no parties, no banners: the spanish experiment with direct democracy

[bcbm]

http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.1/gianpaolo_baiocchi_ernesto_ganuza_spain_indignados _democracy.php

[RedSonRising]

It seems like a useful experiment, but it seems to suffer from the vaguely populist fetish of having "no" ideology, label, or identity. These types of movements could gain a lot of movement if they were to recognize and accept a plurality of organizations and political identities, rather than emphasizing a bland uniformity that ignores very real issues of class, race, gender, etc.