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Aesop, April 25 and the Democratic Party

mice and weasels (Aesop fable)

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War had broken out between the rats and weasels. Mice were always defeated, they called a meeting together and concluded that the cause of their failure was the lack of a leader. Therefore, after choosing some of them, by show of hands them appointed strategists. They, to distinguish themselves from others, the manufacture of horns and if the applications. But when the battle raged, mice, routed in the mass, and sought refuge in the holes, while all others are easily crept, the leaders were unable to slip because of the horns. And so were captured and devoured.

vainglory is the same way for many source of trouble.

Public Aesop's fable as a pretext only "light" to remember today, April 25, the teaching of history that still holds true today about the right balance between authority and credibility, which is the basis of our civil and political society.

Too much authority that leads to authoritarianism and against the authority that is based on a recognition of the value of leadership and person voluntarily recognized by the people. The fear against the dangers of indifference and latent estimate today with respect to certain issues.

Thinking of the party of liberation, if we are interested leave a minimum the dangers of the rhetoric of fact, I think it is important to take these concepts for two reasons. The first is to remember that the Republic was born after an experience last twenty years of dictatorship and a world war and the second is how long it will be useful to remember this as teaching history in our lives of women and men of the second millennium .

The memory leads to important historical moments, which today will be spent countless words, and rightly so. We think But that life after all "quiet" compared to those periods in history, we can afford to drive today should not make us lose the perception of what is important and fundamental operation of our participation in that each of us can and should express in their lives every day. I am not talking of course only when political elections, as the experiences with different times we can really help to build, as is happening to many of us who are working in the construction of a new political formation, which the Democratic Party.

So long without it, the hope that each of us always remember, in the exercise their responsibilities both large and small, that participation is democracy, it has been one of our wins, claimed the lives of many of our fellow citizens in the past, and therefore we feel it with humility in the weight dimensions seem smaller and limited such as the construction of a party at local level. The territorial dimension in fact can not and does not diminish the scope of the values \u200b\u200binvolved. And finally, back to Aesop, that in a democracy the authority is gained through the estimation of those who delegate. This means that even if we have a nasty election law, which itself cancels the mechanism of selection of candidates and then vote by proxy except for the only choice of the party, we think we have to work every day and since our little claim to return to a policy truly "authoritative" and worthy of respect. In this sense, our newborn PD, including the strategic role of local circles, is certainly a great opportunity.

Happy April 25th everyone.

Daniel

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My election. The review of David Cecio

Public and I have the pleasure of hosting "exclusive" on my blog political commentary sent to me by David Cecio man whom I respect and my dear friend. Publishing the contents drawn up by him in person and in the form of interview, and in its entirety without modification.
add that I am honored to host this his intervention, the first four years now, ever since David was hit by complicated proceedings that we all know and that ended, it should be remembered, with an acquittal on the first proceedings. Here is the text.

"In the aftermath of the vote I received an avalanche of mail, more or less illustrious asking me to know my opinion on what happened. One friend in particular has articulated its request together with questions to which I responded as follows ...

Dear David, how are you?
Believe me it is never discounted attend your love and your friendship ...

I read a lot of opinions on the recent elections, you know give me something original to maybe share with friends at the bar?
Well, maybe give you a size as say ... a little upstream.
I believe that the greatest responsibility for the defeat is to be charged with a history of choices Veltroni. Much has been said but in my opinion the reasons for this have already been defeated in the primaries, which have in effect constituted a new political entity, a foundation of inevitable election defeat. The comparison
with two members of the Prodi government has established, as I said already in his time, a distinction between those who acknowledged a difficult task to ensure the country shooting conditions even in the difficult task of orienting mediation with so many different forces and those who may opening a dialogue with the center envisioned new conditions of government. See
formally Prodi fell at the hands of Mastella, but it is clear that the first policy and laws have not been able to defend a Constitution that sanctioned the assumed innocence of any defendant in this case the Minister of Justice and leader of the coalition parties Government, until proven otherwise. On this I beg you to reflect what a person is aware that lost in the media fallout and legal in this country do not you nor anyone returns an acquittal.
Veltroni on the eve of a scandal ridden by those who saw in the repository of the political malaise of the country (Casta) and given blatantly denied by the electoral triumph that saw the champion of anti-penalizing participation and investigation, he thought it was useful indicate the choice of PD alone a perceived distinction, do not forget it, on the eve of a referendum that would have further exacerbated an address pole at the expense of the participation of smaller political forces. This is according to me the most unreasonable to decide the leader of our party. Many argue imagine being able to flirt with Berlusconi to ensure a new electoral law, in fact the experience has retired Prodi and Berlusconi sent to the Government.

