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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 09:00 Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 September 2010 09:27 Written by Jason Chrysostomou

a wiki-style site that "consists of user-generated articles which describe and assess participatory governance throughout the world."

A page for Z Communications:. http://www.participedia.net/wiki/Z_Communications

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Decision Making Structure of PPS-UK Proposal

Sunday, 29 August 2010 15:20 Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 15:26 Written by Jason Chrysostomou

Self-management is one of the fundamental values to those organising around participatory society. The nested council structure proposed in par-polity and in par-economics is a model that facilitates self-management, so those affected by decisions can influence them. It also encourages participation as those at the root level participate in discussions, vote and propose policy.

How can we best structure ourselves now according to self-management given the number of participants we have and their level of commitment?

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PPS-UK: Redesigning Our Sign-up System

Sunday, 15 August 2010 13:37 Last Updated on Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:41 Written by Mark Evans

Being part of a local / regional chapter is one of the ways in which members of PPS-UK can get involved in organising for a participatory society in the United Kingdom.  However, at the moment when people sign-up to PPS-UK they do not automatically get put into a chapter.  Instead they are required to use their own initiative to join an existing regional / local chapter or set-up a new chapter for the geographical area for where they live.  If they do not take such an initiative (as most existing members have not) we end up with two categories of members - 1. Those who have taken the initiative to set-up or join a local / regional chapter (what we might call “active members”)2. Those who join PPS-UK but don’t set-up or join a local / regional chapter (what we might call “sleeping members”)Although this “sleeping” / “active” distinction within PPS-UK membership is probably understandable in many cases - due to personal circumstances, levels of commitment, etc. and even, in my opinion, predictable to some extent - it is still undesirable and as an organisation committed to participation we should try to overcome it.  We should design our website in such a way that any such distinction is minimized.  Basically this means that we try to make networking between members as easy as possible and with it participation within the organization.

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Chavez-Santos Summit in Colombia: UNASUR-brokered peace breaks out

Sunday, 15 August 2010 11:32 Last Updated on Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:32 Written by Mark Evans

By Francisco Dominguez
Secretary Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

The already bad relations between Venezuela and Colombia took a turn for the worse after the accusations made by the outgoing Uribe government's OAS representative, Luis Hoyos, who charged the Venezuelan government with harbouring Colombian guerrillas (1,500) and allowing guerrilla camps (85) inside its territory. The "evidence" - which has been pretty discredited - for this batch of accusations -as with previous ones- also came from the eight 'magical laptops' seized by Colombian military forces in an illegal military attack in March 1, 2009.
 

South of the Border

Thursday, 22 July 2010 14:40 Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 15:00 Written by Mark Evans

VSC SPECIAL SOUTH OF THE BORDER UPDATE
 
21 JULY 2010
1)       NEWS: Oliver Stone Sets the Record Straight on BBC Today Programme
2)       NEWS; Oliver Stone on BBC Breakfast
3)       NEWS: Successful Premiere of South of the Border/ Showing in Parliament
4)       ACTION: South of the Border: How You Can Help!
5)       MEDIA ANALYSIS: Mark Weisbrot Reviews the Reviewers/ VSC Blog on Media Misrepresentation
1)       Oliver Stone Sets the Record Straight on BBC Today Programme
 
Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb this morning, Oliver Stone said he hoped his new film would "redresses an imbalance" in the US approach to Venezuela and South America, which was experiencing a "social transformation, adding that “these people all want independence from the US, and they would like to keep the resources of their country for the benefit of the majority of their people." You can listen to the interview here .

 

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