Tirrania Suhood

context matters/complexity and systems thinker, network weaver, for democracy, the commons, stronger communities and regenerative economies

[Tirrania Suhood @Tirrania1]

@mbauwens Fantastic memories @mbauwens and so delighted we've stayed in touch and catch up so regularly

[Tirrania Suhood @Tirrania1]

Wonderful memories of InCollaboration commons events in Sydney 2018.
Amazing testimonial from @mbauwens
Taken me seven years to include on the page!
"the 2 workshops in Parramatta and Sydney, were nothing less than the zenith of my lecturing/workshopping life..."

[Michel Bauwens @mbauwens]

Every 3 weeks or so, I am conferring with the wonderful Australian community organizer @Tirrania1 , whose work with InCollaboration I truly appreciate.

She just published a page with memories of the 2018 Sydney Commons event:

https://t.co/9mB4UBf0PM

The comments cited were a spontaneous comment on the Facebook p2p group.

"Sydney Commons Events

In 2020 InCollaboration curated the Together Sydney Event as part of catalysing Sydney Commons Lab.

In the lead up to this, in 2018 InCollaboration hosted two Commons Events, titled "Common Passion: Cooperation and Collaboration for Resiilent Communities.

Our speaker was Michel Bauwens, founder of P2P Foundation, a global network of researchers, and practitioners progressing community-led initiatives for the common good for the care of the Earth.​​​'

"the 2 workshops in Parramatta and Sydney, were nothing less than the zenith of my lecturing/workshopping life, nowhere else has the reception been so enthusiastic, and the progress so clear.......how comforting it is to see results like this. I could say this, there is no other place on the planet, where I have seen so clear results of helping along the organic growth of a social movement, but giving the right touches at the seemingly right moments, to give the nudges to evolve just a bit faster and deeper!"

Michel Bauwens, Testimonial following these 2018 events

​​Michel spoke about:

- the commons and cooperative ways of living and working- how we move from "winner-takes-all" to everyone has plenty

- how we recognise each of us for the contribution we make to the health and wealth in our communities

- how we protect and strengthen our communities and live within planetary limits

- how we draw from the strengths of different organisational forms including coops, ngos, social enterprises andgovernment as we make this transition.​

The events were a collaborative effort, starting with the InCollaboration Team of Tirrania Suhood with Associates David Pointon and Mike Dowson, joined by Mel Edwards from UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation. We held the events in association with Mercury Coop and StartSomeGood.​The Parramatta Event was co-hosted with City of Parramatta, thanks to Lucy Brotherton, Capacity Building Officer for Social Investment. The City of Sydney Event  was opened and closed by Councillor Jess Scully, a passionate advocate of the Commons.  Jess took actions after the event, described below. Jess had also earlier in the year joined UNSW Faculty of Law in launching Shareable's book "Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons".

[Michel Bauwens @mbauwens]

Ragini Prasad writes:

The expanding reach of hate speech laws, now encompassing a broader array of categories and protected characteristics, poses a significant threat to free speech.

These laws risk undermining our commitment to resolving difficult and controversial issues through open dialogue and debate.

Victoria is currently grappling with the latest iteration of this type of legislation, with public consultation underway. https://t.co/n1DFKH3qOH

We must consider:

What happens when pre-scripted narratives are accepted as 'truth' and legitimate criticism is dismissed as 'hate'?

What occurs when free speech is more influenced by the feelings of the listener than the intent of the speaker? 🎭

What does it mean when those charged with enforcing these regulations are themselves perpetrators of hate?

These are crucial questions that demand our attention!!

Should restrictions on hateful speech apply only when there is intent to cause concrete and imminent harm? ⚖️

Could the broad application of these laws inadvertently lead to censorship, stifling the free exchange of ideas and corroding our social fabric?

Is our voice and expression not our human signature, and is its suppression not a form of dehumanization?

What happens when regulations and our legal system are weaponized to suppress dissent?

In today's rapidly evolving and fragile social landscape, are we too quick to label comments as hate or trauma, potentially diluting the gravity of these terms and misdirecting resources?

Does this shift focus away from what truly constitutes hate and trauma?

Having grown up in Australia, I've experienced being called a "curry muncher" or told to "go back to where I come from" a hanfull of times. Alchemising these interactions has given me more strength and allowed me to see with compassion the underlying fear.

For most, hate has always been defined by the intent to create harm. Since when did offense become equated with an intent to create harm?

Are we being lulled into a false sense of security that such regulation will create a fairer world, particularly when fairness is determined by the few, not the many?

Despite our best intentions, we will offend because language is complex and our triggers are subtle.

Is it worth staunchly defending the right for individuals to express even derogatory views, rather than ushering in a world of treading on eggshells, suppress the human spirit, and limit debate and discourse that are essential for a vibrant and free society?

Is it not better to elevate the spirit to become impervious to hate rather than suppress the spirit to stop hate?

From my perspective, legislation like this caters to a simplistic belief that regulating speech will suppress hate.

Yet, intuitively we all know that such measures are merely band-aids, difficult to enforce, and likely to generate many unintended consequences, including giving disproportionate power to those with nefarious motives. "

via @Tirrania1

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

This, from the brilliant Steve Cutts, is…stunning.

https://t.co/GLAUw1kWHh

[CommunityIndependents @CommunityIndeps]

1,000+ people from 125 electorates - #PeoplePoweredPolitics in action 💪
Turbocharging the #CommunityIndependents movement.

