tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80300230189009820252024-03-13T10:00:09.465-07:00IntDPD: International Platform of Movements of Direct and Participatory DemocracyRui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-9188696700531315242014-01-10T16:16:00.000-08:002014-01-10T16:16:25.373-08:00[IntDPD Debate] What economic system is the most compatible with Direct / Participative Democracy ?<div>
<b>1 Joám Evans Pim (Partido da Terra) <a href="http://www.partidodaterra.net/" target="_blank">http://www.partidodaterra.net </a> (Galiza)</b><br />
"Direct
and participatory democracy are not the same thing. The concept of
direct democracy in the US (simply having referendums, initiatives and
recall in the context of parliamentarism) is also different from a more
literal meaning. Therefore, it is difficult to reply.<br />
But, the best economic system for a direct democracy would be the system that the assembly of citizens decides :-)<br />
In
my personal view, Gandhian Economics of self-sufficiency would be the
most connected with the logic of self-government of small sovereign
assemblies, but that is certainly not the only option.<br />
Here is an explanation of why (Google translate<br />
from Portuguese): http://www.partidodaterra.net/noticia/gandhi-na-eira/"</div>
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<b>2 David Ding (<a href="http://www.thrivenz.org.nz/">www.thrivenz.org.nz</a>) Thrive NZ (New Zealand)</b><br />
"In
context of the people being empowered to co-create society together, it
ultimately means they are able to remove the obstacles and barriers
preventing them from Thriving, the economic system is probably the
greatest obstacle modern society faces at this time.<br />
For
a society whose singularity of purpose is to Thrive, the success of
government can be viewed as how efficiently and effectively people can
access the things they need and want in order to Thrive. In this context
fiat currency can no longer exist as it creates gross imbalance between
the value of goods and services available in a nation vs. what is
available in the money supply that can be spent and is not servicing
debt. So for money to perform its role in facilitating the exchange of
goods and services effectively we must remove incentives for anyone to
hoard it and ensure it is not viewed as a commodity independent of the
goods and services it was designed to facilitate the trade of. As we all
know people don’t need a piece of paper with numbers printed on it in
order to Thrive and idle money sitting in a bank earning interest cannot
being spent in the economy producing the things that people need and
want.<br />
In order to remove the debt based model it is also
critical for a nation reclaim sovereignty over their own currency. For
example any government that relies on the IMF or similar to increase
their money supply is creating huge dependency with massive levels of
debt and interest to repay by tax payers/profits from state owned
enterprises etc. The IMF know that any nation that chooses to claim
sovereignty over their currency can’t print billions of dollars to repay
the immense levels of debt due to the inflationary impact of flooding
the market with their currency which gives them immense power. So for a
nation to release themselves from this dependency they must consider
debt relief as an option. In return they will be free of the onerous
expectations of the IMF who are heavily involved in the direction of
many nations in the world. A private company having the power to print
money when a government cannot makes no sense I’m sure you will agree.<br />
Once
a nation has relieved themselves from debt they can then print money
and spend it into the economy in multiple different ways that will keep
inflation in check as long as they maintain a balance between the amount
of spendable money available in the money supply vs the value of goods
and services available. The immense benefit here is that when the
government invests money in developing industries that produce goods and
services, the economy grows, it creates more jobs, there is more money
in the money supply being spent stimulating economic activity and of
course more goods and services are produced. This model mirrors the
evolutionary process of a thriving species found in nature. (Everything
Thrive New Zealand is presenting is aligned with Natural Law by the
way.)<br />
This is obviously a massive topic and there are
other necessary adjustments that must be made, including complementary
currencies and the development of a balanced constitution/bill of
rights. Our party – Thrive New Zealand is developing proposed policy and
implementation of this model as we speak and will gladly share it with
any international political parties that are similarly aligned. We are
also working on a new written constitution that we are floating to the
people of NZ and inviting them to contribute towards to ensure it is of
the people and for the people. It is our goal for this to be run
alongside Common Law."</div>
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<b>3. Rui Martins (<a href="http://www.maisdemocracia.org/">www.MaisDemocracia.org</a>) +D = Mais Democracia (Portugal)</b><br />
"In my view, in a truly and real participatory democracy (or "Democracy 2.0") the economy must have also participatory aspects.<br />
Without
that, the democracy will never be complete and full, and the
overwhelming power of the ruling 1% will supersede the democratic power,
as we can observe today in most of the western countries of the world.<br />
There are many ways to close this circle:<br />
1.
