We need a new Constitution! Oligarchic exploitation is inscribed and protected at the heart of most European and North American constitutions. I do not fear universal suffrage; people will vote as we tell them, once said the aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville. Politics is not a failure today; it is only the outstanding success of the class who wrote our constitutions. Our powerlessness is due to our resignation from the constituent process, affirms economist and philosopher Etienne Chouard in this remarkable TV intervention. Its possible to change things! Impressive models have been created around the world recently, such as this one in France: ecosocialisme/2013/02/07/premier-manifeste-des-assises-18-theses-pour-lecosocialisme/ Check out the 2009 Bolivian constitution originally promulgated by president Evo Morales who just got reelected with 70% of the votes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Bolivia It defines new forms of democracy—participatory, representative and community-based-- and among other breakthroughs, defines Bolivia as a pacifist state (only right to legitimate defense), recognizes 36 official languages, and restricts private land ownership to a maximum of 5,000 hectares (12,400 acres). POLITICS CAN BE WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE! :) Peter Critchley Ariane Walter John Bradshaw Steve Jobbitt
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:23:50 +0000
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