We are a network of people committed to inspiring a vision of an alternative way of living where all the world's resources are owned in common and democratically controlled by communities on an ecologically sustainable and socially harmonious basis. We believe such a society will no longer require money, markets or states and can only be established democratically from the bottom up without the intervention of politicians or leaders. We call on anyone broadly sympathetic with our aims to join with us to help build a strong, inclusive and principled, movement for radical change in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and solidarity.

This forum has been specifically set up for individuals within and outside the non-market anti statist sector to exchange ideas that might be relevant to our sector as a whole. The forum is unmoderated but flaming trolling and generally uncivilised/unreasonable behaviour will not be tolerated.

World in Common group has two other forums: the "World in Common forum"(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldincommon/) for individuals and groups within our broad non-market anti-statist sector and the "Commoner" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/commoner)which is the internal decisionmaking forum of the World in Common group. To join World in Common please visit our website at www.worldincommon.org

Finally, list members are urged to look at our electronic journal Common Voice (http://www.commonvoice.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/) and to post their comments on this forum. We would appreciate your feedback