roarmag - Assemblies emerging in Turkey: a lesson in democracy By Jerome Roos On June 19, 2013 #wearegezi http://t.co/lUOXMBf5cl
June 20, 2013
Assemblies emerging in Turkey: a lesson in democracy
The protesters are starting to counter-pose their own direct democracy to the sham of a democracy proposed by Erdogan's authoritarian neoliberal state. Something quite amazing is happening in Istanbul. In addition to the silent " standing man" actions around the country, people's assemblies are slowly starting to emerge in different neighborhoods across the city.
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