Develop self-management tools and procedures, like those already
running enterprise like Mondragon (Basque Country) or several
cooperative enterprises (USA).<br />
2. Research, develop and implement the concepts of Participatory economics (Parecon).<br />
Those
2 ways, together with a focus on Local Economies and Local Currencies,
in the models of the economist E. F. Schumacher and currently promoted
by the E. F. Schumacher Society, can be a strong and essential support
for a complete Participatory Democracy.</div>
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<i>"In
a DD, being that individuals and not parties will decide upon all law,
isn't it obvious that DD isn't within the left/right spectrum and that
only parties are?<br clear="none" />DD is anti-partisan and so does not
occupy the same political dimension - partisan politics divides us [and
starts ALL civil wars] where DD unites.<br clear="none" />Isn't this the
point on what we're all supposed to be working on? Replacing the
partisan political system with a people-based political system?<br clear="none" />The
fact that this comes-up as an issue/question indicates that some [in
their naivety] believe that 'representative' politicians will bring in
DD. I can tell you from my own direct experience of working with them
that this is the last thing they will ever do and, isn't it obvious why?<br clear="none" />Pasted from our site:<br clear="none" />MP
Anne Widdecombe has stated that she would "never let majority public
opinion voiced on my website influence my parliamentary votes." and she
also states; "I would never let voters make decisions upon policy
implementation." Before realising who he was talking with, MP George
Galloway told the PA founder directly that "Direct democracy is the best
way for the country to go!" adding "You could get rid of all us lot
too." confirming that we can have what hypocritical politicians
themselves admit is best for us but, only when it doesn't compromise
what's best for them.<br clear="none" />David Cameron recently remove any mention of even using technology simply to improve comms between reps and voters:<br clear="none" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ158KkeT0&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZ158KkeT0&feature=youtu.be</a><br clear="none" />Just
as the ones who said "It's okay I have nothing to hide." have now let
in the state surveillance, the ones among us who think DD can happen
under Rrep Dem are making us weak and vulnerable.<br clear="none" />Do you
guys really think that Switzerland, Iceland, EU Initiative [for
example] are DD? If you do, you've already bought into the propaganda of
the reps who want to control any aspect of public participation and so
you do us and DD a great disservice.<br clear="none" />Do not confuse
public participation with DD because they are not the same by any
measure and all the reps want to do is to make people think that DD is
part of Rep Dem [so they can control land tame it] but this can never be
true [for obvious reasons].<br clear="none" />Also, in both the UK and
US, the pattern now clearly shows that public proposals that get voted
upon in the UK Parliament and the US Senate, are proposals which
politicians have already scheduled to vote on - what does this tell you?<br clear="none" />'Public participation' under Rep Dem is a wholesale scam."</i></div>
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<b>9<b>/<b><b>10</b></b></b> Jim Rough</b> (<a data-mce-href="http://www.wisedemocracy.org" href="http://www.wisedemocracy.org/" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.wisedemocracy.org</a>) <b>Wise Democracy (USA)</b></div>
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<i>"I
like Cosmin’s comment about how people might garden the growth of new
methodologies. And he asks: how do we disseminate to the masses the idea
that they are powerful and can use their power (my words)?… My answer
is that you facilitate them to experience their collective power.”</i><br />
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<i>Twenty
three years ago I developed a new methodology called the “Wisdom
Council” for sparking people to come together as a powerful “We the
People.” See <a data-mce-href="http://www.WiseDemocracy.org" href="http://www.wisedemocracy.org/" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.WiseDemocracy.org</a>.
