they made mistakes (also in the civil war), and they learned from it. and implemented #change through #education and #practics. through #union organising and all other #interests and #needs. they knew what they wanted to archive, and trained very hard for that (like they had public schools to train the workers running #coop s in #crisis times, #book #keeping and #production organizing!) They prepared, they failed, implemented change and tried again.

The Case Against #Democracy

source: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/the-case-against-democracy

First, one could deny that #truth was a suitable standard for measuring political #judgment. This sounds extreme, but it’s a fairly common move in political #philosophy. After all, in #debates over contentious issues, such as when human life begins or whether human activity is warming the planet, appeals to the truth tend to be incendiary. Truth “peremptorily claims to be acknowledged and precludes debate,” Hannah #Arendt pointed out in this magazine, in 1967, “and debate constitutes the very essence of political life.” Estlund wasn’t a relativist, however; he agreed that politicians should refrain from appealing to absolute truth, but he didn’t think a political theorist could avoid doing so.

#policy #politician #problem #crisis #justice #fail

Slightly open borders of #Poland

source: http://politicalcritique.org/cee/poland/2016/slightly-open-borders-of-poland/

The Refugee #crisis appears to be a convenient moment for Poland to shut down the “Belarusian route” for migrants from the Russian North Caucasus and other former Soviet states.

Is the #EU fighting a #war against #refugees?

#humanrights #humanity #fail #politics #europe #border #news