<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><a href="http://realdemocracymovement.org/the-power-and-the-potential-of-the-social-movement-behind-corbyn/">http://realdemocracymovement.org/the-power-and-the-potential-of-the-social-movement-behind-corbyn/</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'The cause of this lies deeper still, in the subjugation of democracy by the corporations and the financial institutions. Sovereignty lies not with Parliament but with extra-parliamentary forces that dictate to nation states and their institutions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is the essence of the crisis of democracy which is ultimately pushing the Corbyn phenomena. So it’s heartening that in a statement as voting began, Corbyn pledged to ‘extend democracy across Britain’, including a commitment to a ‘radical overhaul of the constitution’. He said:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We will support radical devolution of power to local councils, regions and nations, in consultation with party members and local people; replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber; end the ‘revolving door’ corporate grip on politics and the civil service; and create a new role for citizens’ assemblies in shaping political accountability for the future.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We will give people a real say in their local communities, through democratic participation in budgeting, online democracy and control of local services; full transparency in public decision-making and contracts with private companies; and a citizens’ right to challenge the outsourcing and privatisation of local services through referendums.”'</span></p><div></div></body></html>