Power to the People: Rethinking Democracy
This meeting, as you might expect, was rich in abstract talk of bottom-up, not top-down, grassroots, horizontal organisation, rethinking democracy, subsidiarity, ‘totalising underviews’ and other wonderful ideas; thankfully, though, we managed to touch on practicalities and examples too. The first … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch versus democracy
So, yeah. Murdoch’s been given the go-ahead on his buyout. It was Vince Cable’s decision until he said on record that he was ‘declaring war’ on Murdoch, then it was passed on to Jeremy Hunt who has summarily waved through … Continue reading
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Power to the People: Rethinking Democracy
This meeting, as you might expect, was rich in abstract talk of bottom-up, not top-down, grassroots, horizontal organisation, rethinking democracy, subsidiarity, ‘totalising underviews’ and other wonderful ideas; thankfully, though, we managed to touch on practicalities and examples too. The first … Continue reading
Capitalism and class – don’t mention the C words?
How relevant are the above terms in progressive discourse today? How useful can they be? (Check out the profile and speakers here) My crucial fear in this debate centred around Godwin’s Law, normally applied to the likelihood of Hitler or … Continue reading
Planet in Crisis: where next for global action on climate change?
Kicking off this dynamic discussion of the biggest of issues was Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Pablo Salon. At last year’s Cancun climate change talks, Bolivia broke the status quo by objecting to the negotiations. All countries that participated were … Continue reading
Why are poor countries poor?
Why indeed? Ricardo Navarro eloquently mentioned that we should be talking about impoverished countries, not poor countries. Poor countries are just a little down-and-out, they’re lagging a little behind economically but they’ll be alright in the long run. Maybe they’ve … Continue reading
When did we become obsessed with the money supply?
I only caught the end of the 6 Billion Ways workshop “the history of money”. But I have to admit, it wound me up a little, for two reasons. The first is that it talked about fractional reserve banking. As … Continue reading
Clicktivism – will we acknowledge its impact?
In response to Clicktivism: Can we save the world in one click? [10.00-11.15am] These views are my own and not affiliated with 6 Billion Ways. Speakers Krissie Nicholson, Local Organiser, London Citizens David Babbs, 38 Degrees Ellie O’Hagan, UK Uncut Kevin Gillan, … Continue reading
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Requiem For Detroit
First up on my 6 Billion Ways schedule is a film about Detroit made by acclaimed music documentary maker and former punk Julien Temple. It’s possibly a bit early in the day to be sat in a dark screening room, but I’m a big fan of Temple’s films. Oil City Confidential, about lesser known 70s band Dr Feelgood, in particular is fantastic.
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Tagged capitalism, cars, consumerism, detroit, julien temple, music
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Take a minute to save the world
By Tim Hardy. This blog post originally appeared on Beyond Clicktivism. As recent events have shown time and time again, representative democracy as it stands in the UK is anything but representative. At the level of local government people have … Continue reading
