Allies and Adversaries in Current Conversation

The Commons

Union Square, New York City, in autumn. An elevated view of the south plaza shows people moving across the wave-patterned paving, vendors displaying artwork along the edges, the Lincoln statue at center, and the W Union Square building rising behind. — Union Square, New York City. Photo by Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Missing Question

On the Democratic Party’s factions and what none of them are asking
A Field Guide to the Commons

Eight categories for navigating the ownership landscape
The Landscape

Allied, adjacent, and contested — profiles of the movements that matter
OpenAI’s Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age

Reading the April 2026 policy paper alongside the lobbying record — ownership rhetoric, enclosure practice
Three Fronts

Autonomy within autonomy — Mujeres Libres, Rojava, and what serious revolution requires
Enough and As Good

Locke, Jefferson, and the Anti-Federalists as allies in the ownership argument
Three Fences New

Three short stories of enclosure — England 1740, Alabama 1962, Phoenix 2024