Towards Strategies for Social Change beyond Domination
In this sense, a post-capitalist and post-domination society will require its own set of institutions, whose creation must begin from today.
direct democracy
Ecology Councils: Grassroots Climate Strategies from Mesopotamia
The creation of local ecology councils, transnationally interconnected with each other, could be an immensely important step towards developing sustainable answers to climate change.
The dangerous fallacy of ‘democracies’ and the need to reinvigorate real democracy
With bureaucracy and elite-rule gone, it is up to all members of society to directly alter the rules and limits that give shape to collective life.
Some thoughts on governance of the local variety
So let’s make Vermont everywhere. And Brooklyn. And Albuquerque. Let’s occupy our own lives wherever we are. And maybe, when we stop supporting the overburden, we can all work out how to build that hearth.
Anti-colonialism and direct democracy
Whether in “developed” or “developing” countries, popular movements have always contained, to a different degree, a desire for direct democracy.
A Legacy of Autonomy & the Kurdish Freedom Movement
Thus, autonomy requires the establishment of interconnected relations that transcend communal and social borders, in order for the democratic values of constant interrogation and critical thinking to thrive.
Deadly train collision in Greece reveals the dysfunctionality of State and capitalism – time for self-management
A major social change is urgently needed, one based on total political equality and direct participation, that requires moving beyond statecraft and capitalism
Who will Guard the Guardians: Direct Democracy as Suspicion of Authority
It is only by opening up institutions and decision-making processes to the whole of the population, that we can create a more just society.
The Kurdish Movement: From Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica
If you ask me what is the most advanced postmodern experience in the world today, that is, the one that traces a hopeful path toward a new civilization, I would undoubtedly answer: the Kurdish movement.
Political Challenges in the Crisis of Criticism
In other words, information becomes an asset in the service of economic growth—just like our very interactions with one another on social media have been turned into economic activity.
From Pseudo-rationalism to Rationality as a quality of thought
The project of direct democracy, of which reason and rational deliberation are an inseparable part, has to be made appealing and desirable for a growing amount of people.
Imagining Democratic and Ecological Society: An interview with Yavor Tarinski
If we want to reclaim the control over our cities and societies, we cannot limit our action to the internet, we also need to take to the physical space of urdan environments – the streets and the public squares. This is the revolutionary potential of cities and that’s why I put so much emphasis on it.