(en) Forum on Direct Democracy - February 2013 Samedi16 10h to 17h30 By Ucl Collectif de Montreal (fr)

Location: 2040 Rue Alexandre-Deseve Centre Alexander Deseve ---- followed by a party at 
DIRA to 20h ---- Event Description ---- The Libertarian Communist Union (UCL) wishes to 
invite you to a Public Forum that will focus on direct democracy. We offer a wide space 
for reflection to share and think freely about experiences of collective power that have 
been experienced, particularly in the context of social turmoil surrounding the student 
strike. In recent months, many-Artists are those who have lived and experienced a new 
approach to organizing and collective decision making. We believe it is time to look back 
on these experiences to fuel our visions for the construction of a comprehensive proposal 
on the issue of power. ---- This event will be an opportunity to address the criticisms of 
the current democratic structures and to reflect on experiences in activist circles.

We also hope to have the opportunity to understand these issues through a reflection on 
direct democracy as a mode of organization of an entire society.

The day will take the form of an open forum. To provide food for thought and stimulate 
discussion, we will produce a list of reflection. To this end, we invite your 
participation in the drafting.

CALL TEXT

We want to gather a list of texts in reflection of up to 100 pages. To fill, we need a lot 
of texts, including yours! The aim is to gather thoughts, suggestions and experiences to 
facilitate the sharing at the forum.

Texts can take various forms. For example, there may be an essay, a presentation type of 
journalism, a fiction or a more academic style text. Poems and pictures are also welcome. 
If it is a reflective long it is preferable that it be based on concrete examples of 
events experienced rather than imaginary scenarios.

The texts should be between 200 and 2000 words. To facilitate the installation 
specifications, we also thank you kindly send your texts. Doc format (Word or Open Office) 
recorded the title text and well put your name at the beginning of the document if you 
want it published. We also ask you to preface your text a short abstract (100 words + 
or-). The deadline is December 15, 2012 at midnight. Thank you to send your documents to 
the following address: ucl@causecommune.net

The text will be inserted into the book thinking that will be distributed over the 
Internet in PDF and printed for February 16. If you wish, you can also publish your text 
in anonymity. Simply specify in your email when sending. If you are also interested es to 
submit your thoughts through an oral presentation, please let us know.

FORUM SCHEDULE

10:00 a.m. to 12:00: Critique of current forms of democracy
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break: Distribution of food (vegetarian and omnivorous) 
voluntary contribution to
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Experiences of direct democracy. Workshop choices
A) Democracy in the spring maple (Autonomous Popular Assemblies, affinity groups, student 
movement)
B) Democracy in associative structures (trade unions, community groups, cooperative movement)
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Direct Democracy, a project of society?
20h: Party at DIRA

WELCOME TO ALL AND TO ALL!

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For more information:

http://nefacmtl.blogspot.ca/2012/11/forum-sur-la-democratie-directe-samedi.html

http://www.causecommune.net/