The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny by Judge J. Michael Luttig
https://www.telos.news/p/luttig-the-self-evident-truths-of-freedom
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
#US #Politics #Law #Constitution #SelfGovernance #Trump #Project2025 #Coup #TrumpRegime #Authoritarian #PoliceState
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzYUlIUcolI
How could the world be organized bottom-up?
We're so excited to hear from Swarna about what she learned from being the prime minister of the children's parliament in India - a massive project of 100,000s in empowered togetherness to shape their daily lives.
https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy-conference-2025/
Our Laws Function as ‘Anti-Democratic’: Legal Expert on How Trump Weaponizes the Constitution
#Zeteo #MehdirHasan #ElieMystal #Culture #Constitution #SelfGovernance #Law #Politics #Project2025 #Trump #TrumpRegime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6RAbbo8K-E
Despite a Boycott Attempt, Tacuro Decides in Favor of Self-Government
DESPITE ATTEMPTED BOYCOTT, TACURO DECIDES IN FAVOR OF SELF–GOVERNMENT TACURO ANTAKUA VICTORY FOR TACURO! THE CHILCHOTA TOWN HALL TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND COMMUNITIES TO THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO AND MICHOACÁN TO THE MEDIA THE MEXICAN STATE Indigenous and Afro–Mexican communities in #Michoacán as of February 27, 2025. K’eri Kunkorhekua Iretecheri, the Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán #CSIM, an autonomous and independent council of governments, political parties and religious institutions, made up of traditional authorities from 70 communities, we jointly state the following: The P’urhépecha community of #Tacuro, an ancestral village with hundreds of years of history, located in the Cañada de los Eleven Peoples in the Municipality of #Chilchota, today, gathered in the General Assembly, maximum authority of the primitive peoples, determined with 307 votes in favor and 0 against, to directly manage their resources, to be governed by uses and customs and to self–govern. This exercise of direct democracy, convened by the civil and communal authorities of Tacuro and protected by the historical, international, constitutional and state right that the indigenous peoples have to exercise their free self–determination, is totally relevant and historic, since it was held despite the attempted boycott by the Municipal President of Chilchota Alejandra Ortiz Suárez and his Secretary of the City Council Oskar Pake Gómez, who through a group of inhabitants of Tacuro, mainly employees of the City Council as well as their relatives, took the road Carapan–Zamora to try to stop the consultation, however, the people of Tacuro woke up, did not pay attention to the provocations and voted in favor of their autonomy. From the four P’urhépecha regions, the Hñahñú or Otomi region, the Matlatzinca or Pirinda region, the Nahua region and the Afro–Mexican region of #Michoacan, we congratulate the people of Tacuro fraternally and invite all the peoples and communities to undertake a State Day of Struggle in Defense of Autonomy and against President Alejandra Ortiz Suarez and Oskar Pake Gómez, enemies of the indigenous peoples who refuse to recognize their free self–determination and autonomy. From this moment, we hold the Municipal President Alejandra Ortiz Suárez and the Secretary of the City Council Oskar Pake Gómez directly responsible for any repression, arbitrary detention or criminalization that may be suffered by the comrades who are demanding self–government. To the peoples and communities members of the CSIM we ask them carefully and respectfully to prepare to attend the call to the State Day of Struggle in Defense of Autonomy that we are about to begin. The communities of the Cañada de los Eleven Peoples are not alone, it is time to collectively actualize. We demand that the City of Chichota approve the transfer of resources to the community of Tacuro! TERUNHASKUA K’OIA, ECHERI KA JURAMUKUKUKUKUKUU IAMENTU IRETECHANI JUSTICE, TERRITORY AND AUTONOMY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SUPREME INDIGENOUS COUNCIL OF MICHOACÁN #CSIMWhich is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
[Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige, die uns lehrt, uns selbst zu regieren.]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), “Life and Characters,” #225]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/goethe-johann/1658/
We have got to stop dignifying these hypocrites with the moniker "Conservative"!
Nothing these people have done over the past 60 years, remotely fits the definition of social conservative unless you mean conserving a class hierarch that depends on shredding the US Constitution, a return to gerrymandering the vote, a return to state-sponsored eugenics and racialization, a return to state policing of sexuality and gender essentialism, rule by those of great wealth instead of Democracy, government of and by common folk.
#Culture #SelfGovernance #Politics #Economics #Democracy #Authoritarian #Capitalism #TrumpRegime #Project2025
Vote for the ratification of the K'ómoks Treaty and K'ómoks Constitution on March 8, 2025. Enrolment is open until vote day to all K'ómoks members and eligibile members. Learn more here: https://komoks.ca/
This is a historic moment and I wish prosperity and success to the K'ómoks First Nation. Well done! 
The #NapsterGeneration lived through 2000 and 2004 #election cycles.
Important for land-owning families to maintain continuous property lines.
Municipal, state and federal jurisdiction have autonomy of #American #SelfGovernance.
I dream of a world without bosses or billionaires.
Social Health Clinics are autonomous and self-managed community-based Health Care Collectives , providing primary health care services. We aim to challenge conventional organisational structures through innovative practices involving everyday transactions , procedures and medical practices. We strongly believe in people's ability to organize, self-govern and collectively make decisions with fairness and equity about their work, health and lives.
Hello, #SocialCoop!
I'm nigini, a Brazilian immigrant to the PNW, hanging out on Mastodon for a while (was: https://mastodon.social/@nigini) but decided to migrate my account here to practice #SelfGovernance.
I'm a #dev #dweb enthusiast #geek and #bookworm and love to see (and sometimes make) #photography and human-made #GenArt.
Today's quote from Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō:
"We must say it plainly—communism or barbarism! This is the only choice left! It’s obvious we must choose communism. We must overcome our reflex to rely on experts and the state and proceed down the path to self-governance and mutual aid." (180)
#SolarPunk #Degrowth #DegrowthCommunism #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #Economics #Capitalism #Democracy #Communism #MutualAid #SelfGovernance #Coops #Anarchism #TranscendCapitalism
Emphasizing the critical role of Data Sovereignty and #DigitalSelfGovernance. Through case studies and theoretical exploration, we advocate for a future where individuals control their personal data. #DataSovereignty #SelfGovernance #AI
https://www.mdpi.com/2504-2289/8/3/26
@digitalhumanities @digigeolab @DigitalEU @DialoguesHG @geography @anthropology @economics @sociology @politicalscience @politicaltheory
I think @Teri_Kanefield is right: you don’t get to have a functioning #RepresentativeRepublic without some people thinking, believing, saying, writing in support of murderous authoritarian fascists in the mix.
This is a feature, not a bug, of democracy.
Trying to solve a “political” problem with law enforcement was the reason why COINTELPRO was illegal and immoral.
It’s important to not lose the plot.
"From the perspective of their departmental colleagues, chairs ought to be assistants who execute the faculty’s will and advocate on behalf of their #faculty #colleagues... But, that’s not really what #admins want departmental #chairs to be focused on. University admins want chairs to be factory-floor supervisors, keeping their faculty in-line, conveying directives from higher-up the food-chain."
More witnesses were in front of the Standing Committee on #Indigenous and Northern Affairs to provide statements on Bill C-53, which recognizes the #selfgovernance of certain #Métis groups.
The issue of Métis #identity in #Ontario was again raised and a warning given.
Identity issues have caused “enormous difficulties in other jurisdictions” and when such issues are flagged “we're called to deal with them.”
Do you make money decisions together in your organization?
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