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LIFE DESPITE CAPITALISM.

Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 October.
London School of Economics.

Old Building (first plenary) and Clement House (workshops and final plenary). Aldwych.
(Holborn tube, central line)

Life Despite Capitalism is a project/forum to approach the question of alternatives to capitalism in the here and now not "after capitalism" has been abolished. This means a capacity to do and relate to each other, in ways rooted in dignity, respect and common access to resources.

Confirmed speakers and participants include:

Jake Black, Reverend D. Wayne Love AKA, George Caffentzis, Mariarosa Dalla Costa, Massimo De Angelis

Olivier De Marcellus, Ana Dinnerstein, Viviane Gonik, David Graeber, Andrej Grubacic, John Holloway, John Jordan, JJ King, Nolasco Mamani, Sandro Mezzadra, Mercedes Moya, Jai Sen, Steven Shukaitis, Matthias Studer, Peter Waterman, from groups and networks such as Leeds May Day group, Globalisation from Below, Alabama 3, Mute magazine, Greenpepper magazine, Proceso de Communidades Negras (Colombia), Transform-Italy, Tavolo-migranti, The Commoner, Global Roots, Peoples's Global Action, Consejo Indio de Sud America (CISA), Indymedia, Action populaire contre la mondialisation, COBAS, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics . . .and many other . . .


Programme

SATURDAY 16 October 2004

9:30 - 12:30 Initial PLENARY: Talks on power, commons, excesses, participatory democracy and networks and presentation of workshops (Old Building/Old theatre, Houghton street).

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 "Roots" (Clement House): in these six workshops we will discuss the various experiences of commons, of reclaiming powers and constituting communities:

• Virtual Commons (Room D106): gift and free software, communication, enclosure of free software. Recommanded Readings:
  James W. Lindenschmidt, From Virtual Commons To Virtual Enclosures: Revolution and Counter-Revolution In The Information Age
  Matthias Studer, Gift and Free Software

• "Public Services" as commons (Room D109): experiences and visions in transport, education, health.

• Food as commons (Room D111): reclaiming the food we eat, agriculture, and fishery. Recommanded Readings:
  Mariarosa Dalla Costa. The Native In Us, The Earth We Belong To

• Workplace commons (Room D206): struggles of precarious workers, creative work, labour internationalism and solidarity. Recommanded readings :

  Peter Waterman. All in Common. A New/Old Slogan for International Labour and Labour Internationalism

  Viviane Gonik. What is a workplace comunity?

• Free movement as commons (Room D209): migrants as political subjects, patterns of solidarity within and across communities.

• Commons "outside" capitalism (Room D211): indigenous experiences and visions, autonomous zones.

  Mercedes Moya, Some commons goods: an afro-colombian view

16:30-18: 30 "Swarm" (Clement House): Five workshops recombining participants, cross pollinating along themes of :

• "powers" (Room D109)

  John Holloway. Beyond Power.

  John Holloway. Twelve theses

• "commons" (Room D111)

  Massimo De Angelis. Reflections on Alternatives, Commons and Communities

  Olivier De Marcellus. Commons, Communities and Movements: Inside, Outside and Against Capital

• "networks", (Room D206)

• Convergence of Commons: http://www.commoner.org.uk/08routledge.pdf

• "democracies" (Room D209)

  Jai Senn:

  http://www.choike.org/documentos/wsf_s409_jai.pdf

  http://www.commoner.org.uk/tinavstama.htm

• "creative excesses" (Room D211).

SUNDAY 17 October 2004

9:30 -12:30 Final PLENARY (Hong Kong theatre) Reports back from workshops by both invited speakers and participants and proposals for future initiatives.