Trashing the common good: how neoliberal ideology forked tertiary education* while generating huge salaries for those who enabled it.

*See also health care, schools, income support, disability & employment services. Oh, and water, electricity & gas supply. And housing.

#universities #Australia #neoliberalism #CommonGood #profit

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/australias-universities-have-found-themselves-in-crisis-but-it-has-been-decades-in-the-making?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."

Barbara Jordan

#quoteoftheday #NationBuilding #CommonGood #Responsibility #InItTogether

Have you seen any women or non-binary people start a war lately.

https://meiert.com/blog/moratorium/

#men #war #commongood

Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit - in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing
his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. - Garrett Hardin

#tradgedyofthecommons #climatecrisis #commongood #hangtogetherorhangseparately

#event
#Book presentation: A EMERGÊNCIA DAS SOCIEDADES DE COMUNS (THE EMERGENCE OF COMMONS SOCIETIES)
by Marco de Abreu
📅March 14
🕑4pm to 6pm
📍Cave Cultural @ Rizoma, R. José Estêvão 4, #Lisbon
👥Open to the public

A work describing the author's journey towards Societies of Commons, introducing maps for exploring Regenerative Societies and Societies of Commons, and proposes peaceful, transformative social innovation for Portugal.

#MarcodeAbreu #EcoSystem #Collaboration #Regeneration #CommonGood

Water Struggles as Resistance to Neoliberal Capitalism, A time of reproductive unrest, Moore M, 2023,

"This book provides an important intervention into social reproduction theory and the politics of water...As an important analysis of two significant water struggles, the book makes a compelling argument for integrating the study of social movements within critical political economy."
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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165985/

A time of reproductive unrest, Madelaine Moore
"Drawing on the rich history of social reproduction theory (SRT), the book situates struggles over water within an account of capitalism that emphasises the continuing relevance of expropriation...Via an engagement with the Irish water charges protests and resistance to unconventional gas in Australia, the work explores the tension between life-making and profit-making that defines the new water commodity frontier. "
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526165992
#water #WaterGrabbing #extractivism #contestation #SocialReproduction #ReproductiveUnrest #SRT #CommodificationOfNature #CommonGood #biodiversity #Australia #drought #MDB #PE #book