SPRING. The project has been a long time in the curating and draws on radical and utopian ideas from around Europe and further afield. The idea is the brainchild of Pat Kane and Indra Adnan
“In the very midst of a Winter defined by polycrisis, permacrisis and metacrisis the idea of Spring has until now been a promise, a hope, a yearning. But today we are revealing its structure, culture and long-term programme for transformation. With that, a sense of where you are already in the system and a chance to develop further—if you’re up for it.”
I have dozens of questions, but here’s five:
- How does this relate to capitalism?
- How does the parallel polis – as a dual power – relate to the state?
- How would the project work within Holyrood? How would it avoid being absorbed? And, or, how does it relate to the project of Scottish self-determination?
- The ideas of using direct democracy in the form of peoples assemblies has been being developed by various groups in recent times but has lacked ‘lift-off’, How can this be made to happen which doesn’t dissolve into another talking-shop?
- Where is the notion of resistance or struggle or oppression in this analysis?
My sense is that the organisers have an openness and a humility to not know the answers to all of these questions, which itself is refreshing.
The organisers have posed an invitation for collaboration: ‘To be an active designer of the space, sign up as a co-creator here. To share your own projects and initiatives mail us on info@thealternative.org.uk‘