Direct Democracy and the Abolition of Political Parties

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“As Bookchin writes, a “political party” is normally a structured hierarchy, fleshed out by a membership that functions in a top-down manner. It is a miniature state, ...Indeed, every party has its roots in the state, not in the citizenry. ..."

https://www.trise.net/2026/06/10/bookchin-and-the-legacy-of-direct-democracy/

Bookchin and the Legacy of Direct Democracy - Transnational Institute of Social Ecology

Written by Yavor Tarinski. Cross-posted from Social Ecology & Communalism Workshop. [Murray Bookchin] was a true son of the Enlightenment in his respect for clear thought and moral responsibility and in his honest, uncompromising search for a realistic hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin[1] With the fall of the Soviet Union, but also with the continuous […]

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