And it’s now starting to gain traction. I hope you will become familiar
with it as a possible way of addressing society’s big problems.</i></div>
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<i>Yesterday I returned from a conference in Austria called “<a data-mce-href="http://www.wisedemocracy.org/page49/page49.html" href="http://www.wisedemocracy.org/page49/page49.html" shape="rect" target="_blank">Surfing Democracy</a>,”
where the Wisdom Council was a main focus. This is the second
conference in the past two years arising from the successful application
of the Wisdom Council in Vorarlberg, Austria, the Westernmost state of
Austria. Six years ago a government Office of Future Related Issues
discovered the Wisdom Council and started convening them. They have
experienced such amazing success in solving difficult public issues,
involving citizens, and shifting the public conversation to be more
collaborative that they convened this FREE conference to people from
anywhere in the world to come learn how they are using this and other
new approaches. They have even convinced politicians … unanimous from
all four parties … to change the state Constitution to include the
Wisdom Council. And now nearby states are planning the same thing.</i></div>
<i>I
think true democracy is something like this … where all the people
come together in respect, face their collective problems, creatively
determine answers that work for everyone, and then provide leadership
to government in implementing the people’s will. I think the Wisdom
Council can approximate this. </i><br />
<i>The actual change to the
constitution is to include a focus on "participative democracy" as well
as "direct democracy" and "representative democracy." There are three
resolutions explaining "participative democracy" that mention the Wisdom
Council directly: 1) There will be two statewide Wisdom Councils each
year on topics chosen by government. The governor chooses one and
political parties take turns choosing the other. 2) The citizens can
spark a state-sponsored Wisdom Council simply by submitting a topic with
only 1000 signatures supporting that topic. 3) Government will
officially respond to any points Wisdom Councils raise that are directed
to government."</i></div>
Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-10075225015482775022013-12-08T02:11:00.004-08:002013-12-08T02:11:16.515-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 8/10) David Ding (www.thrivenz.org.nz) Thrive NZ (New Zealand)<strong><span>8<strong>/<strong><strong>10</strong></strong></strong> David Ding (<a data-mce-href="http://www.thrivenz.org.nz" href="http://www.thrivenz.org.nz/" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.thrivenz.org.nz</a>) Thrive NZ (New Zealand)</span></strong><br clear="none" />"Any
balanced structure of representative governance that allows for top
down and bottom up governance (ultimately with everything open to public
scrutiny) renders the political spectrum obsolete. In fact the only
thing the political spectrum serves to do is polarise the nation by
perpetuating the belief that it is not possible to create solutions that
serve everyone...it must be either/or. This is a logical absurdity in
context of Direct Democracy being the official structure of governance
as the needs and wants of the nation don't need to be labelled, just
heard and acted upon in the most balanced and empowering ways possible."Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-2402208156692927182013-12-07T03:50:00.001-08:002013-12-07T03:50:07.329-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 7/10) Iain Walker (www.newdemocracy.com.au) The newDemocracy Foundation (Australia)<em><br clear="none" />"Or perhaps its all of the above [DD is Left or Right?].
We have found that elected representatives and governments will
commission deliberative processes because of ideology: those on the
Right see a group of individuals capable of making decisions rather than
a paternalistic government, while those on the Left see everyday people
taking power back from established and moneyed donor/lobbyist
interests. <br clear="none" />Moreover most elected people on all sides
hold a view that “if people could only see all the facts they would
agree with our side of politics” – a good deliberative process delivers
on the promise of seeing citizens consume a much greater depth of
information than they do in today’s representative/vox pop democracy.
