<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;"><b>DEMlab
BCN: democracy laboratory</b></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.56cm;" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3">In
response to the improbable productivist « innovation » proposed by
political leaders of all stripes as a solution to the crisis, Spanish
youth are mobilising for major social innovation in a break
with capitalism. The way forward may still be vague, but the
point of departure is clear: a radical renewal of ‘actually-existing’
democracy, where utilitarianism is the basic principle,
democracy is for the rich and breeds corruption, social exclusion ,
destruction of the environment, democracy with all its green, pink,
security and magic solutions, all with technological answers as a way
out of the impasse in order to ”securely” return to business as
usual.
These young people have a very different reading of the
world and of the fundamental crisis of civilization we are going
through. Undoubtedly as surprised as anyone by the massive - and
intergenerational - response to their call, they are now faced with
writing a new page of history, nothing less. But they do have at
least one important asset: unemcumbered by ties, they have
demonstrated their capacity for initiative and innovation and their
inherent desire to create. And you? and me? and all the rest of us?
Where are we?</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.56cm;" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3">Alain
Ambrosi</font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.56cm;" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3">Impressions
recorded on my mobile Plaza Catalunya de Barcelona from May 16 to 20
and edited by Daniel Torrico. </font></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.56cm;" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3"></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">(</span></font></font></font> DEMlab refers to the multiple "<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_lab" target="_blank">livinglabs</a>", "fablabs", "citilabs" and now a "mandalab"in </span></font></font></font>Montreal which are citizen-centered innovation spaces with NTIC)</p>
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