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Mission IOPS seeks 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 organises around a broad vision of a future society. IOPS Vision centrally addresses:
Read the IOPS Vision Statement |
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Structure In order to give every member a proportional say in the decisions that affect them (self-management), IOPS is organised around a bottom-up structure, based on a federation of interconnected local, regional and national branches. Local chapters have control over decisions that only affect them and proportional say in regional, national and international issues. Read the IOPS Structure and Programme Statement. |
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Membership Currently, IOPS is in a creation stage. By joining now, you become an interim member. A convention, or series of conventions, will be planned, for membership to determine the organization's definition in more detail. IOPS is open for anyone wishing to join who shares the commitments in the organizational description and agrees to actively participate in the life of the organization. If you have any questions before joining, please see: To become an interim member, Join IOPS. |
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Dear Hope
Michael AlbertWho the hell is Hope? Hope is, hopefully, you. But, if you are over 50, or perhaps over 40, maybe even over 30, getting into the Hope column is likely to depend on folks younger than you prodding you…
Founding Convention Targets
Targets to meet by June 2014 in order to hold a founding convention.
ONLINE MEMBERSHIP:
Target = 3,500
Current = 3,327
WORKING IOPS CHAPTERS:
Target = 20
Current = 7
Latest Blogs
Report of IOPS Meeting in Dublin on 18/9/2013
Conor O'Boyle
It was decided at a previous meeting that we would discuss one of the headings on the IOPS vision statement at each meeting over the next few months. For this meeting the discussion was on the heading - Culture and Community.Initially there…
Wilders neemt GEEN afstand van Rechts-extremisme.
Anarcho com
Wilders laat nog maar eens feilloos zien uit wat voor hout hij gesneden is. Tijdens de algemene beschouwingen gisteren vroeg D66 lijsttrekker Alexander Pechtold, Wilders afstand te nemen van de mensen die met NSB-vlaggen zwaaiden en de nazigroet…
Dear Hope
Who the hell is Hope? Hope is, hopefully, you. But, if you are over 50, or perhaps over 40, maybe even over 30, getting into the Hope column is likely to depend on folks younger than you prodding you along and even providing paths for you to…
It's official! Dutch government wants participatory society
Lambert Meertens
Quoting from the Global Times, 17 September 2013: On behalf of the Dutch government, King Willem-Alexander said the Dutch society has to change from a classic welfare state to a participatory society during his maiden Speech from the Throne…
Fanfare for the Future
Fanfare for the Future is a three volume set, Occupy Theory by Michael Albert and Mandisi Majavu, Occupy Vision by Michael Albert and Mark Evans, and Occupy Strategy by Michael Albert, David Marty, and Jessica Azulay.
Below is a link to a page with information about the books, and links to buy ebook and print versions.
Fanfare means to be a self contained presentation of theory, vision, and strategy relevant for IOPS organizing. The authors hope all IOPS members will weigh in with their critical evaluations and, we hope, elaborate the ideas and their implications.
An Open Letter to join IOPS
An open letter signed by the ICC, including John Pilger, Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky and more..
make a donation
While IOPS is in an interim stage, please consider making a one time donation to help pay towards the costs of hosting, maintenance, and ongoing feature innovations of the website. Note that one time donations will eventually be replaced by membership dues. If one time donations exceed the above mentioned costs, funds will be saved for future use!
Newest Chapters
Newest Projects
Satirists Collective of IOPS
For all IOPS members interested in developing satirical content from an IOPS, down-and-to-the-left perspective, possibly through music, a left alternative to The Onion, or a left satirical news web series…
San Francisco Bay Area IOPS Community
Engine for regional IOPS community-building & collaboration in the San Francisco Bay Area, open to all members in the region. An initial goal is to have a regional IOPS meeting somewhere central in…
Perry Hall Community Garden
The Perry Hall Community Garden has brought together a diverse group of local people. This is a first year garden in which we will share in the work to make this garden grow.
