We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, February 11, 2013

The factory of Vio.Me starts production under workers’ control! [Greece]

Click here to access article by Open Solidarity Initiative from Vio. Me (Greece).
(Note: I could find no information on "Open Solidarity Initiative". There seems to be a number of this "initiatives" based in various areas of the world.)

Greek workers in Thessaloniki have decided not to wait for ruling class leaders to solve the disastrous economic problems that they created, but to take initiative to solve their immediate problems of unemployment and lack of production for social use. This article tells some of that story. Also, see this and this.
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