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  • ‘Libres, dignos, vivos’: The Spanish Edition of ‘Free, Fair & Alive’ Is Published

    Silke and I are excited about deepening the conversation about the commons in Spain and Latin America with a Spanish translation of Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons – Libres, dignos, vivos: el poder subversivo de los comunes. The book will be published this week in Spain by Editorial Icaria; in…

  • “Free, Fair and Alive” is Now Published!

    From cohousing and agroecology to fisheries and land trusts and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to “commoning as a way to emancipate themselves from a predatory market/state system.  David Bollier and his coauthor Silke Helfrich have now published one of the most comprehensive and in-depth looks at what the commons means…

  • Free, Fair and Alive. The Insurgent Power of the Commons. On tour in Europe (Sept. 2019)

    Yeah, the English version of our book is out. Have a look at our website to explore the introduction and more. There have been several things I’ve felt realy touched by during the last few months while preparing the book launch. One of it is Peter Linebaugh’s praise for the book.   Like a medieval cathedral…

  • Free, Fair and Alive: Exploring the Commons with David Bollier

    Tuesday September 17th 6.30pm: drinks at 18 Well Walk, Hampstead, NW3 1LD Gaia House  7.30pm – 9pm: talk and discussion at The Friends Meeting House, 120 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 1DR  Tickets: £5 standard. £4 concession. Join us for an evening with American author, activist and commons expert David Bollier, for the UK launch of his…