The pandemic has shown the pitfalls of centralised power, and also the willingness of local people to participate through mutual aid. Greater participatory democracy and a standing citizens’ assembly chosen by sortition, are a way forward for local government, argues a new report.
To address the complex threats and opportunities of the 21st century needs a change of mindset and daily political practice – away from the mindset of the machine and the engineer and towards the mindset of the garden and the gardener.
The following article features 10 obituaries of journalists killed in Mexico in 2019. They are some of the 133 journalists who have been killed between 2000 and 2020.
Los siguientes son los 9 obituarios de los periodistas asesinados en México en 2019, parte de lo 133 registrados en la línea de tiempo entre 2000 y 2020.
Those most affected by the COVID-19 crisis have been woefully under-represented at the daily briefings, and it's contributed to the government's failure to address the needs of BAME people, women and the working class.
It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework that becomes crucial in offering a sense of security to disoriented masses.
The new strengthened neighborhood watchmen can further monitor and suppress Erdogan's political opponents under the pretext of public security and combating crimes.
