for - quote - constructing Cosmo local as a counter power to the current dominating power of trans-national finance - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20

quote - constructing Cosmo local as a counter power to the current dominating power of trans-national finance - (see below) - The idea here is a potential ‘entanglement’ between the local and the translocal level, - which creates new levels of strength and capacity for the local. · Hence, faced with the potential hostility of nation-states that are under the influence of extractive forces of trans-national finance, - the local is no longer just the local, but - a local that is also cosmo-local, and - can mobilize counter-power. - Faced with the potential hostility of nation-states - that are under the influence of extractive forces of trans-national finance, - the local is no longer just the local, - but a local that is also cosmo-local, and - can mobilize counter-power.

// This is a very important observation Local communities by themselves don't have the capacity to stand up against trans-national power, but uniting together gives local communities this capacity and a fighting chance

• A large network of people accessing an open knowledge commons increases the local information capacity of a community,
  • compensating for the specific knowledge deficits of a community and enabling projects to co-create healthy, local,autonomous wellbeing culture and economy.

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Die französische Regierung hat in einer politisch unstabilen Situation viele klimapolitisch relevante Projekte nicht weiterentwickelt. Dazu gehören das Budget für die ökologische Transformation und die mehrjährige Energie- und Klimaplanung. Der Ausbau der Nuklearindustrie wurde von Präsident Macron im Alleingang vorangetrieben. Der neue Premierminister Barnier gilt als fachlich kompetent, hat sich aber über Jahre nicht zu diesen Themen geäußert. https://www.liberation.fr/politique/michel-barnier-premier-ministre-energie-adaptation-biodiversite-les-chantiers-environnementaux-urgents-qui-lattendent-20240906_FLLWY3AHGBAZPFYYJBMFEK25YI/?redirected=1

Remeikis, A. (2021, September 3). Scott Morrison unveils ‘dose swap’ deal with UK to provide extra 4m Pfizer vaccines | Australian politics | The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/03/scott-morrison-unveils-dose-swap-deal-with-uk-to-provide-extra-4m-pfizer-vaccines

D’Ancona, F., D’Amario, C., Maraglino, F., Rezza, G., & Iannazzo, S. (2019). The law on compulsory vaccination in Italy: An update 2 years after the introduction. Eurosurveillance, 24(26). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.26.1900371