[Michel Bauwens @mbauwens]

A recommendation by @Tirrania1 , to read @jembendell 's book:

* Breaking Together

https://t.co/yjgOuhBx99

"I love so much about Jem Bendell's book "Breaking Together". Ebook and audio are accessible for free - see link below! The overall premise that collapse is already underway resonates with me. The book covers descriptions of collapse, current responses and the way forward.

When I first started reading it, it warmed my heart. It was what I needed at the time to feel less alone…. Less alone with what I was thinking and feeling about what was happening in the world and the path/s forward. I do have supportive relationships where I can share my deepest thoughts but the public dialogue was disturbing. The experience of polarisation was deeply upsetting me. I had thought of myself as progressive left and yet I wasn’t seeing the nuance that I needed from the Left. A lot of people have been self-censoring for fear of judgement and even of being ostracised. And at the same time there has been censorship from Big Tech. I wasn’t feeling confident that we could collectively critically assess issues or care for each other in these times of collapse.

We have to be free to be able to have open honest dialogues to understand what is going on, learn from and be there for each other and respond in meaningful ways. I have appreciated Jem’s honesty and forthrightness to say what he thinks publicly even when it has meant losing followers and popularity from those on the Left. Following Jem Bendell has helped to have more courage.

Indeed I love the book’s emphasis on freedom - ecofreedom and ecolibertarianism (as opposed to right libertarianism) and the unpacking of what this means for different domains. “Ecofreedom is that individual and collective state of being free and enabled to care for each other and the environment, rather than coerced or manipulated towards behaviours that damage it. Ecolibertarians believe in seeking that state of ecofreedom”.

I increased my understanding on issues relating to the big systems including on the oppression we are experiencing from money-power, limitations of current responses to climate change and the decline that is evident in nations according to the Human Development Index.

And I love that the book invites us to develop critical wisdom and, when so much else is breaking apart, invites us to break together - “allow the breakdowns in our privileges, comforts, worldviews and identities, to allow a new openness for connection with people, nature and even the eternal”.

[Organic Consumers Association @OrganicConsumer]

In this short animation, @DrVandanaShiva exposes the Digital Dictators who think they can play God with genetic engineering, synthetic biology, surveillance capitalism, and pandemic profiteering to magnify and consolidate their already out-of-control power and greed. ⬇️

[John Robb @johnrobb]

The way to control AI is to control the data it has access to.

The best place to put that control? At the level of individual.

How?
Data ownership (which creates an industry geared to maximizing the value of it).
-or-
Open source licenses (which limits how it it used).

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

It’s worth watching this commentary by Vandana Shiva.

[Nathalie Roy @poumtali]

Degrowth is an umbrella term for visions of economies which do not have growth & accumulation as their overriding aim but instead focus on care, wellbeing, conviviality, solidarity, (...) commons (...) & a concern for equality, human flourishing, & meeting basic needs. #degrowth

[clay forsberg @clayforsberg]

We all have a personal journey we travel. It’s littered with good and bad decisions, unintended consequences and circumstances beyond our control. This journey is who we are.

Own it!

[john thackara 约翰·萨卡拉 @johnthackara]

'Nature Based Solutions' are greenwashing on a global scale by agribusiness. But a truly awesome panel at #ORFC2023 fills me with confidence that agroecology and peasant movements - with our support - will prevail. HT @kirtanaSekaran @commonmolly @GRAIN_org

[Emma Dabiri @EmmaDabiri]

Im sorry but the phrase #whiteprivilege hardly created adverse material conditions of “WWC”. Let’s start w/ Enclosures Acts of 1700s. These allowed wealthy farmers to buy up large sections of land that smaller farmers relied on for centuries to graze their cattle collectively

[John Campbell @Johnincarlisle]

Reanalysis of mRNA trial data https://t.co/E1ThcIKQ84 via @YouTube Serious adverse vaccine events, 1 in 800. Reanalysis of data from original phase III trials. This is too high.

[Jose Luis Vivero Pol @JoseLViveroPol]

The long-awaited #Foodcommons Handbook (24 chapters + 36 authors) will be off the press in 10 days. Two chapters by @DeSchutterUNSR @UgoMattei @ferrandotom & @JoseLViveroPol will be in open access since day 1.
https://t.co/2qeZdwXPSu
Eager to organize presentations & seminars

[Simone Cicero @meedabyte]

Of all of the capacities that reinventing society for the 21c requires, intimacy seems to be the hardest

[Prof Gemma Carey, PhD MMedSci @gemcarey]

🧵Please don't come back with a 'but that's anti vax'. It's about better vax, better science, developing a bigger range of treatments.

It's also about recognising there's another set of people whose lives have been irrevocably changed from covid
#vaccineinjuries @drkerrynphelps

[Indy Johar @indy_johar]

Our infrastructures of capital are not systemically democratic they are structures of authoritarianism hiding under the skirt of democracy - democracies cannot succeed without the radical democratisation of capital, the pluralism of multi capital and building democratic economies

[Mikaela Loach - It’s Not That Radical 📖🇵🇸 @mikaelaloach]

Billionaire philanthrocapitalism will not save us. The Gates Foundation invited me to speak at their annual #Goalkeepers2030 event and I could only show up in that space if I challenged it. Here’s some of what I said: