anarchism, communism, socialism, anticapitalism (state, corporate and private), anarcho-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchism without adjectives, autonomous marxism, collectivist anarchism, council communism, De Leonism, democratic socialism, eco-socialism, guild socialism, libertarian marxism, libertarian socialism, Luxemburgism, Marxism, Platformism, revolutionary industrial unionism, situationism, social anarchism, socialist industrial unionism, syndicalism
About World in Common
The World in Common group was formed in November 2002. It is firmly rooted in what we call the ‘anti-market anti-statist sector’, a small but highly diverse sector within the spectrum of political opinion. Indeed, the membership of this group reflects this diversity which is likely to grow as we grow.
The purpose of the group is to help inspire a ‘vision of an alternative way of living where all the world’s resources are owned in common and democratically controlled by communities on an ecologically sustainable and socially harmonious basis’. Of course, other groups and political parties in our sector have much the same objective which raises the question as to why it should be considered necessary to form yet another such organization. The answer to that has to do with the role that we envisage for ourselves in this sector.
One of the most important reasons why the anti-market anti-statist sector remains relatively small and ineffectual, in our opinion, has to do with the extent to which groups remain isolated from each other and regard each other with mutual suspicion and even sectarian hostility. This is regrettable. We are certainly not suggesting that everyone in our sector sink their differences and join together in one big organisation – which would be quite unrealistic – but there is clearly an intermediate position that one can adopt between that extreme and what we have now.
This is one of the reasons why World in Common was set up: to provide a meeting ground for different groups and individuals within our sector as well as a means of facilitating practical collaboration between them at some level. We recognise that there are sharp differences of opinion on many different subjects within our sector but what we do not feel has been sufficiently recognised – and celebrated – is just how much we have in common with each other. It is these commonalities that are, in fact, rather more significant than the issues that divide us which the World in Common network wishes to bring to the fore and highlight.
It is for that reason that we urge anyone who feels at home within the anti-market anti-statist sector to join the World in Common group to help us realise this goal. All that is required to join us is that you broadly agree with the contents of our core statement (to be found on our website www.worldincommon.org). We certainly do not see ourselves in any way as ‘rivals’ to any other group in our sector and, indeed, some of our members belong quite happily to one or other such groups. Nor do we see ourselves, in any sense, as a political party. We are simply a network of individuals who identify with this sector and want to realise the kind of society that everyone in this sector wants ultimately to realise...
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Mikhail Bakunin, Alexander Berkman, Eugene Debs, Daniel De Leon, Joseph Dietzgen, Friedrich Engels, Emma Goldman, Herman Gorter, Antonio Labriola, Paul Lafargue, Gustav Landauer, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Jenny Marx Longuet, Rosa Luxemburg, Nestor Makhno, Errico Malatesta, Eleanor Marx, Karl Marx, Paul Mattick, Franz Mehring, William Morris, Anton Pannekoek, Rudolf Rocker, Otto Ruehle, Voline
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Core Statement of World in Common
1/ Our purpose is to help inspire a vision for an alternative way of living where the technological and material resources for creating wealth (factories, farms, land, communications etc.) are owned in common and democratically controlled by the community on an ecologically sustainable and socially harmonious basis. Individuals will voluntarily co-operate to produce goods and services and will freely take these from the stores and other such establishments, according to their needs. Buying and selling, money transactions, profits and employment for a wage or salary etc., will cease altogether, along with the very idea of property itself (except for individual possessions for one’s own use). Individuals will be able to freely develop their creative potential and to make meaningful decisions that will allow them, at last, to take real control of their own lives.
2/ Such a society requires two things. Firstly, the technological capacity to produce enough to satisfy everyone’s reasonable needs. This is something we have had for a long time now. Poverty persists, not because we lack the productive potential to eliminate it but, rather, because present-day society only meets human needs if they are backed up by "purchasing power" and because more and more of that productive potential is being squandered on socially useless activities whose only function is to keep our money-economy going. Secondly, the achievement of this future society requires that large numbers of people clearly understand what it will involve and support its establishment. This, however, is still far from being the case today and is one of the reasons why we have come into existence as a conscious and democratic organisation without leaders – to help this to happen.
3/ To bring about this alternative way of living we must recognise the nature of present-day society as one in which a tiny minority – either through private corporations or the state – effectively own and control the means of producing and distributing wealth, leaving the rest of us relatively powerless and compelled to sell our working abilities to this owning class, usually in return for a wage or salary. Putting our trust in politicians or leaders to solve the many social problems we face today is ultimately futile since we currently live in a global society that is essentially organised to serve the interests of this minority only, rather than the population as a whole. Despite the courageous efforts of ordinary people the world over to resist the powerful political and economic forces that work against them, we are still faced with much the same kind of social problems that we had over a century ago.
