‘Re-Imagine Democracy - towards a Citizens Convention on the Constitution’

‘Re-Imagine Democracy - towards a Citizens Convention on the Constitution’ Jointly called by Assemblies for Democracy & Occupy Democracy Saturday, 14 November 2015 from 10:45 to 16:30 (GMT) London, United Kingdom

Jointly called by Assemblies for Democracy & Occupy Democracy
at the Runnymede Festival for Democracy on the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta

With John McDonnell MP, Labour shadow chancellor
Natalie Bennett, leader Green Party

& Liz Davies, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers executive

Stuart White, openDemocracy

John Hendy QC, Institute of Employment Rights

Speakers from Occupy Democracy, Agreement of the People and others

A hunger for democratic change is sweeping the UK, expressed in last year’s independence referendum in Scotland and in the wave of enthusiasm for renewal generated by Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning campaign.

But Britain’s piecemeal constitution is broken beyond repair. We live under a vanishing democracy subverted by corporate power. The state has abolished a range of human and social rights and now they’re coming for the trade unions.

So we need a new constitution as a framework for a real democracy. A Citizens Convention on the Constitution is a first step on the road to bringing power closer to the people.

Break-outs on:

·         How can we address our democratic deficit?

·         Austerity, corporate power and finance as democratic issues

·         Beyond the “dis-united kingdom” – federalism, independence & other models

·         Refugees, migration & democracy 

·         Ecology, climate change and democracy

·         Republicanism: a way forward?

·         Human/trade union rights and democracy

·         The European Union and democracy - are they compatible? 

·         Beyond representation: direct/participatory democracy

Supported by Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, A World to Win, openDemocracy

Unlock Democracy, Involve, Agreement of the People, Republican Socialist Alliance

Oxford Democracy Builders, NatCAN 

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Waterloo Action Centre (doors open 10.00am )
14 Baylis Road
SE1 7AA London
United Kingdom

Saturday, 14 November 2015 from 10:45 to 16:30 (GMT)
Details here

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