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Do it without leaders:
Direct democracy
The Trapese Collective
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What do we mean by:
• Direct or Participator !emocrac
• Representati"e !emocrac
• Li#eral !emocrac
• Unitar !emocrac
• Pl$tocrac
• Oligarch
• Theocrac
• Dictatorship
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Definitions
• /hat !efines !irect !emocrac0
• %!eas storm a list1
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Direct democracy: the building blocks21 Acti"e participation
31 Transformati"e
41 Acco$nta#le
51 A$tonom 6self legislation7
81 '$t$alit91 P$#lic
:1 Self management
;1 Real choice
<1 &on hierarch - hori=ontalism
2>1 Di"ersit
221 S$#si!iarit
231 Conflict
241 Comm$nit
/hat !o these mean?
Disc$ss 6Artic$late7
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Direct democracy
Disc$ss?
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Direct democracy. Eamples
• Eamples of !irect !emocrac
• Bapatista A$tonomo$s '$nicipalities
• /or,ers an! ho$sing cooperati"es
• Peace an! social $stice mo"ement
• Participator $!geting - Porto Alegre+ ra=il
• Argentina 3>>2• Spanish ci"il @ar 2<49 grupos de afinidad + collecti"isation
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