(en) Canada, Union Communist Liberteire - "Towards an inclusive democracy" by Takis Fotopoulos (fr

Federal campaign UCL is the theme of "democracy", here is a book review that could fuel 
the debate in this direction. ---- Text taken from the website of the newspaper Le Monde 
Libertarian 
http://www.monde-libertaire.fr/n1311-13-19mars-2003/10801-vers-une-democratie-generale-takis-fotopoulos 
-- After some acid comments on the book by Antoine Bevort, for participatory democracy 
(see [Libertarian World, No. 1310 - art1122]) let us come to Takis Fotopoulos. Here is a 
remarkably unknown author hexagonal militants but yet manifest libertarian rights, society 
and become the world's social and economic approaches. ---- Takis Fotopoulos 1 proposes 
indeed the establishment of an inclusive democracy, the principles are very much in the 
form of the libertarian ideal.

Surprising since it falls in the book of constant references to Peter Kropotkin, Murray 
Bookchin, John Clark, and especially to Cornelius Castoriadis, a veteran of the late 
Socialisme ou Barbarie.

From the introduction of the French edition, we are on familiar ground: "This book has a 
purpose, to show that you can not get out of the crisis that the current institutional 
framework and not staying inside. "

From this essential postulate, Takis Fotopoulos develops - on an equal economic basis - 
the general concept of democracy. Concept that involves the elimination of forms of 
unequal distribution of political power.

The current world situation is the result of a dynamic ...

The theoretical contribution and activist Takis Fotopoulos speech is mostly break with the 
Marxist conception wanting via Attac and the left parties, including Trotskyists, 
considering the current state of the world as a conspiracy of neo-liberal policies wicked 
parties or Social Democrats when he is neither more nor less than the result of a dynamic 
that is built on a market economy and its corollary, representative democracy.

It is obvious that from this approach the actions to be in the range is not in the 
representative system (elections, parliament, etc..) But outside of that system. Why fight 
to change governments because those governments are incidental responsibility for the 
current state of things?

A transition strategy

Want to transform society obviously raises the question of how. Again, the thought of 
Takis Fotopoulos is rooted in libertarian discourse: "A great principle guides us in the 
choice of an appropriate strategy for transition coherence between means and ends. "Unlike 
statist approaches that propose to change society from the top and the so-called" civil 
society ", which they are not intended to change the system approaches, Takis Fotopoulos 
does not propose a new type of political organization, but a confederation of communities 
operating in accordance with the general principles of democracy (economic equality - 
collective ownership, political equality - direct democracy).

This book, which deliberately scientific or difficult words have been banned is absolutely 
accessible to anyone. The demonstrations are clear, logical and consistent. A desire to be 
understood by the largest number is felt on every page and site and Takis Fotopoulos in 
the line of a Kropotkin or Reclus.

Jean-Claude Richard, Henry Poulaille group of Saint-Denis