Re: Consensus changing the world | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Racheli Gai (rachelisonoracohousing.com) | |
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:46:57 -0700 (PDT) |
I regularly describe myself as an anarchist (as well as a feminist, …) I guess people need to question all portrayals that comes through mainstream media, or through any structure that depends on hierarchical assumptions. Racheli, Tucson. On Oct 17, 2011, at 5:39 AM, Madeline Nelson wrote: > > Moz got it right-- consensus goes way back in anarchist-based and > anarchist-influenced social change groups, as well as any that have been > influenced by Quakers (so, peace groups), who have used and taught > facilitation and consensus since at least the 1970s. Rather than dating it to > 15th May of this year, you may want to look to the Spanish Civil War, one of > the few times in history when anarchism came out of the closet and rose to > great popularity. The spokes model was developed by these anarchists in the > 1930s. I love that anarchism is having a chance shine, though most of us > still hesitate to say the word and even at OWS you will hear people blame > anything that goes wrong (mainly police violence) on the "stupid anarchists". > Nonetheless, a number of long-time anarchists who seldom say the word are > getting a chance to own that label proudly. > > In a conversation with a group of younger anarchists, I talked about liberal > trends that I see as in tune with the better world we all want to see, > including transition towns and co-housing. They were skeptical, but much > encouraged to learn that co-housing generally uses a consensus-based model. > > Madeline > > >> >> Hi- >> >> As I understand it, the Occupy Wall Street movement derived its consensus >> rules from the 15th May movement that started in Spain this year. My >> Spanish is not great, but it looks to me as if they were using a very >> similar form of consensus in Spain almost from the get-go. >> >> -Jessie Handforth Kome >> Eastern Village Cohousing >> "Where some of our member went to the facilitation training at McPherson >> Square (Occupy DC) and our group tried out the hand signals at the community >> meeting tonight." >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
- Re: Consensus changing the world, (continued)
- Re: Consensus changing the world Racheli Gai, October 16 2011
- Re: Consensus changing the world Moz, October 16 2011
- Re: Consensus changing the world Jessie Kome, October 16 2011
- Re: Consensus changing the world Madeline Nelson, October 17 2011
- Re: Consensus changing the world Racheli Gai, October 17 2011
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