It’s fair to note that we advocate deliberative processes rather than
direct democracy though."</em>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-30770418477976065082013-12-06T12:49:00.001-08:002013-12-06T12:49:41.576-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 6/10) Evan Ravitz (http://www.Vote.org) (USA)<i>"Those
who work for direct democracy show humility by working for the humble
instead of the elite, and by not imposing our own views. It shows faith
in the process as a collective learning experience including learning
from making mistakes. Politicians usually cover up mistakes because
their "brand" could be damaged. In the Zapatista communities in Chiapas,
Mexico, each village chooses by direct democracy, including how much
private ownership and how much collective ownership. This is about what
works not ideology."</i>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-47344642000848956752013-12-05T11:42:00.004-08:002013-12-05T11:42:52.342-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 5/10) Cosmin Hodrea (Direct Democracy Party of Romania) http://www.pddr.ro/en/ (Romania)<br clear="none" /><i>"I
share the opinion that direct democracy is not a "classical" political
doctrine, so it can not be label neither as left or right. Instead, is
more of a way of organizing the society and returning the power to the
people. This is just in the same way that the French revolution for
example changed the monarchy into a republic as a way to rule a state.<br clear="none" />So,
in my opinion, any political party that supports direct / participatory
democracy is an activist in the field of the way a state is organized
and not in the field of making the social and economic policies. Thus,
it will have a limited role in time, with a precise goal of changing the
state`s Constitution (the primary law) in order to create the tools for
the people to rule themselves. Once this goal is achieved, the party
should dissolve itself."<br clear="none" />(...)<br clear="none" />"As
society develops and new ways of human interaction and communication
arise, new models of ruling and organizing the society should arise as
well. And so it seems. Like a new bud coming out of a seed, so the DD
makes its first steps into the political arena.<br clear="none" />My only
question is how can we act like responsible gardeners and guide its
growth correctly. If I may ask you, what is the best way to approach the
dissemination of the concept to the masses? How do you teach a child
(the people) to recognize his power, and most important, to use it in a
constructive way?"</i>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-36174703806552218132013-12-04T10:35:00.003-08:002013-12-04T10:35:42.181-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 4/10) Alex Napoli (Direct Democracy Brazil) http://www.democraciadireta.org (Brazil)<i>"Direct Democracy is a more efficient and just tool than representative
democracy to be used for progression or conservation of a society.<br clear="none" />Those who support direct democracy tend to be more democratic than those that support representative democracy.<br clear="none" />But
the true test of a progressive is what they do when they have power and
money, there are many circumstantial progressives that are in fact
conservatives.<br clear="none" />There is a saying that people are
democratic and socialist with other people's power and money, but
autocratic and capitalist when the power and money is theirs.<br clear="none" />Direct
Democracy is a constitutional right, not a privilege to be conceded by
representatives who are subordinated to the citizens.<br clear="none" />The
best system is direct democracy with zero taxation/legislation with a
coordination state of last resort to only step in with counter-cyclical
entrepreneurial action if market fails. Self-financed organizations
(selling products and services) and a direct judicial system (proving
damage and danger) can solve any social-economic problem or challenge.<br clear="none" />All
taxation and public property must be incorporated and deposited in
citizens Individual Social Security Accounts guaranteeing basic income
for all. The age of city states has passed, the age of national states
is passing, the age of global states is beginning."</i>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-72645969606646251152013-12-03T12:51:00.002-08:002013-12-03T12:51:52.955-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 1/10) Joám Evans Pim (Partido da Terra) http://www.partidodaterra.net (Galiza)<br clear="none" />
<i>"(...) Advocacy for direct democracy is neither
left/progressive or a right/conservative. Those empowered through direct
democracy to make decisions will adopt positions that they consider
appropriate regarding the problem that is being discussed.<br clear="none" />(...)<br clear="none" />Or abolishing the State as an anti-democratic institution (i.e., libertarian municipalism)"<br clear="none" />(...)"I
think it is important to discourage any paternalistic approach of
teaching the masses. I'm not sure what is the case of Romania, but most
rural societies (at least in Europe) keep traces of their past assembly
(direct democracy) form of community government. In our case in Galiza
(which is also applicable to most of Northern Iberia and Portugal), our
work is directed mainly at helping people connect the old form of
community assembly government with politics, i.e.: we are all
"politicians" (not just those elected), there should be no such thing as
"professional politicians", and no issue is beyond the capabilities of
discussion, deliberation and decision by a sovereign community assembly.</i><br />
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<i>This
is very much in line, as Evan pointed out, with the community councils
and Good Governance Regional Juntas of the Zapatistas or the ideas of
Libertarian Municipalism, even though we are not emulating any model
here in Galiza but creating our own from our past experience and current
communal ways of organization. If you can read Portuguese or use an
online translator, here is an example of an attempt to introduce
assembly direct democracy at the municipal level using the breaches of
current State law: <a data-mce-href="http://concelho.titanpad.com/1" data-mce-style="font-size: 13px; color: #3b5998; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" href="http://concelho.titanpad.com/1" rel="nofollow nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #3b5998; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">http://concelho.titanpad.com/1</a> Even
though we do try to run in all elections to make use of the free media
space to send the message out (and discredit professional politics and
representative parliamentarism by all means), we feel there are only
options (in our case) of making political change at this moment at the
municipal level."</i></div>
Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-18233408706678634942013-12-02T11:03:00.001-08:002013-12-02T11:03:46.415-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 1/10)<strong>2<strong>/10</strong> Digital 2 (Democracia Directa Digital [D3]) <a data-mce-href="http://www.d-3.info" href="http://www.d-3.info/" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.d-3.info</a> (Spain)</strong><br clear="none" />"Of
course it's note right-wing. But it's not clear if it is left-wing.
