**Meet-up invitation**
On Monday (06.04) I leave the arctic for a two-week train trip to Oslo, south Sweden, and possibly Denmark & Germany.
I'd love to meet up with folks doing radical stuff in the spaces of
- digital self-determination through collective action (hosting co-ops focused on serving individuals and organizations, digital independence days, commons-developing software)
- grassroots economic organizing (workers' unions, workers' co-operatives, housing co-operatives)
- hacking for good
- anti-authoritarian left / anarchism
If you're doing any of that, I'd love to grab a club mate or beer with you and hear the details, and share what I'm involved with as well. Let's build international solidarity.
Send me a message here, on matrix (@papiris:data.coop), or via email (jacob [at] kollektiv.email).
Also, if you know of nice hidden (no-pay) places to put up my hammock for the night, or would like to lend me your sofa, that'd be lovely.
(also I'm low on funds, so donations towards train tickets and food are welcome)
**About me**
Involved in organizing grass roots democratizing of digital infrastructure, particularly in Norway; among other things through datakollektivet.no.
Member of a new tech workers' co-op which helps movement organizations in Norway move away from big tech. We're keen on inter-cooperation. I'm involved in solidarity work. Organizing with workers' movement and left-wing political movement.
I'm a bit under 30 years old. I present mostly masculine, but any pronouns are fine. I live on a farm with horses, sheep, dogs, hens and a cat.
I did a journey like this one last year, RE:hachyderm.io/@papiris/11466892…
#internationalism #cooperative #coop #digitalIndependence #solidarity #antiFascism #workers #anarchism #solarpunk
papiris🏴🇵🇸 (@papiris@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 4 images On this month-long journey I met with and interviewed six workers coops, five of which are tech-related. They are vastly different, each operating within their unique context. https://19.coop https://syndicats.papiris🏴🇵🇸 (Hachyderm.io)
papiris🏴🇵🇸
in reply to papiris🏴🇵🇸 • • •Yesterday I met with these orgs:
- my workers' union [Forbundet Styrke Ung](ung.styrke.no/)
- @attacnorge
- @nettverket_smultringkonomi_norge (smultringokonomi.no/)
And met with folks of these orgs
- Co-operative book café [Rosa Bøker](rosabok.no/)
- NTUC vistors' centre [Folkets Hjørne](lo.no/folketshjorne/)
- @hackeriet
The wonderful @
... Show more...Yesterday I met with these orgs:
- my workers' union [Forbundet Styrke Ung](ung.styrke.no/)
- @attacnorge
- @nettverket_smultringkonomi_norge (smultringokonomi.no/)
And met with folks of these orgs
- Co-operative book café [Rosa Bøker](rosabok.no/)
- NTUC vistors' centre [Folkets Hjørne](lo.no/folketshjorne/)
- @hackeriet
The wonderful @jhamre let me spend the night, and we had delightful discussions around the yummy breakfast table.
Today I met with these orgs:
- political party roedt.no
- youth political party rodungdom.no
- @attacnorge
- participatory festival karlsoyfestivalen.no
These next few days I want to make an effort to meet with these orgs:
Norway:
- network of political orgs landbruksalliansen.no
- solidarity committe latinamerika-gruppene.no (planned)
- patient org pkinorge.no
- political party mdg.no
- political party sv.no (planned)
- political party arbeiderpartiet.no
- my workers' union styrke.no
- NTUC lo.no
- workers' union elogit.no (planned)
- @XR_Norway (planned)
- the hosting collective I'm a part of datakollektivet.no (planned)
- national security bureau nsm.no
- @efn
- consumer council forbrukerradet.no
- workers' union tekna.no
Sweden:
- workers' co-op digidemlab.org (half-planned)
- workers' co-op greenheart.coop
- workers' co-op doop.coop
- @konstellationen (planned)
- @solidariacenter
- @SAC_Syndikalisterna
If you find yourself or someone you know on this list without a meeting planned, please help facilitate our meeting.
If you know someone who should be met, please let me know.
If you find a planned meeting which you'd like to join, let me know and I'll see what can be done.
Knowledge to few is power. Knowledge to many is liberation. Let's organize a broad anti-fascist coalition to migrate our movements away from big tech; to co-operatively run free/libre/open source software!
