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Mission We seek to win a new participatory society based on solidarity, equity/justice, diversity, self-management, and ecological stewardship, through:
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Vision IOPS flexibly explores and organizes around a long-term vision of the broad features of a participatory society that centrally addresses:
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Structure To give every member a proportional say in decisions affecting them (self-management), we are organizing in a bottom-up structure, aiming to become a federation of local, regional and national branches. Local chapters are self-managing and have proportional say in regional, national and international issues. Read our structure and program statement. |
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Membership Currently, we are in a building-up stage. In due time we will take IOPS is open to anyone wishing to join who shares the commitments in the organizational description and wants to actively participate in the life of the organization. If you have any questions before joining, please see: To become a member, Join IOPS. |
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Latest News
The antidote to civili$ational collap$e
Irie Zen
:: Interview with the documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis @ The Economist :: "We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They don't care." :: "It's 'fuck off' to everything," says Adam Curtis,…
IOPS TIMES #2
+++ "The Truth shall make Ye Free; more or less." +++ ::: AN ARMY OF THE EUROPEANS ::: +++ BERLIN +++ Information on German Foreign Policy +++ The program of the Berlin Security Conference, which ended this week, included discussions…
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
+++ Cuba illustrates that societies can be centred on social justice, human dignity and international solidarity. +++ A Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review +++ Cuba, Human Rights and Self-Determination…
A New Fascism?
G. M. Tamás | Fascism Without Fascism "I don't envy them their Dynamism, because it comes from the energy of raising above others. This is the energy of distinction. All societies are based on this distinction. All competitiveness, including…
Obey! Not! Rebel!
+++ London Comes to Standstill as Over 100 Climate Change Protesters Block Off 5 Bridges +++ 70 Arrested +++ Organisers of the "Extinction Rebellion" event said they wanted to put pressure on Britain's government to take greater action to slow…
INSIDE | CHINA
+++ China's Leaders Confront an Unlikely Foe: Ardent Young Communists +++ Labour activists disappeared in suspected raids +++ Chinese Activists attracted attention in August when about fifty students/graduates converged in Huizhou to support…
Project: Powwow '18
I. Z. Nessuno-Raskolnikov defends the thesis "The grass is not always greener in the neighbor's yard" ::: Powwowian and frequentist inference methods for network autocorrelated data ::: Understanding influence in social networks: New methods…
The war to end all wars; a poll to end all polls?
Closed end: 01 December 2018
IMPORTANT // URGENT 1s or 0s +++ *BENCHMARKING* +++ // +++ *PARTICIPATION* +++ +++ *POWWOW2018* +++ // +++ *POLL* +++
GO ON?
ARE YOU ONE?
CONTINUE?
REALLY?
STATISTICAL QUESTIONS
Total Number of Voters: 3
Ready for a Change
by Leif Lønne
No more bosses
News
by Claire Bruhn
Class War
Members
Here are some interviews with members about IOPS including Cynthia Peters, David Marty, Elizabeth Meade, Florian Zollmann, Jermaine Chambers, Justin Podur, Michael Albert (2012, 2014), Noam Chomsky, Paul Street and Verena Stresing.
You can find further testimonials of members here.
There is also an open letter from our consultative committee including Eva Golinger, John Pilger, Vandana Shiva and others which can be found here.
Latest Blogs
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
:: American Names by S. V. Benét* :: Ballads and Poems, 1915–1930 :: I have fallen in love with American names,The sharp names that never get fat,The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims,The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat,Tucson…
WATER | ARROWS
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Billionaires Cause Climate Change
Claire Bruhn
I co-wrote the following piece with iops member Fred Curran. It is the latest article we have written for our media collective Anarchimedia. I wanted to share it with you all in the hope that it might resonate with some of you and we want to…
PLANNED BANANAS
Alex of...
when considering the question of how we "should" move forward as a species or global society.. we're faced with a host of dilemmas, maybe more difficult than ever.. given the current population, ongoing ecological damage including climate change,…
Winds of Change
Dave Jones
I woke the other morning from a vague vision/ dreamscape of Paul Klee's Angelus Novus and Walter Benjamin's prophetic take from his Thesis on the Philosophy of History. Weird, right? I hadn't read the thing in years and then barely understood…
Why the Left Won't Win
Evil Cowboys | White Hats ::: # Why the Left Will Win by Lambert ::: All you need is love; Love is all you need :::
HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL (AGES 4+)
::: IOPS International Geographic Inquirer KIDS ::: by the Gnome Knights of the Ontological Tab-*1337* and President Destiny Hope Cyrus-Montana #1 What is global warming? #2 Dada2025 Interview #3 Copin' with Lie$ | Weather Forecast #4…
Nya Projekt
TEMEA Project Trans Express Mediterranean Europe Africa
Support the TEMEA project , participate with your creativity and help change the world #CollaborativeEconomy "We shape the future of architecture and technology of the floating city _ T.E.M.E.A.Project…
IOPS | W0RK5H0P #3
MEETING | SOCIAL | W0RK5H0P | DISCUSSION | 42 ::: The biweekly WORKSHOP event is supposed to generate random content on a regular base; a virtual meeting/workshop; but it's also a symbolic reminder: You're…
Latest IOPS proposals
No proposals have yet been submitted using the newly introduced process. Go here to get instructions on how to create a proposal.
Proposed projects
Below are links to project proposals that are awaiting enough support. If you support the idea, please leave a comment under the proposal.
Kommande Events
IOPS | W0RK5H0P #3
Sunday, 18:18 - 23:23
Hypertext Transfer Protocol | http://www.iopsociety.org
Workshops
Blogs
What happened November 2014
Non-member Survey July 2014
Thoughts on Poll and Interim Phase July 2014
What now? June 2014
Community Rights as Organizing Strategy March 2014
Unconditional Basic Income January 2014
Ethics of IOPS February 2013
IOPS Development November 2012
A Shared Vision August 2012
Odd Shared Experience and Confusion June 2012
Man-Made Climate Change I and II June 2012
Towards a Credible International May 2012
Media and IOPS (ICC) April 2012
A Priority, a Problem, and a Solution (ICC) April 2012
Chapters
Organizing and bookfairs in Dublin
Bookfairs in Kent
Organizing, talks and other events in London
Banners, marches and cultural events in New York
Organizing in Montana
Organizing and tabling in Oregon
Petititions in Seattle
Protests and logos in Melbourne
Protests, talks and workshops in Vienna
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Social Media
Please bear in mind that, although we realize the utility of social media, we are critical of the corporations behind those websites.