Tag: democracy
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Socializing Energy
To regain lost momentum for an energy transition, climate and energy justice campaigners can learn from Berliners’ victorious referendum in support of a radical expropriation housing in 2021. This not only followed a strategy that put the costs on the corporations rather than people, it also goes beyond traditional public ownership to explore models of…
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UE Support for Ceasefire Was Built on Decades of Membership Education and Debate
Our union, the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE), was able to mobilize quickly on this critical issue because we have a strong tradition of international solidarity and taking a critical view of U.S. foreign policy. When Israel launched its brutal assault on the people of Palestine in the wake of the…
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Digging for Democracy: History and Archeology from Below
By Andrew Zonneveld for ROAR Mag, published on March 17th, 2022 under Creative Commons In building a directly democratic future, we must learn from examples of grassroots historical research and rediscover community approaches to archaeology. The most common complaint teachers hear from students learning history is that “it’s boring.” Asked why, these same students usually…
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This is what (Direct) Democracy Looks Like
How to Run a Meeting to Get Things Done By Bonfire Collective, found on anarchistlibrary.org Imposed PDF Pamphlet available below This guide is about one way to run a meeting if you want to make decisions democratically and get things done. The most common problem with democratic meetings is that people talk a lot but…
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