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A Call for Democratic Digital Infrastructure

Today, together with over 40 civil society organizations, trade unions, and research centers, we publish a statement on democratic digital infrastructure. June 5, 2023

Civil Society Statement on Democratic Digital Infrastructure

In December 2022, the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission signed the European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles […]

Digital transition in a postgrowth world 

During the Beyond Growth Conference in the European Parliament, we co-organized a panel on what a postgrowth transition means for the digital sphere. May 24, 2023

Landmark conference in European Parliament on post-growth

From the 15th till the 17th of May, the European Parliament is hosting a conference fully dedicated to post growth ideas. It marks an important point in the history of European politics. May 8, 2023

Case Study: A New Strategy to Keep Money Local

Case Study: Creating a New 'Currency' for Community Wealth Building in Amsterdam May 4, 2023

Framasoft: a non-profit dedicated to free software

New series of Pan-European case studies on sovereign media distribution, this time: Framasoft! April 26, 2023

Democratizing public capital: community currencies

Investigating three new local currencies in Amsterdam: can we reclaim public capital? April 4, 2023

Artway of Thinking: Strengthening human connections through a digital space for sound narration

New series of Pan-European case studies on sovereign media distribution, this time: Artway of Thinking April 3, 2023

Skill Share on Hacking the Law to reclaim public space and re-socialising housing

The municipalist ‘Skill Sharing Sessions’ project has been created by the European Municipalism Network in order to promote the exchange […] March 31, 2023

New Skill Share: Feministisation of Politics

Join us for a skill share session about feministisation of politics. March 28, 2023

Ups and Downs of a Platform Coop: Lessons from Meet.coop

Lessons from a platform coop: a conversation with meet.coop founder Wouter Tebbens. March 21, 2023

Beyond the Now: a syndicated social practice platform merging arts, education and activism

New series of Pan-European case studies on sovereign media distribution, this time: Beyond the Now

Essay: degrowth, commons and the need for a fundamental transformation of our economy

New Essay on degrowth, commons and the need for a fundamental transformation of our economy! March 17, 2023

New Skill Share Session: Storytelling and Political Education

Announcing the second municipalist skill share session, about political education and storytelling! March 15, 2023

Postgrowth Intergroup receives prof. Jason Hickel in Dutch Parliament

Professor Jason Hickel meets with MPs of our Postgrowth Intergroup prior to his hearing in Parliament March 14, 2023

Skill-share on Building a Democratic Local Economy

We are co-hosting a series of online skills-share meetings with EMN. The first will be on Building a Democratic Local Economy. March 2, 2023

Democratizing Institutions by Transforming Them from Within

Democracy in action: How La 27e Region is changing French institutions from within. February 24, 2023

New date for postponed visit of Prof. Jason Hickel to the Netherlands

Jason Hickel will come to The Netherlands in March to address the Parliament. February 21, 2023

Reimagining the internet as a common good with PublicSpaces

New series of Pan-European case studies on sovereign media distribution, this time: Les Petites Singularités January 17, 2023

Zagreb Is Ours: a conversation with the Croatian municipalists

A conversation with Matko from municipalist movement and citizens' party Zagreb Je Nas. January 11, 2023

Platform Coops, who is involved?

Platform coops, but for whom? In this blog, we look at how different movements can benefit from the inspiring example of cooperativism. December 12, 2022

Building a Local and Democratic Economy in Sweden

Building a Local and Democratic Economy in Sweden. An interview with Malin from Navet in Bergsjon. December 9, 2022

Platform Capitalism and the Case for Platform Cooperativism

About the rise of platforms and why this bad case of capitalism shows the true potential of coops. November 30, 2022

Conference in Chile brings together movements worldwide

The conference builds strategies to take back the public.

