sounds about right!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Mark Barrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Having met with local colleagues yesterday, I want to draw together some of what has emerged from picnics, meetings and discussions on lists and elsewhere. Do people agree with the tenor of this? If so, I will draw up a brief leaflet including these points for distribution. </div>
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<div>The short/medium term aims of CRD are to : </div>
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<div>(1) link different individuals and groups working at the local level around the concept of real democracy</div>
<div>(2) promote real democracy as equality via horizontal, inclusive consensus-decision making, in groups & starting at the neighbourhood level</div>
<div>(3) encourage groups to connect for an alternative, democratic society locally, nationally and internationally</div>
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<div>The strategy (so far identified) to make this happen is to offer advice / support / encouragement / materials to individuals and groups to start CRD cells in local boroughs, wards, neighbourhoods (here and ideally also abroad). </div>
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<div>Presumably by: </div>
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<div>(1) connecting with like-minds in local area, whether by advertising for a new group or via already organised groups such as Transition Towns, NO2ID, LA21, Community Development Network, Housing Co-ops, Residents/Tenants Associations, anti-tescos campaigns or other</div>
<div>(2) focusing on council run meetings operating at the smallest (ie ward or, as in my case three ward) level and developing the group as a strategic challenge to the non-democratic structure of the council run meetings </div>
<div>(3) local independent meetings as CRD/ CRD aligned groups</div>
<div>(4) considering in the medium term the possibility of decentralised simultaneous actions - eg militant picnics at town halls - to raise awareness, recruit and get positive media coverage..</div>
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<div>And at the London/wider level we also have the possibilities of :</div>
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<div>(1) taking up the offer of a regular monthly CRD slot at the Peace not War sessions at Dalston's Passing Clouds, as a way of sharing info, spreading campaign literature and connecting with the wider public</div>
<div>(2) developing regular CRD meetings and strategic partnerships (with members of the 21st Century Network (<a href="http://www.meetup.com/21stcenturynetwork" target="_blank">www.meetup.com/21stcenturynetwork</a> see for example meeting on Dec 2nd ), the Community Sector Coalition <a href="http://www.communitysectorcoalition.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.communitysectorcoalition.org.uk/</a> Peace not War <a href="http://www.peace.fm/" target="_blank">www.peace.fm</a> and possibly others such as NCIA, Transition Towns, Climate Camp and others. </div>
<div>(3) using the web / live streaming / other tech possibilities for meetings </div>
<div>(4) more picnics! </div>
<div>(5) connecting with other groups nationally and internationally on line to see if they would like to join forces under the same banner </div>
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<div>What do people think? good, bad, indifferent? are people up for doing it / getting involved? any other ideas? </div>
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<div>Mark </div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br><br><br><br>James Holland <br>