Self-organization and internal democracy

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

THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS by Jo Freeman aka Joreen [1]

Berit As: Master suppression techniques [2]

Extracts from: The dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracy [3]