprise at all. Corporations have a long history of silencing (read: killing) environmental activists in third world countries...
#CapitalismKills

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/28/amnesty-seeks-criminal-inquiry-into-shell-over-alleged-complicity-in-murder-and-torture-in-nigeria

I like the co-operative principles, and particularly #7 ("Co-operatives work for the sustainable development of their communities") - but I think it should give a nod to remote communities and the planet as a whole. Is it implied perhaps? I suppose you could loosely interpret "community" as you want.

(https://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles)

Great interview with Carne Ross ('The Accidental Anarchist'). He gives a very articulate account of his views on anarchism, which are given an interesting perspective given he was previously fully ensconced in the present power system as a British diplomat. I found very interesting the discussion around the suggestion that anarchism fosters a more loving society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F73Z1BKhIs

Saturday October 21st, is the first international day of repair. Get something fixed at a community repair event, over 65 taking place - http://openrepair.org/repairday/. Or fix it yourself! Find out more here: https://therestartproject.org/community/repairday/

#repairday

"earn a living" <- strange phrase.

I think what I like about notifications of app updates from F-Droid is that, behind that little notification is a whole cycle of ideas, discussion, coding, building, testing, packaging, releasing. It's a little reminder that a whole bunch of open source just took place somewhere.