A VISION OF A FREE SOCIETY

                                                  VISION OF A FREE SOCIETY

A video on possibilities of a new society, creating a new horizon beyond the idea of 'the market' under capitalism and power of for instance state-socialism and fascism




                                                           

                                                         

                                                            DIRECT DEMOCRACY (video)

                                                          A Left Libertarian Viewpoint


   
Direct democracy (also known as pure democracy)^[1] is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly.

                                  

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2. Direct Democracy can be defined as a form or system of democracy giving citizens an extraodinary amount of participation in the legislation process and granting them a maximum of political self-determination.

                                                                   

                                                    DIRECT DEMOCRACY (Wiki)

                                        SWITZERLAND'S DIRECT DEMOCRACY


                                           WOULD ATHENIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY
                                                     WORK IN THE U.K. TODAY?



                                                                         

DIRECT DEMOCRACY IS NOT UTOPIA

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  Direct Democracy: Beyond Hierarchy

  We live in dynamic times where a global crisis is slowly penetrating every sphere of our lives. In response to the...

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  Scott says "One alternative system is direct democracy. It dismantles the social separation between executives and implementors and aims at creating institutions which allow each and every member of society to participate directly in the decision making of the political, economic, social, and ecological matters which concern them and to directly participate in their implementation. This gives space for more complete realization of human potential. I have to make it clear that this kind of direct democracy is nothing like the different forms of “democracy” that we know to be implemented at massive state levels and which are based on representative logic – deciding for someone else who then decides for you, which in no way is the same as citizens and communities making their own decisions."

  
  
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  Scott says: "However, in order to remain truly direct, democracy has to be embedded in every sphere of life. Healthcare, education, energy and even architecture should all be based on a participatory politics through common assemblies and deliberative committees, directly linked with the supreme communal institutions (general assemblies and councils) in order to assert the right of the commons."

  
  
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  Scott says:"Such horizontal structures can act as universities, teaching people the logic of self-organization and self-management through practice. It is important, however, that these structures maintain an anti-systemic character and constantly aim to re-think their practices in order to avoid absorbtion by the dominant system. Through citizen activity, political consciousness can be created and show that direct democracy is not just some muddy utopia, but a tool for finding and solving problems here and now. As long as these horizontal structures develop and multiply and as long as they remain a part of a wider resistance movement for social change, more and more people will see their usefulness, and we will be getting closer to a direct democracy"