4/ To get rid of this society peacefully requires that the majority of people – without distinction of gender, sexuality, ethnic/cultural identity or religion – unite for this purpose and, at the same time, oppose those poisonous ideologies that strive to divide, distract and disempower us. It requires that we organise consciously and democratically to establish an alternative society ourselves from the bottom up, without the intervention of leaders or politicians and that we critically support practical attempts in the present to empower ordinary people and strengthen their resistance to the global market and state. To that end, we call upon anyone sympathetic to this broad objective to join with us – irrespective of differences of opinion on matters of secondary importance – to help build a strong, inclusive, but principled, movement for radical change in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and solidarity.
Who I'd like to meet: anti-capitalists, anti-statists, anti-reformists, anti-authoritarians, anti-vanguardists, anarchists, communists, socialists, syndicalists, anarcho-communists, libertarian municipalists, world socialists, socialist industrial unionists, council communists, and any who reject capitalism's wage, market, and money system as well as capitalist politics and capitalist unionism and who recognise that the above are on the same relative side in the struggle against all of capitalism's forces, including it's statist left-wing of vanguardists and social democrats, and who seek ways to practically, in their local areas, to assist our political sector to grow as a whole while engaging in comradely discussion at all levels.
How to Join, Get Involved
If you are in broad agreement with our Core Statement why not get involved with the World in Common project? The website of the World in Common project can be found at http://www.worldincommon.org
The World in Common discussion list on Yahoo groups: ‘worldincommon’ has been set up to provide a forum for those who are part of the anticapitalist, antistatist and antireformist sector to engage and discuss in a comradely fashion questions relevant to members of the sector, be they of a theoretical, practical or other nature and, as such, is not open to those who are not part of this sector. For more on this list, visit (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/) For those who would like to discuss issues pertaining to the World in Common project, the sector as a whole, or other questions pertaining to anarchism/communism/socialism, whatever their views on them may be, they are invited to the WiC Open Debate list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WiCopendebate/).
‘Commoner’ forum is for people who have expressed a definite agreement with the aims and outlook of World in Common. ‘Commoner’ is the internal decision making forum for World in Common and is open to active supporters only. Members of the Commoner Forum have voting rights with regard to what happens in the group. Decisions are made collectively using a combination of consensus and voting. It may be viewed here (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/commoner/).
We're bringing this back by popular demand. It seemed to strike a chord with a lot of folks, judging by how it has spread. Enjoy!
George Carlin - Who Really Controls America
For more information about the World in Common project, you are invited to view our journal, Common Voice, at (http://www.cvoice.org/).
WiC also has a collective blog for the project at http://spacesofhope.blogspot.com which we invite you to visit.
Thanks so much for having me here with you... truly! Perhaps we'll see you in the UK one day. Would love to have you on the mailing list if that's something you'd be interested in? If not, that's cool too! Peace
Demonstrators attend a rally near Times Square in solidarity with Iranian people whose human rights are being abused in Iran on July 25, 2009 in New York City. Similar rallies billed as 'a global day of action' by organizers have been scheduled in major cities around the world.
Welcome new friend hope you are ready for the ride of a lifetime across the political fields of plain speaking and information. Hope you are ready for the ride m'dear. Regards Pat xx
Herkese selamlar... En son, 8 Mart günü yayınladığı "Düşman EP" isimli albümünden bu yana sessizliğini koruyan İstanbul'dan Çözüm İşaretçi ile uzun süredir RAP' e ara vermiş Lefkoşa'dan Zâhir a.k.a Enver'den bir ortak EP huzurlarınızda. Yaklaşık 3 senedir internet üzerinden tanışan, iki adet uluslarası toplama albüm organize eden ve iştirak eden ikili, Zâhir'in İstanbul ziyareti sonucu uzun süredir akıllarında olan bu düet albümü hazırladılar. Çözüm İşaretçi'nin solo parçası "Çıldırma Noktası" hariç bütün müzikler hazır müzik olup teknik işlemler ortaklaşa yapılmıştır. Ayrıca albüm Çözüm İşaretçi'ye bir doğum günü hediyesi olmuştur. Kapakları hazırlayan Rubi'ye çok teşekkürler. Beğenmeniz dileğiyle...
Greetings to everyone ... Finally, March 8, published on "Düşman EP" keep silent since his work with RAP from Istanbul for a long time with Çözüm İşaretçi to have a break from a common Enver aka Zahir from Nicosia in the presence of EP. Met over the internet about 3 years, two to organize and participate in international compilation album that binary, Zâhir' s visit to Istanbul for a long time as a result of this in mind as they prepare a duet album. Without Çözüm İşaretçi' s solo track, "Çıldırma Noktası" ready music is all music except for technical operations have been made jointly. In addition to the album a birthday gift has been the Çözüm İşaretçi. Thanks for covers to Rubi. Wishing you like ...
