Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Power to the People

People Power Home Page
"People Power was launched in Sydney on Saturday 5 March 2005"
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We are a new political movement aiming to empower people who have become invisible in our political system:

Australians have disengaged from politics on a massive scale. The proportion of our citizens who are members of political parties is amongst the lowest in the western world. All our political parties (with the exception of the Greens) are in major decline - not surprising when they have lost touch with the little people and become part of the Two Establishments.

We want to empower ordinary Australians in their roles as citizens, consumers, carers, community members, shareholders, owners of assets and members of families.

Our core values are:

  • self-help
  • empowerment
  • community
  • smaller government
  • inclusion
  • relationships and social capital
  • ethical conduct

We invite Australians from all walks of life to exercise People Power to renew our democracy, to change our politics, and to re-invigorate the best of our social traditions of a fair go, egalitarianism, a hand up not a hand out, unpretentiousness, and inclusive, convivial community.
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Ken Davis is a pending member of People Power.

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