[Campaignforrealdemocracy] R: [Cittastudi] [international_students_movement] Greetings from Project 2012 to International Students Movement!

[Mark Barrett]

thanks for the info fra. must have been put on there during G20 as the site
was getting a lot of hits. will let people know when the virus gets removed.
mark

2009/7/15 strega_mezzelfa at libero.it <strega_mezzelfa at libero.it>

> keep attention: i found a trojan virus on the second site, newsov.org.
>
> by the way, thanks a lot for the proposals.
>
> have a nice fight.
>
> frà
>
> ---------------------------
>
> italiani, attenzione: ho trovato un trojan nel secondo sito che lui ha
> citato, newsev.org. vi avviso, non si sa mai!
>
> ciao a tutti e buona lotta
>
> frà
>
> ----Messaggio originale----
> Da: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
> Data: 14/07/2009 23.34
> A: <international_students_movement at lists.riseup.net>, <
> campaignforrealdemocracy at lists.aktivix.org>, <project2012 at googlegroups.com
> >
> Ogg: [Cittastudi] [international_students_movement] Greetings from Project
> 2012 to International Students Movement!
>
> Dear International Students Movement!
>
> This is  just a quick note to introduce you to "Project 2012" and the
> Campaign for Real Democracy (CRD); which are about building a strong,
> effective coalition for democracy and civil rights in the UK, EU
> and beyond between now and 2012.
>
> Today I was happy to hear from one of your group, Mo, about your plans for
> a global action in November for emancipatory and free education for
> all. Personally, I am very interested in how local, consensus based
> democracy here in the UK can bring about an educational and political shift
> in modern society. As I said to Mo today, I am a believer in the African
> proverb that says "it takes a village to bring up a child" and would like to
> see each community take control of its own affairs, responsibly, and for its
> members to start looking after each other and the environment. There is no
> reason why a different political economy, and a different kind of
> productivity cannot take shape with an emphasis on community structures,
> and, in a sense, each local area being a democratic school for people of all
> ages. Is there a possibility for unity between our groups on these terms?
> Surely there must be!
>
> Our concern is, effectively, how to build a movement for Zapatistan, ie
> bottom up, local and **really** democratic, political economy or
> constitution (here in the UK and elsewhere..). Our core belief is about the
> need for democratic control of resources - where we live, where we work,
> where we study, and of course in other institutions too. With this principle
> in mind we are investigating and debating ideas about how to nationalise and
> then decentralise public services such as LVT or Land Value Taxation (as a
> means to socialise land values, ie economic rent, and remove
> other, regressive taxes on productivity), debt/mortgage cancellation,
> monetary reform (democratically owned banks and power of public credit)
> while ensuring at the same time that a movement that embraces genuinely
> democratic processes (such as those practiced, for example by Climate Camp)
> emerges with these kinds of ends in sight. At the same time we have been
> considering what a post-capitalist political economy might  look like in
> terms of what Marx called superstructure. Following this we have focused -
> through ongoing debate and consideration - on the need for land and
> buildings to be collectively owned at the local level, and for the linked
> reconstitution of capitalist society so these peoples' buildings and
> collectively owned landscapes can operate effectively as local parliaments,
> banks and welfare/benefits distributors. There is no reason why this
> thinking should not extend to education, indeed it must if we are to be
> effective. So, I would welcome you to contribute your ideas (on what free,
> emancipatory education means to you) to the Project 2012 discussions
> (see google group below) so we can learn from one another and hopefully
> create a strong movement for an ecological, direct democratic and community
> focused society; one in which ideals are recast so that everyone everywhere
> can be a liberated student, planetary citizen, and  worker too.
>
> More info on Project 2012 and our new, Campaign for Real Democracy (CRD)
> project can be found at http://groups.google.co.uk/group/project2012 and
> www.newsov.org There is also some background info in a 2006 statement made
> by some of us on the need for a "Campaign for a 21st Century Constitution"
> (or C421) at http://www.peopleincommon.org/C421.html
>
> Maybe some of your members will be interested to make links with us; as I
> am sure some of our members will wish to do so with you.
>
> Best wishes
> Mark Barrett
>
>
>
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