... now what? ... What to expect?
I hate losing. For me it was a Coalition Government and is now in opposition should still reflect on the choices made and rather too often in politics we evade responsibility for the benefit of positive figures. The Democratic Party is definitely the novelty of the Italian political scene in perspective and I think this will force the government of the country but the expense of what? I leave aside any judgments on the center-right government, we will see how many of the commitments campaign fail to comply with those forces, but I find that shocking shares to be considered in millions of voters do not find representation in parliament. My father fought in the Union in the difficult years when the opposition was expressed to the streets with Molotov cocktails and bolts if not with terrorism and bloodshed, to go back, conscious of the kind of PD result from Livorno, my vote would go to the Rainbow Left. I think that now efforts will be a greater commitment in the workplace especially in the head with that union for a long time to lose a function of clot democratic workforce. Expect tough times but I recommend a serious commitment from the parish to the party because it circumvents the path of violence, I will wait for a ruling on my appeal that foreshadow new scenarios for me ... maybe I'll decide to have a child as a hint of hope in the future, and give me back my peace of mind that the final political decisions I have brutally taken away.

and Livorno?
As a priest once said to me "with all the tears you cried for your city you could fill a font in the cathedral."
I love my city, and while I would stay away just to appreciate the merits and forget the enormous contradictions of a proud people and provincial levels. I hate waking up in the morning and read the newspaper where I take one thousand references to the reasons that led me then to make choices courageous confrontation with the majority party on, the choices that I paid with suffering in silence of the desolate dear friends of that party which I loved and who denied himself for easy choices. I read that you study to present themselves in the next election but fail to realize a substantial innovation in political terms. A Livorno has only ever driven the Communist Party and DS, they disregard the decision and any serious comparison langue always at the expense of a ruling class that does the lady at home but with the highest figure for consensus in Italy did not significant figures in the party will do even less in regional and national level. I think that will
Livorno battleground on a development model that needs to keep the Market and the Globalization of the contribution of all the forces and entrepreneurial policies. Duty will be out of a dynamic self, expressed it in a pragmatic Matteoli in recent days by the press, will be difficult in my opinion the role of a mayor must find a synthesis between the requirements of good governance and at the same time to achieve an internal consensus on its party to give him the opportunity to continue a difficult five years.
imperative that I think about this development model will soon find a convergence and I hope that the reference to legal proceedings before elections denounced by the President of the Port Authority do not provoke the confrontation over the city. A
embrace
David "

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After the vote: let's face it .. Guest

In light of everything, with a few hours of sleep after the electoral drubbing, one can begin to make a few comments on what minimally rational" political "happening between Tin and Quercianella. I come to So.

elections and Livorno
The Left loses approximately 14% and, by magic, the PD or just buy and go almost to the 54-55% as "the good old days" of the PCI. The man -any woman would think that the more ultras rifondarolo curve north, facing the realistic choice between those who can actually govern between Silvio and Walter (also in light of alleged comebacks then bitterly disowned the actual data) has obviously opted for the latter. As evidence of this what is happening, for example, Massa and Pisa in Pisa, where especially Filippeschi PD candidate has not reached 50% and goes to the ballot. Yet according to data of the PD Pisa policies could guarantee the 50%. In light of the above appears at least some 'soon to affirm the equality and equality of elections and voting for local elections, saying that 54% of PD in Livorno (policies) is a vote that essentially rewards the administration local? Just think, 'Good Veltroni was convinced to have made a good speech .. Even so, that always a citizen of municipalities, without art or part, without the presumption of intelligence, would think that at a time (which lasts for many months now, and drag it, if you think about it, at least ten years), which are often expressed criticism of the methods and quality of local governance (in general), a attitude like that just happened to go a bit 'convenient.

