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ZGroups is a new feature on ZCom that facilitates members of the Z community to come together around shared interests. You can…
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This is a proposal specifically addressed to PPS-UK’s IT Team but I have posted it here because I would also like to…
This message is NOT for armchair revolutionaries! Rather it is for those who are serious about organising for a participatory society –…
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I have proposed the following to my local branch of PPS-UK as an activity that we might pursue, but I would be…
I would be very interested to hear what people think of the following proposal – Coalition for a Participatory Democracy A Call…
Most readers will know that on November 20th 2009 Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez called for the formation of a Fifth International. This…
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