Some might say that direct democracy is a value of the libertarian left,
but others might as well argue that if not included a political program
against private property and the rest, it's not libertarian
communism...<br clear="none" />So I personally prefer not to consider it in those parameters."Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-65388526737484902012013-12-01T05:10:00.001-08:002013-12-01T05:12:10.692-08:00[IntDPD Debate] "A political party of the area of "direct and participatory" democracy is a left/progressive or a right/conservative party?" (Answer 1/9)<b>1/9 Ted Becker (Auburn (Australia) University political science professor and Independent researcher on DD issues):</b><br />
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<i>"None
of the above. If a political group runs in an election solely to
democratize the system through a variety of constitutional reforms, it
is devolving power from a political elite to the people in general, thus
it has no "party interests". Thus it is unique in history and needs a
new label, like a "transformational or evolutional entity." If a
political party promises to do so as part of their platform, don't
believe them."<br clear="none" />(...)<br clear="none" />"As I have written
at length: "representative democracy" is an oxymoron, a contradiction in
terms. In actuality, those who developed the system that they
camouflage with this phrase, actually constructed a new kind of
autocracy, one I call an "Elected Oligarchy." I think that is the most
accurate phrase to describe all variations of them including USA, EU
nations, Russia, Brazil, Iran and on. The CCP hates the word "democracy"
and uses the word "republic" to hide its own autocratic ways.<br clear="none" />So,
it doesn't matter whether it is a one party state, two party, or
multi-party: these are just factions of the ruling elites and counter
elites. They are all anti-democratic by their very nature."<br clear="none" />(...)<br clear="none" />"The
question was clear and all the answers so far have been pretty clear
that it is "None of the Above." This reminds me of the old schism in the
Grunen in Germany, the rift between the fundis and the realis. The
fundis did not want to become or back a party. They had their
ideological pillars and did not want to engage in the party system which
primarily served elites' power. That is what the consensus is right now
it seems. If the DD people ran for office and won, they would divest
themselves of power back to the people in many ways and on many issues.