The budget on the Democratic Party after the first six months
We, with half in the elections must not forget that in October 2007 was born on PD. Now, being just a party and not a human creature could be interesting to assess objective of this "news" that even at Livorno was clearly evident after the merger of DS and Margherita. Some time ago a dear friend, and not just Leghorn accustomed to politics (at least to that is disgusting to me now) told me that he thinks the merger is coming so well that even in Livorno you can see the trace of the weld. In fact, the charges of the DS are repeated with microscopic precision in the new local PD. There are only two, he said still my friend, or you love and trust so much here or someone is holding the wires (text). I told him that since we are in the era of bluetooth, do not even need wires and everything is "wireless."
Add to that, and stop even joking, that in February were also elected to both chambers (municipal and local) to date, have never yet met even once. The obvious question arises: "Who decides the PD in Livorno?" I know that if the two secretaries (Ruggeri and Beltramme) accompanied, as seems likely and, in some executive prorogatio the old territorial constituent assembly and then, in fact, without permission or consultation with the base. Now, turn it as you like, in my part of this could be called oligarchy that the word democracy has little to do (is even bad rhyme). I think we should begin urgently and immediately participated in a comparison of real and from the circles on these issues, otherwise, senz'offesa for anyone, you tease.

mission budget
In relation to issues, which I understand to charity search the legitimacy of the vote in a policy at the local level there would be a simple, often remembered by many, that beyond the discourses that are lost in the wind of controversy chicken can objectively be of assistance in a transparent manner . This is the mission budget. The administrator, the mayor, especially those who believe that it worked well and wants to understand the duty and should have the intelligence to produce a tool that could make a clean sweep of the talk and be surely help to a policy that, in Livorno changes, if not "style" is likely to kill the city. Dear
Cosimi I ask as a citizen, mine is an act of faith. Give us the opportunity (Real and serious) to understand how these have been years of your government. Produce a budget office, according to the various forms that already are used in Italy and Europe. If you're right you have every incentive to do so. I personally, for what it's worth, I will be happy to read it without prejudice.

2009 Administrative and political establishment
Primary. Do not risk betraying the "founders" of the Democratic Party and voters. This general requirement must come before any other little matter of convenience. Alternative? At the moment we do not see even at first glance, there is the real risk of weakening the political project of the Democratic Party in Livorno glory of a successful local election without doing anything to capitalize on those votes more, let me, maybe a good percentage have only borrowed .
That said, this issue should not however make us forget that the primary, fundamental and important in itself, it is ultimately just a tool, not the problem. The real problem, especially in Livorno, is that the parts of the political establishment. You can make all the primaries you will, but first we must understand if there is an alternative, what is the selection process (but not cooptativo participatory and inclusive) so that if there are people who are truly able to replace the current one and that proposals through participatory means open, can also be voted with freedom and serenity. If no, please could highlight a wider problem of replacement and that can not be stopped instantly and rushed to an analysis of the situation. Let's be clear, is that maybe you are hoarse for the primaries and in the end the choice we have to do it, with all due respect, finding a candidate Lamberti in his third term (I mean of course making a case for respecting the quality of the absurd person). If you really want to renew all that is necessary to reflect cominciami peacefully.

Greetings, Daniel


PS: Latest news Prodi resigns .
was known. More plans for reflection. As he himself had said (and not only) the minimum threshold for success was to be the consensus at 35%. We are under. The question, without prejudice to the design of the PD in the long term, we are confident that this view of those "re" are the Left Alternative? We do not? Also because, although we took a lot of votes left to vote according to the logic of the useful ones eventually return to their home as is happening in local elections (more so if you go to a new, hopefully, the electoral law). If we add that we have lost votes from the "right side" (middle class to the UDC and PDL) I think that perhaps those who need more humility and genuine desire to form a new ruling class we just we in the PD.

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by gunfire on the 2008 political

Fantozzi Unfortunately the reference to the previous post could not be more appropriate. The response is clear and most likely we face another five years of government brk, Bgsc, Berlukk, BERLUSCONI (sorry, I have trouble pronouncing it).
Seriously, not to bore readers among the millions of comments already spent, I offer my opinion (though it may be of interest) in a schematic way and without frills.
Compared to this round of elections say

General analysis
The Prodi government, in what could be saved for many things, not entered in the "heart" of voters. This is probably the very fact that has guided the vote, combined with the perception that the Left was conceptually Debono Rainbow .. did not have a name of a candidate on the symbol. In all that Berlusconi has not had major problems in carrying forward its proposal, Alitalia and waste, probably, did the rest.

