Beyond Capitalist Society - Pat Devine

November 13, 2013 18:00

Published: November 11, 2013 16:38 by Ian H |

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Free talk by

Pat Devine,

Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester

'Beyond Capitalist Society: Democracy, Social Ownership, and Participatory Planning'

Capitalism isn't working. Top-down Soviet Style planning didn't work either. Another world is possible, but how might it be organised? This talk will outline one possible architecture for a socially just, ecologically sustainable society: a political system based on representative democracy and the self-governing associations of civil society; an economy based on social ownership, defined as ownership by those affected by the use of the productive assets involved; and a layered system of bottom-up participatory planning at local, regional, national and global levels.

All are welcome.

 

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Pat Devine - flyer

Contact email: EastMidlands@wea.org.uk

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