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also known as Redefining Democracy in the Americas
Beyond Elections2008
In 1989, the Brazilian Worker's Party altered the concept of local government when they installed participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, allowing residents to participate directly in the allocation of city funds. Ten years later, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was swept into power with the promise of granting direct participation to the Venezuelan people (who have now formed tens of thousands of self-organized communal councils). In the Southern Cone, cooperative and recuperated factory numbers have grown and across the Americas social movements and constitutional assemblies are taking authority away from the ruling elites and putting power into the hands of their members and citizens. Featuring interviews with Eduardo Galeano, Amy Goodman, Emir Sader, Martha Harnecker, Ward Churchill and Leonardo Avritzer as well as cooperative and community members, elected representatives, academics and activists from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, United States, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and more.
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"...offers a strong critical reflection on democracy in the Americas [...] through the voices of those most affected by its current limitations, inequalities and injustices." - Richard Van Heertum, Political Media Rev
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