Thanks a lot, Örsan, for initiating this connection!

We have a discussion email list isf@... (to
which I have also forwarded your email) for the purpose of taking the
Internet Social Forum / Occupy the Internet initiative forward.

Would you and/or others from these related intiatives be interested in
joining us on that list?

Greetings,
Norbert


On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:40:15 +0100
Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234@...> wrote:

> It is a pity that I can't be there to support and join the work
> neither to realise OccupyWSF (Global Square), nor OccupyInternet
> spaces.
> 
> Since both ideas and initiatives are quite similar as they both
> relates actual and virtual open spaces for articulation and action
> (fusing social forums and the internet), I believe there can be some
> form of colaboration between the two.
> 
> I like to attempt to create a virtual space to be grounded in Tunis,
> aslo can help to connect some people from these two important
> initiatives taking in coming day; an event on 'How to Occupy:
> produce, open, share, and protect the space collectively'. This would
> be a transformative study-circle,
> to mark a prelaunch of below event. Since we all had spent lots of
> thought and energy on the topic, no need to bring anything else then
> your memory.
> 
> I would try to connect from the liberated Amsterdam University
> building, so it would allow to have some students and activists who
> are currently engaged in creation, expansion, and protection of a
> space for participation too, in their liberated universities and
> campuses.
> 
> Don't know what is every one's program but such event can be grounded
> best in Tunis, at the GlobalSqaure space, and opened up on the
> Internet.
> 
> So proposed to comrades preparing Global Square the below:
> 
> 
> *Universe.city - a global little school, prelaunch and Co-learning
> circle titled:
> 
> 'How to Occupy: produce, open, share, and protect the space-time
> collectively'
> 
> There will be 15 min. presentation and status update, and 45 min.
> 
> 
> **Universe.City* is a free and open access platform initiative,
> empowered by GNUnion and others. It allows cooperative learning for
> individuals and groups by connecting spaces, people and projects
> within and without the city(ies). The unconditional empowerment of
> the disempowered, the excluded, and the oppressed, solidarity and
> cooperation between and within such is our motto. Adopting Fereire's
> pedagogical approach, as well as other transformatory, emancipatory
> perspectives Universe.city strive for liberating knowledge at the
> point of production and distribution from alienation, borders, time,
> and social class domination. Universe.city brings together Free /
> Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) resources for self-learning, such
> as free access libraries, torrent depositories, 'How To', DIY, and
> 'DIWO' guides. We try to combine these with 'professionally' designed
> and delivered online, face to face, one to one, one to many, and many
> to many courses, or any other type of educative activities; either
> gratis or provided in a framework of emancipatory cooperative
> exchange. These can be practical and analytical lectures, study
> circles, trainings, workshops, strategy sessions, or otherwise. In a
> way, all activities serve participants, and allow them to contribute
> to the emergence of a cooperative and solidarity economy at the
> planetary level, and may even be.. beyond that ;-)
> 
> When:
> Friday 27 March, 14:00-15:00 (CET)
> Time zone converter:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
> 
> Where:
> Prelaunch will be grounded in Global Square space in Tunis, WSF 2015
> Spatial coordinates: University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis
> https://www.google.com/maps?ll=36.812363,10.66751&z=10&t=m&hl=nl&gl=TN&mapclient=embed&cid=296010521177257768
> 
> Web: http://tinyurl.com/nkgyk24
> Twitter: @OccupyWSF,  #GlobalSquare
> Email: gnunion@...
> Live stream: Google Hang Out On Air (link will be shared),
> Online classroom: BigBlueButton (guidance for joining the classroom
> will be shared)
> 
> 
> 
> On 22 March 2015 at 22:30, Orsan Senalp <orsan1234@...> wrote:
> 
> > Dear Norbert,
> >
> > Forwarding your email to friends with whom I am working closely on
> > creating occupy-squares-wsf-internet related open spaces for
> > collaboration and change at, around and beyond the wsf. Some of our
> > friends will be in Tunis and for me and I am guessing for them, as
> > wsf, The Internet is major space to be opened up, occupied, and
> > liberated. So I hope we could synergetically use our networks,
> > creativity and labour, to find a way to collaborate during Tunis.
> >
> > I cc to those I am sure will there and might be interested to get
> > in touch with you! Me too from Holland-and-internet would try to do
> > my best to support anything emerged there.
> >
> > Best, Orsan
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > *From:* Norbert Bollow <nb@...>
> > *Date:* 22 Mar 2015 16:46:55 GMT+1
> > *To:* networkedlabour@...
> > *Cc:* parminder <parminder@...>
> > *Subject:* *[NetworkedLabour] Internet Social Forum initiative*
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wanted to make contact and ask whether there is interest among
> > this group in the Internet Social Forum initiative as described on
> > http://internetsocialforum.net/ and in my blog post "The Internet
> > Social Forum and a Vision for Actually Achieving The Internet That
> > We Want" http://sustainability.oriented.systems/isf-vision/ ...
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > For those who are in Tunis for the WSF, there is a workshop
> > "Organizing an Internet Social Forum – A Call to Occupy the
> > Internet" 26th March, at Amphi 4, from 15:00 to 17:30 Hrs.
> >
> > This workshop will discuss the need for and modalities of a global
> > Internet Social Forum. We will collaboratively define the Internet
> > we want and how to build it. We will also begin a process to
> > develop a 'People's Internet Manifesto'.
> >
> > The workshop is being organized by the following organizations:
> > ActionAid India; Advocates of Science and Technology for the People;
> > Agencia Latinoamericana de Información; All India Peoples Science
> > Network; Alternative Informatics Association; Arab NGO Network for
> > Development; Association for Proper Internet Governance; Centre for
> > Community Informatics Research, Development and Training; Computer
> > Professionals Union; EUROLINC; Free Press; Free Software Movement of
> > India; Global_Geneva; Instituto del Tercer Mundo; IT for Change;
> > Just Net Coalition; Network Institute for Global Democratization;
> > Open-Root; Other News; P2P Foundation; SFLC.IN; Society for
> > Knowledge Commons; Third World Network.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> > co-convenor, Just Net Coalition
> > http://JustNetCoalition.org
> > _______________________________________________
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> > NetworkedLabour@...
> > http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour
> >
> >