Paul Feldman introduced the workshop: Agreement of the People: 2/4/2015

London Working Group Notes: Agreement of the People

Analysis of the State

• Force for good
• Force for oppression/exclusion

Reclaim common resources

• Individual choice to become agents of change
• “vote” every day
• behaviour towards each other: consumer: citizenship: producers

Historical precedent important

New chapter on meaning of democracy

• Reinvent the way we are ruled
• Leadership roles delegated – serve collective will – ego left at door

Strategies/frameworks

Define what we need to be free of

Work together in assemblies

Bring power closer to the people