Alternative Democracies / Alternatives to Democracy
Channel: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Date: 2022-09-15

“We are witnessing a crisis of civilization accompanied by a global authoritarian turn. However, this crisis is often reduced to a purely political crisis, designated with the recurrent epithet of “crisis of democracy“. This framing of the questions does not allow seeing what is really at stake in the relation between democracy and capitalism, and which are the possibilities to construct alternative forms of organization in-and-beyond democracy in the current scenario.”

The panel was part of the conference "Contesting Authoritarianism: Perspectives from the South" (Berlin, May 16 - 21, 2022). Further information on the conference and on the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies can be found at https://irgac.org/ 

With: 
- Azize Aslan (Kurdish Sociologist and Researcher at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico)
- Inés Durán Matute (Activist and Researcher at the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico, IRGAC)
- Katia Valenzuela Fuentes (Activist and Researcher at the University of Concepción and at the Center for Sustainable Urban Development - CEDEUS, Chile) 

Moderation: Dario Farcy (Activist in the Recovery Factories Movement, Argentina - Bloque Latinoamericano, Berlin)

Further information on the conference and on the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies can be found at https://irgac.org/