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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:
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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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Thoughts on the "Poll on IOPS Future" & The "Interim" Phase
Michael LivingstonWhen we joined IOPS, we didn't join an established organization like Greenpeace or the IWW; we joined a work group engaged in building an organization. And the organization that we said we would…
Latest Blogs
Propaganda en activisme
Daniël de Klerk
English version below De afgelopen demonstratie tegen de Israelische bezetting van Palestijnse gebieden en de onderdrukken van Palestijnen in het land waar zij leven liet weer eens goed zien hoe de algemene media opereert ten gunste…
JULY 20th LIVE TALK Creative exploration of the application of plans and proposals and ideas put forward by members
Fred Curran
This LIVE TALK JULY 20th, (2pm New York)(6pm UTC)(8pm Rome) brought to you by revolution everywhere. We have had wonderful success so far bringing in many of the great minds in IOPS. This talk will creatively explore…
Mass Surveillance, Internet organizing, and IOPS after Snowden
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Jon Doe,
United States
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I strongly support a more thoughtful and realistic response from IOPS to the current reality of mass government surveillance. I think a lack of understanding and tools around this reality has been a real difficulty for activists in the global…
Social Media
Please bear in mind that, although we realize the utility of social media, we are critical of the corporations behind those websites.
Members about IOPS
Here are some interviews with members about IOPS including Cynthia Peters, David Marty, Elizabeth Meade, Florian Zollmann, Justin Podur, Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Paul Street and Verena Stresing.
You can find further testimonials of members here.
There is also an open letter from our consultative committee including Eva Golinger, John Pilger, Vandana Shiva and others which can be found here.
No more bosses
Website Help Video
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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
Latest News
Rally / Permanent Breakfast in solidarity with the Pizzeria Anarchia in Vienna, Austria
G. Svoboda
Last Sunday we met for a ralley for an occupied house in Vienna, Austria, the Pizzeria Anarchia which is in great danger to get evicted, for a right to habitat and against capitalist housing market in general. As soon as we met in a park for…
Imminent IOPS Belgium Meeting
Paulo Rodriguez
On July 9th 2014 at 20:36, the first steps were set to organise a national meeting for all IOPS Belgium members. An email has been sent to the whole membership, asking for suitable dates that could be chosen for members to attend. For…
IOPS-London Meeting Minutes
Preeti Kaur
IOPS-London Summary Minutes Tuesday 24 June meeting A) THEORY: Participatory Economics Prior to the meeting, all participants had explored Anarchist Planning for Twenty-First Century Economies: A Proposal, Robin Hahnel (available here:…
Newest Projects
Live Talks
Want to organize an online talk? Have an idea for a great topic to discuss? Please help get regular Live Talks up and running. We need participants to help discuss and decide topics for discussion.…
Love Unriot
Hope this will become a communal blog for continuing to ask questions and keep an open mind.
The universal exchange unit
Something like Prolegomena but shorter The history of money is well described in various sources some of which are published online. Before writing down this few lines we have checked only the wikipedia…
Latest Polls
Poll on IOPS Future
Open end: 23 July 2014
As you know, the deadline for our interim targets for moving toward a founding convention was June 12. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in meeting these targets. In preparation for…
Ready for a Change
by Leif Lønne
Things we've done
Organizing and bookfairs in Dublin,
Bookfairs in Kent,
Organizing, talks and other events in London,
Banners, marches and cultural events in New York,
Organizing in Montana,
Organizing in Oregon,
Petititions in Seattle,
Protests and logos in Victoria,
Protests, talks and workshops in Vienna.
Cut the Cuts
Things we've discussed
This is a selection of discussions we've had.
What now? June 2014
Community Rights as Organizing Strategy March 2014
Unconditional Basic Income January 2014
Ethics of IOPS February 2013
IOPS Development November 2012
A Shared Vision August 2012
Odd Shared Experience and Confusion June 2012
Man-Made Climate Change I and II June 2012
Towards a Credible International May 2012
Media and IOPS (ICC) April 2012
A Priority, a Problem, and a Solution (ICC) April 2012
Upcoming Events
Translating Anarchy
Sunday, 18:00 - 20:00
The Common House, Unit 5E, 5 Pundersons Gardens, Bethnal Green, E2 9QG
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
South East Community Development Council
South East Community Development Council, SingaporeFounded: 19th Jul 2014
Interesting Reads
Life After Capitalism was a conference within the conference at the World Social Forum 2003 hosted by Z which was an important point for the discussions which eventually led to IOPS.
Fanfare for the Future is a three volume set written by Michael Albert, Mandisi Majavu, Mark Evans, David Marty and Jessica Azulay detailing a self contained presentation of theory, vision and strategy.
The so-called science wars include a number of exchanges about science, rationality, post-modernism and their relevance for the left.
Participatory Economics (Parecon) is an economic vision put forth by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel.