People’s Assemblies are democratic bodies representing everyone in a community and this is a film of the peoples assembly formed at the Cloudcuckooland festival, this one discussed the economy and the environment, some great discussion around how we should move to protect the environment and what the economic crisis means for the environment.

People’s Assemblies – the future shape of democracy

The global political elites have turned democracy into a commodity and sold it to the corporations and banks for a small fee. Our votes now count for very little despite the great struggles of the past to win the franchise and give people a say in elections.

Whoever is in power will do what the financial markets, the major corporates and the International Monetary Fund say. That is why the burden of the economic crisis of capitalism is imposed on ordinary people with wage cuts, lower pensions, unemployment and the loss of vital services.

So we should create a new political and economic system, one that is actually responsive to the needs of the majority and not the minority whose only interests are profits and large bonuses.

People’s Assemblies are the new shape of democracy, and the vehicle for going forward to the stage of challenging the authority of governments to bring ruin on people and, ultimately, replacing them and the system they serve.

Inspired by the Arab Spring and the mass actions in Spain and Greece, people throughout the world have joined occupations, marches, assemblies, protests and other actions against austerity and oppressive regimes from Moscow to Damascus.

They are united by a common desire to create a fairer, sustainable society. But the existing political system is a barrier to future human progress. People’s Assemblies are the vehicle for taking this movement forward to real democracy now. (from a world to win website click link to find out mare)

More Info:

Peoples assembly network
A world to win
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