South Africa: New Books - Free, Fair and Alive

The concept of the commons has been misunderstood since the 1960s. David Bollier and Silke Helfrich have a new, refined definition to offer - and planet-saving plan.

This is a lightly edited excerpt of Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons (New Society Publishers, 2019) by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich.

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