If you offer a type of delegate democracy to you constituency and promote involvement in budgeting, you will have resources to create a movement in your constituency to print leaflets and newspapers that explain anarchist moral universe,
The anarchist movement must engage must use local elections to call for delegate democracy, for participary budgeting, cooperation, credit unions, support for small business and cooperative against big business, the granting of contracts to local people.
“To achieve economic independence, we must demand real local democracy and oppose the present system that has created a hierarchy of professional politicians. We need to change the role of the delegate to an administrative role, not a policymaking role. It must be confined to coordinating and executing the policies adopted by the local assemblies, ensuring that power flows from the bottom up.”
If you start for your excellent moral compass I'd vote for you, I'm am voting green even though my prime ideas are anarchist but I also agree with Bookchin it's time for good anarchists to stop standing off to the side smugly saying how right they are, or rather how right their particular faction of anarchism is 🤣 it's like saying your a pacifist while being attacked by a zombie
I think we are of like mind, Nigel. My primary beliefs are anarchist, but you have to engage where you can without compromising core principles. We have to build where we can, and spread the word where we can.
I think Bookchin was moving towards the need to engage in local elections, I think election time is when you can spread a message and make people aware of their lack of agency and to demand grassroots delegate democracy, I love the slogan I just saw, "To change everything start anywhere"
Bookchin believed that local councillors could introduce communal self-government so he was not opposed to that route. That's a great slogan Nigel, do you know who said it? I just looked it up - there's an extra sentence which I like too: "The secret is to begin".
I wrote something about it and sent to you, someone else asked where I got qoutes and not being a academic I don't keep notes I just copy and paste things I like, I beginning to think I been adding my own ideas and hoping Bookchin would agree😂 I did get some good ideas from here https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/index.html%3Fp=3094.html about Preston municipal socialism, this sort of thing scared Thatcher to death and she was rabidly against glc, I remember in 1980s trying to wind my what I though was a right wing uncle up asking how he liked red Ken? Turns out he loved him, council really engaged with the people
It feels like there's no other way but to vote. There is such a lack of a plan and organisation within Anarchism. Anarchist oganisations are just protest and propaganda groups, as well as being too purist. The alternative to replace the parliamentary system isn't being created so until it does, people's only option participate in that system.
i am so pleased to be able to vote for you, I wasn't going to vote otherwise as it all feels like such a charade, but this piece really strikes a chord
Thank you! As always others are far better at describing the experience. Although where I live I'm quite well known and have the urge to run for the hills when someone I've never met says "I know all about you" !
I wrote something about it and sent to you, someone else asked where I got qoutes and not being a academic I don't keep notes I just copy and paste things I like, I beginning to think I been adding my own ideas and hoping Bookchin would agree😂 I did get some good ideas from here https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/index.html%3Fp=3094.html about Preston municipal socialism, this sort of thing scared Thatcher to death and she was rabidly against glc, I remember in 1980s trying to wind my what I though was a right wing uncle up asking how he liked red Ken? Turns out he loved him, council really engaged with the people
If you offer a type of delegate democracy to you constituency and promote involvement in budgeting, you will have resources to create a movement in your constituency to print leaflets and newspapers that explain anarchist moral universe,
The anarchist movement must engage must use local elections to call for delegate democracy, for participary budgeting, cooperation, credit unions, support for small business and cooperative against big business, the granting of contracts to local people.
“To achieve economic independence, we must demand real local democracy and oppose the present system that has created a hierarchy of professional politicians. We need to change the role of the delegate to an administrative role, not a policymaking role. It must be confined to coordinating and executing the policies adopted by the local assemblies, ensuring that power flows from the bottom up.”
If you start for your excellent moral compass I'd vote for you, I'm am voting green even though my prime ideas are anarchist but I also agree with Bookchin it's time for good anarchists to stop standing off to the side smugly saying how right they are, or rather how right their particular faction of anarchism is 🤣 it's like saying your a pacifist while being attacked by a zombie
I think we are of like mind, Nigel. My primary beliefs are anarchist, but you have to engage where you can without compromising core principles. We have to build where we can, and spread the word where we can.
Spot on.
I think Bookchin was moving towards the need to engage in local elections, I think election time is when you can spread a message and make people aware of their lack of agency and to demand grassroots delegate democracy, I love the slogan I just saw, "To change everything start anywhere"
Bookchin believed that local councillors could introduce communal self-government so he was not opposed to that route. That's a great slogan Nigel, do you know who said it? I just looked it up - there's an extra sentence which I like too: "The secret is to begin".
I wrote something about it and sent to you, someone else asked where I got qoutes and not being a academic I don't keep notes I just copy and paste things I like, I beginning to think I been adding my own ideas and hoping Bookchin would agree😂 I did get some good ideas from here https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/index.html%3Fp=3094.html about Preston municipal socialism, this sort of thing scared Thatcher to death and she was rabidly against glc, I remember in 1980s trying to wind my what I though was a right wing uncle up asking how he liked red Ken? Turns out he loved him, council really engaged with the people
To begin! To change everything start anywhere! If I write something you can use it would make me very happy
It feels like there's no other way but to vote. There is such a lack of a plan and organisation within Anarchism. Anarchist oganisations are just protest and propaganda groups, as well as being too purist. The alternative to replace the parliamentary system isn't being created so until it does, people's only option participate in that system.
Agreed. We have to create. Construction rather than protest (or both). Good to hear from you, Alex.
This new organisation is encouraging https://timetoassemble.org
Thanks Bernard. I didn't know about them.
This is worth keeping an eye on
i am so pleased to be able to vote for you, I wasn't going to vote otherwise as it all feels like such a charade, but this piece really strikes a chord
thank you, much appreciated
Thank you! As always others are far better at describing the experience. Although where I live I'm quite well known and have the urge to run for the hills when someone I've never met says "I know all about you" !
I wrote something about it and sent to you, someone else asked where I got qoutes and not being a academic I don't keep notes I just copy and paste things I like, I beginning to think I been adding my own ideas and hoping Bookchin would agree😂 I did get some good ideas from here https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/index.html%3Fp=3094.html about Preston municipal socialism, this sort of thing scared Thatcher to death and she was rabidly against glc, I remember in 1980s trying to wind my what I though was a right wing uncle up asking how he liked red Ken? Turns out he loved him, council really engaged with the people