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Proposal to renew democracy attracts interest.
A discussion space for:
People's proposal to renew democracy (request for comments 2)
has been set up in Democr@cy Forum http://www.democracyforum.net
You can read the original text of the proposal by going to our new front
page http://www.democracyforum.net and clicking on a button in the top
right hand corner, or go directly to
http://www.peoplesproposal.democracyforum.net/
Some early responses to People's proposal/rfc2 have already arrived, for
instance
"your proposal puts all crucial points into a nutshell. I completely
agree with this proposal."
Dr. Christian Welzel, The Science Centre, Berlin FRG
"I agree with what you are proposing. (...) The issues are v relevant to
my work on nuclear waste where any management solution is now generally
agreed only likely to work if it has maximum public support with any local
community finding itself chosen, having the right to a referendum to reject
that."
Jamie Woolley, Lawyer, Great Britain.
... "I have copied this response, along with your message to Gordon James,
FoE Cymru's Head of Campaigns."
Julian Rosser, Friends of the Earth, Wales
NEWS ITEMS
- In May 99 I sent a first version of the proposal to a group of people
across the world whom I know are interested in democracy. I collected the
replies - most of them are to be found in WWW at
http://www.snafu.de/~mjm/reform.html (rfc/People's proposal to renew
democracy).
- A short version of the proposal has been published in print in Worldwide
Direct Democracy Newsletter Vol.1 (No.2) June 1999. Available from Movement
for Direct Democracy, P.O.Box 38, 149 00 Prague 415, Czech Republic
fax: Czech Republic, 2-791 79 69 mailto:[log in to unmask] or
mailto:[log in to unmask] (Volume 1 No 1 is interesting, too.)
Sincerely,
Michael Macpherson
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