#organizing #socialMovement #digitalIndependence #norgeSkifter #allheimen #coops #workers #cooperative #freeSoftware #openSource #antifascism #anarchism #democracy #fedihelp
Arbeiderpartiet - Trygghet, muligheter, fellesskap
Arbeiderpartietpapiris🏴🇵🇸
in reply to papiris🏴🇵🇸 • • •**Thursday**
I met with these orgs:
- co-operative building the social capacity for digital autonomy through commoning democratictech.fund
... Show more...- solidarity committee latinamerika-gruppene.no
- solidarity committee palestinakomiteen.no
- youth environmental group nu.no
- environmental action group folkmotfossilmakta.no
- anarchist news paper gateavisa.net
- mutual aid funding co-op bread.coop
- tech workers' co-op @
**Thursday**
I met with these orgs:
- co-operative building the social capacity for digital autonomy through commoning democratictech.fund
- solidarity committee latinamerika-gruppene.no
- solidarity committee palestinakomiteen.no
- youth environmental group nu.no
- environmental action group folkmotfossilmakta.no
- anarchist news paper gateavisa.net
- mutual aid funding co-op bread.coop
- tech workers' co-op @agaric
I met with solidarity brigadists from these orgs:
- CNA - Coordinador Nacional Agrario (Colombia), cnacolombia.org
- MST - Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Brasil), mst.org.br
- Conavigua - Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala, conavigua.org.gt/es
In the general area of democratization and working class struggle, I went to and participated in:
- a book bath about a third housing sector, facebook.com/events/4550301785…
- a seminar about anarchism and syndicalism in the norwegian workers' movement, lo.no/folketshjorne/hva-skjer/…
**Friday**
I met with these orgs:
- environmental action group @XR_Norway
- political party sv.no
I met with folks of these orgs:
- network of orgs for donut economics @nettverket_smultringkonomi_norge
- digital hosting association/co-op for people datakollektivet.no
All but 2 of the orgs I've met with thus far are positive to becoming independent from big tech.
Most are trying to do *something*.
Some have done a critical review of their digital systems, evaluated alternatives, and developed contingency plans for when/if the US escalates their digital attacks on orgs daring to stand for love, freedom, equality, solidarity, and against fascism.
Some orgs are already using digital infrastructure which secures their continued organizational capability; and have been for years.
#democraticTechFund #LAG #Palestine #Palestina #solidarity #abyaYala #latinAmerica #NU #naturOgUngdom #folkMotFossilMakta #gateAvisa #breadCoop #agaricCollective #CNA #MST #coNaViGua #housing #anarchism #syndicalism #workers #workersMovement #LO #union #climate #extinctionRebellion #SV #socialism #donutEconomics #doughnutEconomics #sustainability #datakollektivet #alleTilAllheimen #allheimen
Bread Cooperative
Bread Cooperativepapiris🏴🇵🇸
in reply to papiris🏴🇵🇸 • • •**Digital Sovereignty Collective**
A key part is that these efforts for digital autonomy shouldn't be undertaken by each organization in isolation. We use similar digital tools in similar ways, and face similar threats. That is the cause of our current vulnerability, but also a perfect starting point for collective action.
If *one* or a handful of organizations manages to defend themselves and their organizing capacity against fascist attacks and sabotage by fascism-aligned tech providers, we will likely all lose, still. To defend our society against fascism, and win our separate-yet-connected struggles, we need **all** anti-fascist orgs and movements to maintain and build their organizing capacity.
If you're part of an organization with values, goals and methods which oppose the values, methods and goals of fascism; read on. Digital Sovereignty Collective is an international network of a few dozen orgs like yours, digital hosting co-operatives/collectives, and tech workers' co-ops; collaborating, helping and sharing knowledge to liberate our own and eachothers'
... Show more...**Digital Sovereignty Collective**
A key part is that these efforts for digital autonomy shouldn't be undertaken by each organization in isolation. We use similar digital tools in similar ways, and face similar threats. That is the cause of our current vulnerability, but also a perfect starting point for collective action.
If *one* or a handful of organizations manages to defend themselves and their organizing capacity against fascist attacks and sabotage by fascism-aligned tech providers, we will likely all lose, still. To defend our society against fascism, and win our separate-yet-connected struggles, we need **all** anti-fascist orgs and movements to maintain and build their organizing capacity.
If you're part of an organization with values, goals and methods which oppose the values, methods and goals of fascism; read on. Digital Sovereignty Collective is an international network of a few dozen orgs like yours, digital hosting co-operatives/collectives, and tech workers' co-ops; collaborating, helping and sharing knowledge to liberate our own and eachothers' orgs from the clutches of fascism-vulnerable tech.
We believe free/libre/open source software operated by co-operatives is the most reliable, maintainable and future-proof way forwards. Reach out to me if you want to participate.
#digitalSovereigntyCollective #digitalSovereignty #digitalIndependence #coops #cooperatives #commoning #antifascism