We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, April 14, 2013

The 6th Subversive Festival, "The Utopia of Democracy", Zagreb, May 4-18, 2013

Click here to access article from the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt.

I'm posting this announcement of a two week conference because there appears to be some solid "subversive" guests participating who will explore answers to some fundamental and critical questions:
What is actually un-democratic in systems that call themselves democracies, and how does one build a true democracy ? Is democracy an unattainable or an achievable utopia ? Is this utopian inspiration a prerequisite for any emancipatory struggle ?
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