Excerpted from Rick Falkvinge : “In short: Without them, there would now be a “three-strikes” scheme in Europe, and ACTA would most likely have been in global effect. Without them, there would now be a “three-strikes” scheme in Europe, and ACTA would most likely have been in effect. Let’s take them in detail, one by one: 1. MORE >>

With just under two weeks to Internet Week Europe (IWE), we're busy getting together a couple of Made by Many events. ELL image borrowed from Dave Hill's London blog ; Rory Hamilton with an experience prototype Flourbaby]. ': an experience prototyping workshop. Journey through the connected world (or a diverting trip on the ELL). MORE >>

Please also see the follow-up items, which shed various lights on what is happening at the periphery of Europe. In the developing countries and now in Europe, debt allows creditors to exercise a kind of colonialism without an army or an imperial administration. Greece has also maintained a proportionally huge military budget. MORE >>

In six weeks I'm heading to Europe for a user adoption workshop, and a couple of conferences. I'll be on the ground for five working days, and my schedule is as follows: - Monday October 1 - London, for the Developing a Social Business User Adoption Strategy , in conjunction with Collaboration Matters. Again, you are very welcome to attend. MORE >>

The full article explains the rationale behind the financial attacks on Europe, then proposes a set of interesting proposals: Webster Tarpley: * What Europe Must Not Do. There is no point in repeating the failed American experience in Europe. Europe must be the Europe of the peoples, and not the Europe of the banks and cartels. MORE >>