Then disband and help facilitate and implement the process with as
little corruption as possible."</i>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-9479758400825227802013-11-04T05:41:00.001-08:002013-11-04T05:41:20.128-08:00[New Member] Thrive New Zealand - Political Party (New Zealand)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://movimentocdp.wordpress.com/">http://movimentocdp.wordpress.com</a>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-43055624763081789302013-11-02T09:07:00.001-07:002013-11-04T05:26:57.168-08:00[New Member] Direct Democracy Party of Romania (Romania)<i>"The Direct Democracy Party
of Romania is a political project at the very beginning of its life. We
are a small team of young people who strongly believe in the necessity of
a change. A change of perception of the people about their power, and
especially about how close they are to actually use it. Now, more than
ever, the Internet and the electronic means of communication offer the
perfect tool for the people to tell their will, to make their laws as they
seem fit, to reach the so sought after social consensus. This is the only
way human society can progress, when every member of it reaches an
agreement with the others. A real agreement, where all the parties
involved act willingly, knowingly and responsibly.</i>
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Politics is the science of reaching such a social contract and it tried
since the beginning of organized society to reach the best solution for
governing the human settlements. It started at the family level,
progressed then to the village level, tribe, city, country and reached now
even the continent level. Those achievements were possible through the
growth of the population and especially because of the progress of the
communication means. There were three major steps in the process, namely
the writing, the press (newspapers) and the modern media (radio and
TV).</i>
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Today it is the time to take the next step, the Internet. By far, it is
the fastest, the most direct and representative mean of communication of
them all and because of this it empowers the voice of the people. Not
through representatives, not through intermediaries but directly at the
individual level. Every citizen can and has to have an opinion about the
rules (laws) that affect his everyday life. Every one of us has to vote on
how to spend our money, how to teach our children, how to treat the sick,
how to provide for our elders.</i>
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This is the mission of our endeavor, to present this power to the Romanian
people, to teach them how to use it and to build the political future of
our country on the basis of direct democracy."</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.pddr.ro/en/" title="Partidul Democratiei Directe din Romania">Partidul Democratiei Directe din Romania</a> (Romania)<br />
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Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-27448059507901428252013-05-24T14:21:00.001-07:002013-05-24T14:21:11.512-07:00[New Member] Citizens Foundation (Iceland)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New Member of IntDPD ! <br />
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Citizens Foundation (Iceland)Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-3098011278941611102013-05-07T14:56:00.001-07:002013-05-07T14:56:42.674-07:00[Interview] Michael Nicula: Online Party of Canada<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mAdgBOGHn-4?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>
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<a href="http://www.onlineparty.ca/">http://www.onlineparty.ca</a><br />
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Michael Nicula, leader of the OPC speaking about what if OPC<br />
what are the objectives and tools used by OPC<br />
the achievments and short term goalsRui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-76860692267650034492013-04-25T02:26:00.001-07:002013-04-25T02:26:13.166-07:00[New Member] Democracia Universal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Democracia Universal (DU)</b><br />
<b>New Member of IntDPD ! </b>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-70162879176195550902013-04-17T05:38:00.002-07:002013-04-17T05:38:51.000-07:00[New member] Democracia Directa Digital [D3]<a href="http://www.d-3.info/foros/styles/prosilver/imageset/site_logo.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://www.d-3.info/foros/styles/prosilver/imageset/site_logo.gif" /></a><br />
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<b>Democracia Directa Digital [D3] </b><br />
<b>New Member of IntDPD ! </b>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-50510130564353587752013-04-13T16:21:00.001-07:002013-04-13T16:21:18.596-07:00[Interview] Iain Walker from newDemocracy Foundation (Demarchy and Deliberative Democracy)<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MRVAhgMImSE?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-62718689866216419752013-04-08T10:33:00.000-07:002013-04-08T10:33:00.459-07:00[Interview] Olaf Bertram-Nothnagel from Lowercased.org (NYC) about Direct Democracy in NY and in the US<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wiLUgPIVScM?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-87950011052383376052013-04-07T10:32:00.001-07:002013-04-07T10:32:24.251-07:00[Interview] Iain Walker from Newfoundation Foundation (Australia) <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jdz8-VQlOTI?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-77190149964539925632013-03-22T13:01:00.001-07:002013-03-22T13:01:08.819-07:00[Member] New Member of IntDPD!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Democracy International<br />
<a href="http://www.democracy-international.org/">www.democracy-international.org</a>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-68349829177661659622013-03-09T14:52:00.000-08:002013-03-09T14:52:00.055-08:00[Project] Call to construct an international ideological and political space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"This is a call to construct an international political and ideological space on the basis of the Integral Revolution. You can read the call in the sections of this web page or download it as a single document in PDF format via the following link."<br />
