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Public Horizons: transforming the public sector

De Amsterdamse Zorgzame Economie, deel 3: Publiek-Civiele Samenwerking en de Gemeentelijke Coöperatieven-Incubator

[EVENT] Degrowth and Health, Live at Fearless Cities Barcelona

In Search of the Amsterdam Caring Economy, Part 2 [VIDEO]

Towards Online Public-Civic Spaces

A good life for all beyond growth: Fruitful post-growth discussions at the Cities For Change Forum

New Publication: How Can Amsterdam Municipalism Endure?

Proposals for ‘desmoothening’ the city

Cities for Change: fruits of collaboration

Visit the online expo Digital Courage: Uber Eats

The Smooth City, And How To Turn The Tide

Exploring the Caring Economy in Amsterdam, Part 1

What is commoning and why is it so important?

Join Cities for Change 2021!

Fearless in Amsterdam: housing is about homes, not investment

Degrowth and Health: Caring as an Ethic of Non-Exploitation

Geen visie in debat over medicijnen? Op naar een revolverend fonds!

Nieuwe publicatie: commons en de toekomst van de bestaanszekerheid

Caring and Solidarity: Come to the launch of our new report

Dutch Elections Live: the Access to Medicines Debate

Degrowth: Building a New Discourse of Health and Care

Vrij Beton: crowdfunding free cultural spaces

A Syrian democratic social economy in the making

Caring and Thriving: Bollier and Helfrich on the Future of Social Security

Urban commons: utilizing the Right to Challenge in Rotterdam

Cape Town: Towards a Municipal Regulation for the Commons

Why We Need a People’s Vaccine Right Now

Digital Rights on top of the agenda

Interoperability #2: The fork in the road

Interoperability #1: Policymaking is worldbuilding

Another Amsterdam food coop is transforming the food system

A big step towards sustainable and cooperative tourism

Introducing our new board member: Sandra Bos

The commons way of life in Ecovillage Boekel

Rethinking not repairing: a call for Utopianism

From psychiatric patients to active and connected human beings

Commons Transitie Plan Amsterdam

“Nobody is in charge, but everything gets done”

Caring coops go where professional healthcare providers can’t

Rethinking Dutch subsistence security in a changing world

Conferentie Commons en de Omgevingsvisie: Een verslag

Herenboeren Kantelen het Voedselsysteem

Broodfondsen: Zo Geef Je Solidariteit Een Gezicht

Support Your Locals: Neighbourhood Currencies

The Medicines Patent Pool: A Remedy for the Anti-Commons

Pooling Knowledge: Private Medicine vs. Public Health?

Degrowth, Health and Commoning Practices

Costa Rica Is Right: We Need a Global Coronavirus Knowledge Pool

Ensure Access to Covid-19 Treatments!

Commons and Social Security: Announcing Our New Research

What’s New at Commons Network HQ?

Municipalist Conference Kick-Off 2019: Top 10 things you absolutely cannot miss

Amsterdam University’s New Research Field: Urban Mental Health

An Important Week For Commons Network’s Digital Work

Participation or Real Ownership?

Commoning and Mental Health: The Way Forward

Generation Hope, Commons and Municipalism: Ecopolis Festival 2019

Is The New Dutch Environment and Planning Act Good For The Commons?

Aristotle and Other Commoners: The New ICJ Is Out

Can a Society Be Insane?

Commons Network Joins the Amsterdam Fearless Cities Team

Visiting: municipality South-East Amsterdam

The Optics of the Commons

Art + Commons: Announcing a New Collaboration

What I Talk About When I Talk About Mental Health

Fighting Back Against High Medicine Prices

Commons in Spotlight at the University of Amsterdam

Introducing… New Team Member Ruth!

Introducing… New Team Member Taru!

Trump and the Tragedy of the Commons

This Week We Vote

New Book Out Now: Political Ideas for a New Europe

The Top 10 Commons Network Publications: 2017-2019

Vote For The Commons

Pharma’s Other Futures: Alternatives to Unaffordable Medicines

Democratise Europe: a Manifesto

NEW: a Vision for a Shared Digital Europe

Let’s Talk: What Does a Truly Democratic Society Look Like?

EVENT: Democracy Alive

A New Vision For A Shared Digital Europe

EVENT: Democracy Alive

Commons Network New Colleague

Horizon Europe – Open, but not too much

Commoners! What’s Next?

Letter To The Dutch Minister Of Health

Defend the precautionary principle: remove so-called “innovation principle” from Horizon Europe

Putting People’s Health First: The #EP2019 Manifesto

An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 2

Commons for the Arts: Commons Network in the Cultural Capital of Europe

Shared Spaces: New Paper on Urban Commons

Event: Open medical science for better health-care for all: Making EU research work for the public interest

Reframing Digital Europe

How To Ensure Public Investment Makes An Impact On Society

An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 1

Commons and Democracy: Challenges in Europe

Commons Network in London: What would an alternative Internet look like?

Urgent Letter to the European Commission to Stop Illegal Data Retention

From Lab to Commons: Shifting to a Biomedical System that’s in the Public Interest

EU-Mercosur Negotiations Endanger South American Access to Medicines

Neighbourhoods as Commons

Solidarity as a Commons

‘Healthcare is not a business, but a fundamental human right’

Commons Network working on new website!

Commons Network Presents: Our New Logo

EU ‘Copyright Reform’ Threatens Freedom of Information, Open Acces and Open Science

TTIP and the Big Pharma Wish-List