Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Pots, Pans and Other Solutions

In Iceland, the first European country to wake up to an economic crash, people became conscience they could and should intervene in society and started demanding more democratic participation.
The payment of bank debts by citizens went to referendum. The government was required to appoint and fund a Council to draft a new constitution: it is a citizens' group - without politicians, lawyers or university professors, they allowed the participation of all stakeholders in the procedure and succeeded on consensually approving a proposal for a new text.
Today, in Iceland, citizens are organized in associations and have substantial proposals for a society where everyone can participate.
Let's meet the Icelanders that the media refuse to talk about.
http://potspansdocumentary.wordpress.com/

Still hype averse 25 years on: Public Enemy on being "the security of the hip-hop party"

It's 25 years since Public Enemy dropped their debut record Yo! Bum Rush the Show and to mark the anniversary they're currently preparing two new albums, Most Of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp and The Evil Empire Of Everything. Here, Chuck D and Flavor Flav tell us about staying politically aware on tour and share their advice for life in typically righteous fashion.
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