“ Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers' blood. “
There is Power in a Union. (Civil War tune, “Battle Cry of Freedom.”)
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/domingo-viernes-union-reform/
#directdemocracy
#LabourMovement #Organize #RankandFile #Solidarity #unions #workingclasshistory
Inside Your Party’s Launch: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UrxGlrFRpg
#UK #YourParty #Turmoil #DirectDemocracy #Domination #TrueDemocracy #MemberLead #OutsideInfluence #Conference #Ejections #BadBehavior
Representatives selected at random: https://www.aurianneor.org/representatives-selected-at-random/
#art #assembly #aurianneor #citizen #citizeninitiatedreferendum #democracy #directdemocracy #electedrepresentative #election #government #ideas #incompetence #laws #legislative #parliament #party #people #photomontage #politicalparties #politicians #politics #popularinitiatedreferendum #power #president #randomselection #referendum #representativedemocracy #representativeness #representatives #senate #the150 #withoutelections
“Take that toilet room and shove it.” Trump won’t keep people fed, so tenants are feeding each other
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XUwfgWAGs9s
Despite court orders requiring the USDA to distribute $5 billion in SNAP funds, the Trump administration will release only 50% of November benefits.
#Trump #ClassWar #MutualAid #Response #SystemChange #DirectDemocracy #SNAP #Poverty #Sadism #USA
On Saturday the 15th, Firestorm will be hosting a virtual book launch with activist Yavor Tarinski, whose new primer "Horizons of Direct Democracy" is out this month from On Our Own Authority! Yavor will appear alongside notable social-ecologist contributors Eleanor Finley and Modibo Kadalie for this panel facilitated by fellow author and frequent Firestorm collaborator Andrew Zonneveld. Don't miss it! 🌱🏴
"Horizons of Direct Democracy" is a short and accessible volume surveying the political thought of philosophers like Cornelius Castoriadis and CLR James while also dissecting real-world examples of direct democracy in action from the Baltic, to Latin America, Western Asia, and beyond.
Register for free and find your copy of "Horizons" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3491-horizons-of-direct-democracy-book-launch.html. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the event recording to soak up at your leisure!
#DirectDemocracy #Anarchism #SocialEcology #HorizonsOfDirectDemocracy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)
https://www.walknews.com/1084160/ EU外交どうする？ 煮え切らないスイスの大政党 – SWI swissinfo.ch #article #BeatSwissPolitics #Business #DirectDemocracy #EconomicPolicy #EU #Europe #EuropeNews #EuropeanUnion #ForeignAffairs #InteriorPolicy #ProductionTypeAdaptation #ヨーロッパ #ヨーロッパニュース #欧州 #欧州連合
https://www.wacoca.com/news/2668713/ EU外交どうする？ 煮え切らないスイスの大政党 – SWI swissinfo.ch #Article #BeatSwissPolitics #Business #DirectDemocracy #EconomicPolicy #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #ForeignAffairs #InteriorPolicy #ProductionTypeAdaptation #ヨーロッパ #欧州 #欧州連合
In a referendum, the citizens of #Hamburg decided their city should become fully #carbonneutral by 2040 (rather than 2045).
Also, there will have to be binding limits on #greenhousegas #emissions.
Right now I can't help myself. Gotta love Hamburg.
#climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #directdemocracy
Even many European leaders are showing their true colors at the moment! While Palestinians are being brutally destroyed, most of them stand with israhell. While I never trusted any of them now I'm totally finished with them for good!! Parliamentary bs was ever only good to serve their own interests. They will never represent a common man, never, not in a million years. Shame on you. #palestine #europe #eu #israhell #directdemocracy
Chính phủ thất bại vì lòng tham và quyền lực tập trung. Hệ thống hiện tại đang hướng tới một "địa ngục trần gian" khi giới siêu giàu kiểm soát mọi thứ nhờ AI. Bài viết đề xuất "Voxcorda_System" – một mô hình dân chủ trực tiếp cải tiến, dùng blockchain để trao quyền bỏ phiếu cho từng công dân, chống tham nhũng hiệu quả hơn. Mục tiêu là một hệ thống ít tham nhũng, có khả năng mở rộng.
#ChinhTri #XaHoi #DanChuTrucTiep #Blockchain #ChongThamNhung #Anarchy #DirectDemocracy #AntiCorruption #Voxcorda
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/sor...
This is how Sequoian #governance works in "A New Faith."
#democracy #climatechange #adaptation #migration #humanrights #justice #sortition #directdemocracy #solarpunk #booksky
Sortition revolution: a bold p...
This is how Sequoian #governance works in "A New Faith."
#democracy #climatechange #adaptation #migration #humanrights #justice #sortition #directdemocracy #solarpunk #amwriting #bookstodon #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #pennedpossibilities #scribesandmakers
For all Liberals, Left-Libs, & Dems:
Consider Confederal Municipalism.
It's Decentralized Democracy + Social Economics + Radical Ecology.
• Liberals/Dems: Get the progressive social policy you want, but implemented by local citizen assemblies, not state bureaucracy.
• Left-Libs: Maximize freedom, privacy, and local control while building community-owned, green economies.
• It's the bottom-up way to replace the nation-state.
https://www.wacoca.com/news/2647808/ スイス・EU食品協定 「よそ者検査官」の到来間近？ – SWI swissinfo.ch #agriculture #Article #BeatSwissPolitics #DirectDemocracy #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #ForeignAffairs #multi #ProductionTypeAdaptation #ヨーロッパ #欧州 #欧州連合
2/2🧵: With #women dismissed & left to take notes while men cosplay #Trotsky at #YourParty, I came out with the reinforced belief that #representativedemocracy is dead and we are still very very far from the levels of #facilitation required to create #directdemocracy. For 2026, my strategy would be to leverage the #Greens who are organised & got shedloads of #Labour defection in their favour. But #ZachPolanski too is human & will let us down. It'd be great to work together to start a transition
So much for believing the government closest to the people governs best.
Republican-led states are ramping up efforts to make citizen-led ballot initiatives harder to pass, with Missouri lawmakers approving a bill to raise the threshold for amending the state constitution—pending voter approval. This trend has accelerated, with at least seven states advancing similar legislation and 148 bills introduced in 15 states this year to weaken direct democracy, according to the Fairness Project. The push comes after progressive wins on abortion rights through ballot measures, which succeeded in 7 out of 10 states since 2022. Will new hurdles stop future reforms? More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republicans-are-trying-raise-bar-voters-amend-state-constitutions-rcna230717 #ballotmeasures #Missouri #directdemocracy #votingrights #abortion #GOP #statepolitics
Civic duty done.
This time we decide over E-ID, housetaxes, energylaw, upgrading the sewage treatment plant and Municipal regulations
#vote #referendum #directdemocracy #Switzerland
https://www.democracy.community/event/democracy-unboxed-citizen-assembly-international-day-democracy
10 September 2025 to 11 September 2025
Democracy Unboxed: A Citizen Assembly for the International Day of Democracy
Köln, DE Conference
#directdemocracy #citizen
A question which needs to be answered - can direct democracy stop the rise of fundamentalism/authoritarianism ?
that bit of scum that floated to the top should not control the whole pond.
#Politics #Power #Sociopaths #Elitism #Oligarchy #Plutocracy #Compassion #Empathy #Cruelty #ClassWar #Representation #Tyranny #PoliticalInequality #DirectDemocracy #PoliticalEquality
