Dear Sir,Madame,friends I am looking for an initiator here who has initiated a movement or struggle against any ill ideologies of society in his or her location. I am interested in knowing the porblems,method to trackle those problems, and how to draw the crowd's interest in the problem. If you could tell,I will be blessed. I am B tech Civil engineering student and am looking forward for an initiation to implement direct democracy and participatory economy in my Village.My location is India,in…

In this blog, I report on the results of the Preconditions for the IOPS Founding Convention poll, and share my own personal views on the results. A quick resume of the results: In one year – april 2014 – we shall decide where, when and how we will have our international founding convention. This was one of the two clear results we got out of this poll. The other one was that we're enough online members to proceed. So, it's time to prepare we lack, not number of online members. Furthermore,…

Dear friends, This is a callout for assistance and feedback.  The Left Forum is happening again in New York at Pace University June 7-9.  I want to organize a panel or a series of panels related to IOPS.  Thousands of people potentially receptive to the IOPS vision will be in attendance.  This seems like a perfect opportunity for us to reach out to a receptive audience and have a public discussion about where IOPS is headed and why more people need to get involved.  There…

A difficult dispute divides some libertarians who advocate "from each according to ability; to each according to need" and other libertarians who advocate participatory economics but reject the idea of "from each to each." Can we clarify or even resolve this difference?Although the famous oft repeated phrase traces to various possible origins, I think the main political/social point of reference was Marx in this passage (but to my knowledge not repeated by him anywhere else):    "In…

Hi to all IOPS member. This post raises the question on definition of minority and also what cares to be taken or some modifications,which ensure minority doesnt exists!  There is a question, which everyone questions on Consensus democracy(direct democracy format) when it see itself as a replacement of representative type democracy. What is the definition of minority here. A religion,whose idol and religion books are not read by others? A race which has skin or face difference? A culture whose…

What if You... Asked your State and Federal Politicians to PROVE THEIR AUTHORITY? Q: What is the definition of Society?A: A group of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate determine and act towards a common goal. Q: What is the definition of Agreed?A: To grant Consent or Assent. Q: What is the definition of Consent?A: To agree; A concurrence of wills; Express Consent is that directly given either viva voice or written; Implied Consent is that manifested by signs,…

« Organisation de collectivités : Théorie et pratique/ Community Organizing : The Theory & The Practice »   April 12-13, 2013 à Antigone Librairie-Bibliothèque-Café 22, rue des Violettes 38000 Grenoble Tram C, arrêts "Vallier-Catane" ou "Dr Calmette" Bus 32 arrêt "champs elysées" Bus 26 arrêt "Vallier Catane"   Organized by   Francis Feeley, Professor of American Studies, The University of Grenoble…

Last week I gave a presentation on Participatory Economics to an audience in Nottingham. I was invited by the Cafe Economique, a discussion group who hold regular events and talks around political and economic issues. Some of the members of the group are also interim IOPS members. Participatory Economics, or Parecon, is an economic model that describes how workers and consumers can plan an economy co-operatively, fairly and efficiently, as an alternative to markets and command planning. In my presentation…

Hi everyone - There is a debate taking place that I thought IOPS members might be interested in around the question - How do we build global unions? The debate is being hosted by the New Unionism Network. I have written a short contribution call - Global Unionism: The Parecon Model I have copied my paper in here (see below) for members to read.  However, it probably makes more sense for members who want to comment on any of the contributions to do so at the NUN site.  Thanks!   …