Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Bachelorette Catchy Phrases

Participatory Democracy, Arles sauce ... Stand

Among the thousand and one uses trinkets capitalist democracy to believe that elected officials derive their legitimacy (and serve) the sovereign people, the most popular are the Sustainable Development and Participatory Democracy . While it is obvious that political leaders consider financial markets as their main sponsors (we saw with the pension reform will be discussed soon with the safety), the only ones they have real accountability, stirred before the people empty concepts, but allow it to still believe (some) control of the situation.

Just read in the last newspaper propaganda City ( Arles Info No. 149 - February 2011), article entitled giving citizens a voice to be convinced. There are IQC, a council of elders (wise, hugh! ...), a youth council ... Everything is for the best in the brave new world democratic Arles ...

But ... CIQ's work around the elect "... but ... the councils of elders, or young, are not elected by the people ... and work on subjects' "proposed by the mayor." There is no better coach to speak. A confession is in the text: "The challenge is to build a team Youth Representative Arles ...». And who decides this representativeness? The answer is in the quotes above ... When the subjects discussed ... "We are studying how to revitalize historic buildings so that tourists stay longer ..." vast and exciting program ... of great interest to workers in a city that pauperizes ... And the mayor is holding the whistle announcing the end of recess: "It is always good that people are informed about issues and sometimes the complexity of cases. Then everyone stays in his role." Finally the sincerity!

The participatory democracy is to politics what the Toyotaism is the modern enterprise. IQC is equivalent to the "quality circle". These give the illusion of power from the workshop (this is a very popular word of those who have never worked ...) but this power is truncated because beyond speech, it is always the same ones who have the final cut . We recommend that the municipal team to engage in the participatory budget (as advocated by the revolutionaries rabbit skin) to stage even more cynical l'enfûmage... Décidons tous ensemble quel trottoir doit être restauré ! mais laissons à monsieur le maire ses Ateliers, pour y développer sa tour d'aluminium et transformer Arles en bronze-cul culturel, avec ses vrais amis (voir en dernière page du même mensuel l'article "tête de... réseau", éloge d'un huissier sympa... et légèrement patronal)...

Que tout change pour que rien ne change ! Voilà la Démocratie participative...

Les communistes libertaires ne peuvent cautionner ces mascarades, et appellent à créer et à développer de vrais contre-pouvoirs : des CIQ, des conseils de sages et de jeunes, why not? but independent powers, giving himself means shares to their demands, social, cultural, to create an alternative the company is profit, and authorities who protect it. Examples exist, such as AG Nimes, or at Sete, Montpellier, Ales, Poitiers, Chambery, etc.. All this is admittedly embryonic, but shows the way forward.

For new practices at the base, which would allow the expression and organization of the revolt, we could all together and respecting our diversities, the emergence of a new consciousness of our strength, which would refer Participatory Democracy sauce liberal or social democrat, in the dustbin of non-recyclable waste.

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