What we expected
Honestly, I think many of us including me did not believe that the victory could be within reach for almost a matter of mathematical objectivity. And that, honestly we were just half-heartedly prepared. But, you know, expect the unexpected, we thought the worst of losing, but that the PDL would have had big problems with numbers, especially in the Senate, as it was for us years ago. Instead the numbers they have, and how ..

What I did not pay
comes to mind, of all, campaign a bit 'too much "uncertainty" and less focused on specific issues of development. Perhaps this was perceived more as a concept of the stabilization of "job" rather than the establishment of strong initiatives on a new model for effective development and solidarity at the same time. What

paid
The new party, unique, unique and innovative even in its policy proposal as a model to imitate. In something we have also copied the other side.

Where we have lost and where we have gained
I am convinced, as several commentators, that the Rainbow Left has "spent" many voters, while our side "right" has been dismantled to the UDC. To reflect on the future.

E 'served to create the PD?
Damn you! We are a large party that has 34%. The political project is alive, confirmed and fully encouraged. After all, we exist from October 2007! on this project must move forward with conviction. The circles, in this sense, are the real starting point to create, enhance, consolidate and long-lasting sincere relationship with the territories and especially with the demands of everyday life. For the rest we can resume with more quiet (on) the path of PD where we had left before the election, to investigate meaning, vocation, inclusive organization and mode of participation and openness to reality. This obviously applies especially to the local dimension.

What we must not / should we do (like PD)
Flatten the organizational hierarchy and the alchemy of a party that is still emerging. Participation is open to the challenge. From now on we have the serenity and the time to experiment and to explain to our constituents the true spirit of PD. On the future, if we go forward in the right direction, there are no clouds.
Conversely, if (particularly in local and regional authorities) are pursuing a path of self, non-renewal of political elites, confusion and mingling between the government of territories and the government party Well, well, there we only hurt ourselves and will not help to blame the Knight ..
So, once again digest Tremonti (with a lot of baking soda) and go forward. Daniel

Ps
In Italy is just over the political experience of communism and began a new political era that exceeds, in the old sense, the "ideology" in the sense that a traditional adversarial model of conflict and opposes a new model based on the comparison? Or both things?

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Latest news from Livorno, considerable drop in turnout

From Livorno

comes news of a drop around 7% over the 2006 vote. The alert levels are high and we all wait to see the end of the game.
course, hot and the data were largely confirmed would think that certain modes of birth and development of our local Democratic Party may have just helped to convince many people with various stomach ache, or simple citizens, or to approach closer to the political . See the fact simple and clear, along with many other things, that is enough to see the establishment of PD that are exactly those of the DS of the recent past. So much for the news! Apart from "someone" (...) that has at least tried to stand as an alternative ... and for this by "someone else" has also been criticized.
However, we remain calm without firing trials in advance, I speak for myself of course (it can be done quietly and have time available), accomodiamoci chair with popcorn and basic needs (Fantozzi style with Italy-Germany) that soon will start arriving for all the answers.
Regards, Daniel

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route proposals for work in the clubs (abstract)

The following is an excerpt from a working document drawn up and proposed to me on an informal basis at the Circle Center PD Livorno, which are delegated to the Assembly Hall of the Livorno. The result here as a contribution to further reflection or debate. It is part a path that we as a club Livorno center and just started going in the direction of trying to share goals, methods, ability to produce concrete proposals on the real problems, beginning from where they will represent the real needs and daily living.

Proposals and ideas for joint approaches

Let us open up the world. The PD is proposed as an innovative force, even in the method. Hence the importance of the work from the circles as the first "face" to the reality of each area are willing to try to put into practice a political model that starts from the real needs of society and that this acquire a strategic role and importance.
Our task, I believe, is then also to try to translate what they said in the programs and statements of high practical value in daily relationship with the local reality. The following
just want to be a proposal made by the writer, open to any possible contribution of paths to deepening that takes its cue from what has already emerged in previous occasions and hope that your hope is also to:

1. open table and open learning for all in our area as the reference circle;
2. promote the development of ideas and the organization of events, perhaps in collaboration with clubs or other civic institutions;
3. stimulating opportunities for personal growth and promotion of genuine participation, which starts from the reflection that brings proposals.

