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SELF-ORGANIZATION AND INTERNAL DEMOCRACY IN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND PARTIES
PART I.
1. Class, self-organization and party in the classics
- References to Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky
Resolution 12th CM - Socialist Democracy 1985 
2 . History of the workers' movement
2.1. Self-organization in the revolutionary phases
  - The Paris Commune
  - The Soviets
  - The Spanish revolution
2.2. Self-organization as a tool of class struggle in non-revolutionary periods
  - Mutualism in Europe at the dawn of the workers' movement (late 18th century, early 19th century)
  - German model versus French-Italian model
PART II.
3. Direct and indirect democracy
- Limits of representative democracy
- What is direct democracy?
3.1 Tradition and actuality of direct democracy in Latin America
    - indigenous communities Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru,...
    - Zapatistas
    - Landless Movement in Brazil
    - Piqueter@s and recuperated companies in Argentina
3.2 Feminist critique of hierarchical and patriarchal organization
Democracy is not only a question of rules. Alternative models
Experiences of the World March of Women
New feminist wave
- horizontality - role and power of the assembly - consensus method
- absence of a leader
- refusal of representation
- inclusiveness
PART III.
4. The role of the revolutionary party
- political program
- political" and "social" divide. Avant-garde shortcuts. Electoralism.
- an example of socio-political subjectivation: the GKN's mutual aid society
5. Internal democracy within the party
- democratic centralism
- natural" functioning mechanisms
- compensatory mechanisms
Extracts from: The dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracy [https://4edu.info/images/1/1e/16_extracts.rtf]
THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS by Jo Freeman aka Joreen [https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm]
THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS by Jo Freeman aka Joreen [https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm]
Berit As: Master suppression techniques [https://4edu.info/images/9/92/Master_suppression_techniques.doc]

Latest revision as of 13:23, 4 December 2022

SELF-ORGANIZATION AND INTERNAL DEMOCRACY IN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND PARTIES

PART I. 1. Class, self-organization and party in the classics

- References to Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky

Resolution 12th CM - Socialist Democracy 1985


2 . History of the workers' movement

2.1. Self-organization in the revolutionary phases

 - The Paris Commune
 - The Soviets
 - The Spanish revolution


2.2. Self-organization as a tool of class struggle in non-revolutionary periods

 - Mutualism in Europe at the dawn of the workers' movement (late 18th century, early 19th century)
 - German model versus French-Italian model


PART II.

3. Direct and indirect democracy

- Limits of representative democracy

- What is direct democracy?

3.1 Tradition and actuality of direct democracy in Latin America

    - indigenous communities Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru,...
    - Zapatistas


    - Landless Movement in Brazil
    - Piqueter@s and recuperated companies in Argentina


3.2 Feminist critique of hierarchical and patriarchal organization

Democracy is not only a question of rules. Alternative models

Experiences of the World March of Women

New feminist wave

- horizontality - role and power of the assembly - consensus method

- absence of a leader

- refusal of representation

- inclusiveness

PART III.


4. The role of the revolutionary party

- political program

- political" and "social" divide. Avant-garde shortcuts. Electoralism.

- an example of socio-political subjectivation: the GKN's mutual aid society


5. Internal democracy within the party

- democratic centralism

- natural" functioning mechanisms

- compensatory mechanisms


Extracts from: The dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracy [1]

THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS by Jo Freeman aka Joreen [2]

Berit As: Master suppression techniques [3]