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To learn more about this project, click <a href="http://integrarevolucio.net/en/">HERE </a>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030023018900982025.post-28548733870418550112013-03-08T12:42:00.000-08:002013-03-08T12:42:00.538-08:00[Argentina] n Buenos Aires, the Communes, participatory form of municipal governance, regain his power<div class="mceTemp">
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The Court of Appeals</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Buenos Aires</span> <span class="hps">annulled</span> <span class="hps">a decree</span> <span class="hps">signed</span> <span class="hps">by the mayor</span> <span class="hps">Mauricio</span> <span class="hps">Macri</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">2011 in </span><span class="hps">which he created</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Citizen</span> <span class="hps">Care Units</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>UAC</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">thereby</span> <span class="hps">abolishing</span> <span class="hps">the</span> former<span class="hps"> division</span> <span class="hps">of the city into</span> <span class="hps">Communes</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The Court</span> <span class="hps">responded</span> <span class="hps">well</span> <span class="hps">to a complaint</span> <span class="hps">promoted</span> <span class="hps">by a group of</span> <span class="hps">citizens</span> <span class="hps">against</span> <span class="hps">the division</span> <span class="hps">of the Argentine capital</span> <span class="hps">on 17</span> <span class="hps">UACs</span> <span class="hps">directly</span> <span class="hps">controlled</span> <span class="hps">by the municipal authority</span> <span class="hps">and which</span><span>, in your opinion</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">would be</span> <span class="hps">an obstacle</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">active participation</span> <span class="hps">of citizens in</span> <span class="hps">their city</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">According to the</span> <span class="hps">Court</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><i><span class="">The Constitution of the</span> <span class="hps">City of</span> <span class="hps">Buenos</span> <span class="hps">Aires</span> <span class="hps">states</span> <span class="hps">Participatory Democracy</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">regulating</span> <span class="hps">Communes</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Communes</span> <span class="hps">The aim</span> <span class="hps">is to</span> <span class="hps">decentralize</span> <span class="hps">government functions</span> <span class="hps">city</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>...</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">the creation</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">UACs</span> <span class="hps">alters</span> <span class="hps">this process</span><span>.</span></i><span>"</span> <span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">The decision</span> <span class="hps">is not yet final</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and the city</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">still</span> <span class="hps">appeal to a</span> <span class="hps">higher court</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but the decision</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">suspend</span> <span class="hps">with immediate effect</span> <span class="hps">the division</span> <span class="hps">of the city into</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">UACs</span> <span class="hps">and reactive</span> <span class="hps">Communes</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Buenos</span> <span class="hps">Aires</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">At least temporarily</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">become</span> <span class="hps">the communes</span> <span class="hps">receiving</span> <span class="hps">skills</span> <span class="hps">in the areas of</span> <span class="hps">relationships with</span> <span class="hps">people</span><span class="">, equipment maintenance</span> <span class="hps">public</span> <span class="hps">places</span> <span class="hps">(such as</span> <span class="hps">streets</span> <span class="hps">and avenues</span><span>)</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">decisions regarding</span> <span class="hps">green spaces</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">control over</span> <span class="hps">public spaces</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>streets</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">walks</span><span>)</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Buenos</span> <span class="hps">Aires</span> <span class="hps">thus</span> <span class="hps">recovers</span> <span class="hps">its original</span> <span class="hps">form of</span> <span class="hps">participatory</span> <span class="hps">municipal management</span> <span class="hps">matrix</span> <span class="hps">and the mayor</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">elected by the</span> <span class="hps">Republican</span> <span class="hps">party</span> <span class="hps">Propuesta</span> <span class="hps">sees</span> <span class="hps">thus</span> <span class="hps">foiled</span> <span class="hps">its efforts</span> <span class="hps">to recover for the</span> <span class="hps">control of</span> <span class="hps">Argentine</span> <span class="hps">partidocracia</span> <span class="hps">municipality</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><b><span class="hps">source:</span></b><br /><a href="http://www.argentinaindependent.com/tag/participative-democracy/"><span class="hps">http://www.argentinaindependent.com/tag/participative-democracy/</span></a></span>Rui Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184860965797564226noreply@blogger.com0