Disaster Resilience TOP 50 Systems and Technologies
I'm re-commencing an online podcast series to identify the Worlds Best Disaster Resilience Systems and Technologies to interview their creators and team leaders in an effort to create a Global Top 50…
IOPS Newsletters
Newsletters are sent out to IOPS members periodically. If you have any content or suggestions of what to include in a newsletter, please send to: newsletter@iopsociety.org
Participatory Economics
Many members of IOPS go beyond its definitions to favor, as well, an economic vision called Participatory Economics, among other committments. For your entertainment, here is a brief "video" about some of parecon's features....
Some Helpful, Provocative Debates
Social Ecology
Peer to Peer
Anarcho-Communism
Two Socialists
Market Socialism
Libertarian Municipalism
The SWP-UK
The ISO-US
Post Modernism
Parecon Hip-Hop Primer for the 99%
IOPS Social Network Links
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Please bear in mind that, although IOPS realizes the utility of social networking services we are critical of the corporate background of these websites.
Working IOPS Chapters
Are you in a working IOPS Chapter?
A working chapter is defined as having at least 5 members, of which at least 30% are women, and the chapter is active (i.e holds regular meetings, has rules and procedures, etc). Our goal is to reach 20 working chapters by July 2014, in order to have a founding convention. If you are in an IOPS chapter that meets the above conditions, please let us know by sending an email to info@iopsociety.org and we will add you to the running list below.
List of IOPS Working Chapters:
1. Salem, Oregon, USA
2. Victoria, Australia
3. Sydney, NSW, Australia
4. Missoula, Montana, USA
5. Kent, England
6. Seattle, Washington, USA
7. Vienna, Austria
Upcoming Events
Face to Face (f2f) Meeting #8
Saturday, 12:00 - 13:15
145 Liberty Street, Salem, OR 97301
Meetings
Non-Members Survey
We'd like to hear from you what you think of IOPS. When you have read the Mission, Vision and Structure and Program documents please participate in a quick survey.
Latest Polls
Website Organisation poll
Open end: 31 December 2013
Final Run-off Poll for IOPS Founding Convention Preconditions
Closed end: 12 June 2013
After a poll with more options, and an assessment of the results of that by the ICC, we now have a final vote regarding preconditions…
1. Online Membership
2. Chapter Definition
3. Chapter Precondition
4. Gender Diversity Precondition
5. Chapter Gender Diversity Precondition
6. National Diversity Precondition
7. Geographical Diversity Precondition
8. Time Frame
Total Number of Voters: 752
Interim Goals
A major discussion and exploration has started around the criteria that we need to meet in order to hold the IOPS Founding Convention. What goals should we set? how many members do we need to have? what level of activity? etc.
Related Blogs:
- 2,650 Convention Conditions
- 2nd Proposal?
- 2,500 and Climbing
- Interim Goals
- Founding Convention
- The Case for a Shared Campagin
- Convention Plan
- A Compromise Way to Proceed
A forum has been setup specifically for this issue and we ask you to join in the discussion:
Latest News
Report from Birmingham IOPS chapter meeting, Tuesday 5th February 2013
stephen lawton
We were informed about a new book about the life of Michael Albert, it can be found on ibooks and is in Graphic/Comic form. At the last meeting Tom was asked to enquire into possible venues to host the National Gathering in Birmingham.…
Thomas HallbertReport from Birmingham IOPS meeting - Thursday 11th January
Tom Morris
We discussed our involvement in local campaigns - the save the NHS campaign in Walsall and the campaign against Council service cuts in Birmingham. We have been participating in these campaigns and also raising IOPS ideas within them. One member…
Report back from IOPS-NY chapter Meetup at the OFS monthly meeting.
Jon Doe
Report back from IOPS-NY chapter Meetup at the OFS monthly meeting. On Wednesday night IOPS-NY had a chapter meetup at the Organization For a Free Society (www.afreesociety.org/) monthly disscussion. There were four IOPS members…
Website Help Video
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What Comes Next?
Blogs about IOPS, how to develop at this time, next steps to take, strategies during the interim
Communications from the ICC:
Some Member Blogs