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Democracy Unchained discusses what is wrong with the existing system, what real democracy would look like and how it can be achieved.
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Supporters will then produce a revised draft as preparation for the launch of the Real Democracy Movement as an organisation during the course of 2017.
Contents
Introduction
1: Democracy: then and now
A political system in crisis
Behind the crisis of democracy
2: A state that has failed the people
Mystifying the state
The modern state
The rise of the corporatocracy
Paralysis in the face of climate change
Institutions of the UK state
3: The case for a democratic revolution
A way forward
4: Signposts to the future
Re-connecting with Nature
A social licence
Transforming the economy
Private profit versus co-ownership
Occupations to protect jobs and resources
Moving beyond capitalist production
A new ethos – a new concept of citizenship
Power to the Assemblies
Different kinds of democracy
State structures
5: Why a Real Democracy Movement is needed
Drawing some lessons
Honestly addressing the question of power
Shaping the Real Democracy Movement
What kind of organisation?
Over to you
