Democracy is word of the day on Dictionary dot com. Appropriate that the phonetic emphasis is on "mok", given the mockery of real democracy that most systems represent.

Seek out Saeed's film A Thousand Fires, to which this lecture deftly added texture. The film shows oil production as a cottage industry in Myanmar. It is a beautiful depiction of how the cosmic and the mundane are intertwined.

Out now is the documentary "Teaching Power". It tells the story of the first citizens' assemblies held in Malawi as part of our United Nations Democracy Fund partnership. Take a look! youtube.com/watch?v=hM5Kdk…

If we'd imagined the nicest thing someone who knows what they're talking about could say about our film, it wouldn't have been as nice as this. Thank you Jamie.

Citizens' Assemblies in Malawi, tackling the touchy subject of Constituency Development Funds (CDF). Watch ordinary citizens, selected by democratic lottery, rise brilliantly to the challenge of direct democracy. FAO Sortition Foundation youtube.com/watch?v=hM5Kdk…

Citizens' Assemblies in Malawi. Ordinary people doing great work to improve local spending decisions. Camera work, sound recording and music composition by brilliant Malawian talent. Scottish director and Scottish production company. FAO Scotland Malawi Partnership youtube.com/watch?v=hM5Kdk…

Fantastic to watch this excellent short film, a Malawi/ Scotland collaboration exploring Citizens' Assemblies, Community Development Funds & transparency in #Malawi. Thank you so much for the tag All Hands On & @PatrickChalmers. WATCH: youtu.be/hM5KdkIo8pc

Very strong on the dereliction of democratic duty on the part of government. Spot on in terms of more direct involvement for ordinary people in policy making.

Exactly what All Hands On exists to do. Here's our latest story/film about Malawian citizens brilliantly tackling local spending issues and creating a model for sustained citizen activism. Africa shows the way. youtube.com/watch?v=hM5Kdk…

The critical, essential crisis we all face is the crisis in governance. Nothing will change until we admit our infrastructures for decision making are archaic, broken and mostly profoundly destructive. But there are the seeds of a much needed upgrade. See this 🧵 1/6

It’s encouraging that the movement for new governance infrastructures welcomes mistakes and admits that there is still so much to get right. Yet already, I feel they exhibit something way better than the current ideologically driven, corrupted systems allhandsondoc.com/teaching-power 2/6

Direct democracy in Malawi. Ordinary people tackle the tricky political issue of local spending priorities - with skill and joy. An exemplary citizens' assembly project. Africa shows the way. A Malawi/Scotland collaboration. MaSP Chisomo Kalinga, PhD allhandsondoc.com/teaching-power

Radical democracy in Malawi. Ordinary citizens working to make the Constituency Development Fund process more transparent. Working with community radio for sustained citizen activism. Tweet Malawi Malawi Elects 🇲🇼 | 🗳️ Platform for Investigative Journalism - Malawi allhandsondoc.com/teaching-power

An exemplary citizens' assembly project in Malawi. Ordinary people tackling a tricky political issue with natural flair and joy. Film funded by UN Democracy Fund through newDemocracy. cc UN Malawi Rebecca (Becky) Adda-Dontoh allhandsondoc.com/teaching-power

This is very commendable. Keep up the good work as we look forward to visit this community one day.

Our latest newsletter with the full backstory to Teaching Power, a film about direct democracy in Malawi. An exemplary citizens' assembly process and a nascent model for sustained citizen activism. #demopart #delibdem mailchi.mp/117f624945f6/d…

Our friend Jamie Kelsey Fry talking about love and compassion and processes for getting all hands on, and generally keeping it lit. youtube.com/watch?v=_rBr6f…

"There's nothing more ordinary than upgrading an operating system when it's out of date." Smart, accessible framing of the need to fix democracy if want to fix anything else.