Proposed guidelines on the method
Those interested may at any time to propose one or more topics to be explored going to be an informal working group. The initiatives stemming from it will then always be open to all and advertised to open the widest participation of all the founders and supporters of the Democratic Party, which refer to our club.
The reference should still be open to all founders and supporters. The delegates to the meetings could be asked to perform the role of leaders.
would refer any case (of course) to the joint discussion on the rules of conduct and organization of any events.
below so I limit myself to present ways of working as an additional stimulus. For each title I have also included a brief explanation about the idea and proposed the idea.

Route 1 - development, jobs and skills.
This was one of the issues, from the election program, was one of the most extensive in the election campaign and that it will lose appeal for further subsequent participation in the elections. In particular it may be an argument that, from the characteristics of our territory, could be put into communication with any similar initiatives that can be carried out by other clubs from Livorno or from the same forum work. In particular, it could also be an opportunity to continue a debate that is still a good start in recent weeks. In fact, it has been possible through the various meetings that have followed the forum organized by the clubs and at work, conduct an analysis not restricted to a few aspects but that was always the concept of economic and social development as a fundamental condition for cross any initiative to improve the quality of work. To all this must be added also the important changes affecting the entire region of Tuscany in 2009 on the gradual transition towards a society that is connected to the European context, will be based on job mobility by exchanging real-certified skills.

Route 2 - Cultural development and company culture.
Culture economy and multicultural society. Culture as the expression of human society and culture as virtual container that brings together groups of people of different traditions and habits. Livorno from this we have the chance to fish up in our past where many different cultures have already had occasion to meet and merge, taking the best aspects and traditions of each, of which some can still breathe the evidence in the very heart of the city where as a club we have here. Circle Centre as I think we have a dual responsibility with regard to these issues. The first for the fact that we have within us an important witness in the person of the Cultural City of Livorno, the second from the fact that there is a world around us is made up of many individuals and families of migrants who have chosen or were left to live in our area. Finding the correct approach to "cultural" to communicate and exchange something with these people must be almost a duty for us to propose to also represent the needs of new citizens.

Route 3 - The Democratic Party in Livorno: proposals for an active participation.
Finite elections finally come back to investigate and take care (meaning take care) of our party, from the point at which we had left before the election race. Organization, areas of joint work, mechanisms to ensure active participation: how and how together we can shape an organization that since their 's "last" of the militants and not focus only on time but on the dynamics of electoral guarantee of continued participation over time. About election time maybe we could even think of leading, as this is the tool to where we started and we featured in our "democracy."

Route 4 - Discovering the Center.
Listen, learn, discuss, propose. This sequence of a possible career path for about a territory before being judged for good or evil must be understood listening to all the actors involved, starting from those who know even less culturally (or new migrants Livorno). To overcome this common sense or the mere perception and go to the heart of the problems in order to make the necessary proposals in terms of passing a set of progressive degradation problems which occur daily.

Route 5 - The value of women in politics, the need to overcome the "quote rosa".

The "quote rosa" born from the realization of a failure, that is, when social processes and the selection of the political class (not just) do not automatically have a harmonious and balanced representation on numbers of men than women net down of the latter. This becomes a negative value for society and places us on the democratic and democratic, with a view necessary to overcome the problem. It is in the detail, and from concrete proposals in our own reality, to try to overcome the slogan and actually reverse groped the current trend in the future so that should not be applied to solutions "artificial" as the so-called "quote rosa", which are better than nothing but can not be the final solution.

Route 6 - Report of the mandate of transparency and political establishment.
This path was created as an excuse for deepening to the need to initiate the process of improvement in the daily relationship between the citizen-voters and leaders-administrators who are delegates from the first. The starting point may be the instrument of the "Report mandate" of which there are already several examples of application. I suggest those of the web Veneto Region and Donata Gottardi by way of example.

Route 7 - The European social model of active citizenship: policies for the work and the sharing of expertise.
Livorno born fully open and must rediscover its vocation as a gateway to Europe towards the Mediterranean more so in a society like that of Europe today where the true mobility, even for weekend tourism, has physically broken down the barriers .. at least the physical and logistical. Let us also reflect on the removal of cultural and psychological barriers in the times we live in a European society that already "speaks" through a single currency, "Amiably chatting" through exchanges and study at the moment only "whispers" in relation to trade and labor mobility will physically real but that the barriers for all, so the total within the next four years.