Commons Network participates in International Convention Cities Overcoming Neoliberalism in Genova, Italy

On Saturday the 19th of November, our partner Genova Che Osa (Italian for Daring Genua), organized an International Convention on […] November 21, 2022

Talking to liberals about growth

On Saturday the 19th of November, the annual congress of the Dutch political party Democrats 66 (ALDE) took place at […]

Commons Network participates in The Big Capitalism Debate in Pakhuis de Zwijger 

This Tuesday, November 15, ‘The Big Capitalism Debate’ will take place at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. During this evening […] November 14, 2022

Commons Network participates in conference ‘Growing thanks to Limits’ in Dutch Parliament

On Friday the 11th of November, the political think tanks of GroenLinks (Greens) and PvdA (Social Democrats) are hosting a […] November 9, 2022

Getting to know municipalist actors from across Europe

Last year, Commons Network became a coordinating partner of the European Municipalist Network (EMN). In a series of blogs, our […] November 7, 2022

‘We need growth to fund a strong welfare state’ and other myths 

Time to dismantle the growth narrative. In our article series Responding to Degrowth Critics, Winne van Woerden, lead of our […] October 31, 2022

Degrowth in The Hague: Prof. Jason Hickel to Address Dutch Parliament

On Wednesday the 8th of March at 11 AM CET, Professor Jason Hickel, one of the leading figures in the […] October 17, 2022

Take Back the City! Skill sharing in Berlin

Last year, Commons Network became a coordinating partner of the European Municipalist Network (EMN). In a series of blogs, our new […]

Commons Network partners with EMN to explore practices of care and municipalism

Last year, Commons Network became a coordinating partner of the European Municipalist Network (EMN). In a series of blogs, our […] September 20, 2022

New colleague: Carolyn

Hello visitor! My name is Carolyn, and I am happily writing an introduction post as a new member of the […] September 19, 2022

New collaegue: Bea

Hi there! My name is Bea, I am a queer 22-year-old Philosophy, Politics, and Economics student from the Canary Islands […] September 12, 2022

Launching the Incubator for the Community Economy

Today’s major societal challenges requires us to unite and connect. Sustainability, social inequality, diversity and digitalization require self-organization and a […] September 9, 2022

Finale Common In – 25 juni: The Art of the Frontline

Come to the spectacular closing party of Common In! Register here What is the role of art for systemic change? […] June 1, 2022

We need growth because otherwise our economies will collapse, and other myths

Time to dismantle the growth narrative. In this article series, lead author of our degrowth book Living Well on a […]

Happening 11 mei: Stop de Groei!

Het is alweer tijd voor de derde en laatste aflevering van onze serie happenings bij De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam. […]

Share your story about digital transformation

We’d like to ask you: How does the digital transformation affect your life? For our project Human Stories of Digital […]

Happening op 30 maart: Weg met Werk!

2 maart trapten we af met een serie happenings bij De Nieuwe Anita, als onderdeel van ons kunstproject Common In. […]

Digital Public Space and Interoperability: New report and live event

Commons Network and Open Future published a new research report about interoperability, in which we demonstrate why we need generative […]

We can decouple economic growth from ecological impact, and other myths

Time to dismantle the growth narrative. In the upcoming weeks, lead author of our degrowth book Living Well on a […]

Gedeelde Grond: een collectieve happening met onder andere Willem Schinkel

Op woensdag 2 maart organiseren wij Gedeelde Grond, een collectieve happening in De Nieuwe Anita, met onder andere professor Willem […]

Launching our new series: Responding to Degrowth Critics

‘We need growth to eradicate extreme poverty.’ ‘We need growth to fund the welfare state and an energy transition’. ‘We […]

Can Food Commons Change The World?

What does food have to do with urban commons? Can food practices change the world? This post is written by […] May 31, 2022

Jan-Hendrik Passoth: “If you want to give people a seat, you need a table first”

The Internet is busted. Huge corporations are calling the shots, extractive business models prevail. And safe and privacy-friendly online spaces […] May 30, 2022

Community Wealth Building: Toolkit + essay + video

Deze week publiceert Stichting Commons Network twee boekjes over Community Wealth Building: een gids voor iedereen die zelf aan de […]

Will you swarm the city with us?

This Saturday we organize Swarming the City, an outdoor experimental walk prefiguring alternative ways to come together in public space. […]

Aik van Eemeren: “Don’t call it alternative, call it normal”

The Internet is busted. Huge corporations are calling the shots, extractive business models prevail. And safe and privacy-friendly online spaces […]