Democratic revolution LVP manifesto

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”. (George Orwell)

When did we lose faith in the power of ideas? When did we unreservedly decide that we would drop our dead weight into the hands of politics that we no longer believe in?

We fall and are swept along by the consequences of our own non sense.

We do not feel represented by the politicians or politician’s ideas, or, perhaps more sadly, we do not have enough ideas. Political parties who we voted for do not listen to us. They say nothing about our values, our dreams or about the freedom and democracy that we crave and even less concerning the ideas that we do believe in. And even so, we are still drawn into them. We were the stationary generation, until all of us emerged as a movement.

Democratic Revolution Liverpool believes in the possibility of change - in that, by thinking differently, we will be able to reach a new aim. To do this we have proposed to rethink the current structures that govern us, from the largest to the smallest, and to raise awareness, renew ourselves and achieve change.

As citizens, we demand to be heard - pay attention to us! We believe in the system and therefore we believe in the necessity of building a new one, a fair one. This is our contribution to the future. This is the minimum that we crave and we are ready to fight and work to achieve it.


1. Real direct democracy

Why do we say that our system is not democratic? Because not all state powers are democratic and nor are all of our structures. Then how we can recognize their legitimacy? What kind of power is governing us?

As responsible citizens - owners of our destiny and future - we want to take part in the system. We want to be a responsible part of democracy. There are enough legal methods to start working on the idea to govern people by the people and not without us, not ignoring our needs and ambitions.

As an example we propose the return to decision-making meetings in districts and towns which will be submitted to the executive representative of the people or could be managed by the ombudsman. We talk about the need for referendums, when a decision is made that affects the citizens in a political or economic level.

Our system should be reviewed and updated continuously. Laws are not eternal and are not always suitable to defend the interests of the people.


2. Economics is the real power as opposed to politics

What it is the use of having different political parties, if there is just one economy and it is immutable? What chance has a political party to act or make changes, if the bases of its priorities are a global economy that we have not voted for and which has been decided upon behind closed doors?

3. Transparency

What do we know about the state? What do we know about the government?

We demand complete transparency in the mode of action. We demand to know how policies are to be developed as well as how they are implemented and, more importantly, why.

We cannot participate if we do not have all the information. We cannot remain relegated to the political messages we receive from the media. It is our state, our democracy, we want to know.

Ours is an information society and we cannot deny the power of new technologies. We must live by utilising our own resources for our own benefit. We propose an official government website that provides useful information.

4. Suppression of politician’s benefits and limited terms for politicians

We ask only for common sense. While the crisis takes with it the future of an entire generation, politicians close parliamentary agreements that increase their own benefits and give them more power to act.

5. Real journalism

We are tired of listening to politicians in the mouths of the media. We demand that journalists be free to tell the truth and to protect our right to be informed.

Journalism is not just a business; it is about freedom of speech and the right to have information and should be treated as such.

6. Change the education system

How can we take part in a real democracy and be able to think critically about the information that we receive without a proper education?

To encourage new generations to have knowledge, the ability to decide and act we must begin by changing the way citizens are educated.

7. Create a real fair common educational framework (Europe)

We live in a Europe that set up an economic framework (which is not real), that has an environmental policy (which is not developed), that has a labor policy (which is not fulfilled), and we implemented an education system that does not fit reality in Europe.