απὀ Yavor Tarinski
«Σκεφτείτε απλά πως η παλιά ιεραρχία προσπαθεί συνεχώς να βρει ποιος είναι ο καλύτερος ανάμεσά μας… και πιστεύω πως αυτό είναι κακή ιδέα. Δεν είναι οι καλύτεροι, οι σπουδαιότεροι αλλά οι διαφορετικοί που είναι όμορφοι. Δεν θέλω να δω αν κάποιος είναι καλύτερος ή όχι καλύτερος από εμένα: θέλω να μάθω αν κάτι είναι διαφορετικό. Αυτό από την δική μου οπτική είναι αυτό που αποκαλούμε δημοκρατική παιδεία»
Yaacov Hecht
Η επίτευξη μιας συνολικής κοινωνικής αλλαγής απαιτεί ριζική αλλαγή των πάντων. Συχνά όμως το ξεχνάμε αυτό και τα επαναστατικά κινήματα εστιάζουν σε ορισμένες πλευρές της ζωής, όπως η «φετιχοποίηση» της οικονομίας. Υπάρχουν πολλοί λόγοι για αυτό, και ένας από αυτούς είναι η παιδεία. Continue reading “Εκδημοκρατίζοντας την παιδεία”
The commons offers a framework and a process for effectively and equitably stewarding of the resources communities need to live in dignity. If we have a collective right to a resource, we should be able to participate in decisions about that resource’s use.[…] So what about this for a radical idea: let people participate in the decisions that most directly affect their everyday lives.
Thatcher ve Reagan’ın retoriği açısından ciddi anlamda değişen bir şey yok (birkaç büyük teşebbüsün resmi mülkiyetinin el değiştirmesi devletle olan bağlarını illa ki değiştirmiyor), büyük firmaların bürokratik yapısı aynı kaldı [ve] milli üretimin yarıdan fazlası bir şekilde kamu sektöründen (devlet, yerel yönetim organizasyonları, sosyal güvenlik) geçiyor; … nihai milli harcamaya giren mal ve hizmetlerin fiyatının yarısı ila üçte ikisi şu ya da bu şekilde sabitleniyor, regüle ediliyor, kontrol ediliyor veya devlet politikalarının etkisiyle belirleniyor ve bu geri çevrilebilir bir durum değil (Thatcher ve Reagan’ın on yılı bu konuda hiçbir kaydadeğer değişiklik getirmedi).
[T]he rhetoric of Thatcher and of Reagan has changed nothing of importance (the change in formal ownership of a few large enterprises does not essentially alter their relation to the State), . . . the bureaucratic structure of the large firm remains intact [and] half of the national product transits the public sector in one way or another (State, local governmental organizations, Social Security); . . . between half and two-thirds of the price of goods and services entering into the final national expenditure are in one way or another fixed, regulated, controlled, or influenced by State policy, and . . . the situation is irreversible (ten years of Thatcher and Reagan made no essential changes therein).
La révolution n’est pas « montrer » la vie aux gens, mais les faire vivre. Une organisation révolutionnaire est obligée de rappeler à tout moment que son but n’est pas de faire entendre à ses adhérents les discours convaincants de leaders experts, mais de les faire parler eux-mêmes, pour parvenir, ou à tout le moins tendre, au même degré de participation.
Nous sommes conditionnés de fait par le contexte dans lequel nous vivons, mais nous sommes aussi les créateurs de nos constructions politiques et sociales et nous pouvons les changer si nous sommes suffisamment déterminés. [1]
Despite many international meetings, dealing with every subject from biodiversity to climate change, the national political elites have found it impossible to come to meaningful agreements to deal with the environmental crisis. […] There is no avoiding imagining new and different scenarios than the status quo. Surely another world is possible.
Автор: Явор Тарински
Por Yavor Tarinski