Radical Democracy

Decision Making

In recent decades, we have got used to a very weak form of democracy, where we do not have any decision making power over our labour or resources. Our economy is determined by what is most profitable and will increase the riches of a tiny minority, rather than meeting the needs of ordinary people, and addressing the crises we face.

We believe we need to radically upgrade our democracy so we can actually meet the challenging times we’re in with wisdom and collaboration. 

We think this is about both who makes decisions and how they are made. We are working on projects that seek to bring decision making power into the hands of communities, using processes that integrate what is important to everyone for win-win decisions, rather than using voting or other systems where some people win and others lose.