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In reply to the discussion: Iceland Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)32. New constitution of Iceland
Can't find translation of the whole draft, this has some useful info:
http://stjornlagarad.is/english/
IMHO what is most important that Human Rights and Nature are not separated; Ecuador's new Constitution contained related provisions about rights of Mother Earth.
Other new items in the Chapter on Human Rights and Nature are articles on Icelandic nature and environment and an article on resources, which states that resources not under private ownership are owned collectively and eternally by the people of Iceland. A new article is introduced providing that authorities should inform the public about the state of the environment and nature and the effect of land development on it.
Articles about direct democracy are also big step forward.
Video about drafting process, made for Finnish parliament:
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And how many people were screaming that bailing out these parasites without extracting huge
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#11
I do not believe that the world would have ended had there been a reasonable bank and market
amandabeech
Aug 2012
#61
Assisting responsible homeowners with their house payments wouldn't have created a run on the banks
Blanks
Aug 2012
#44
Probably at the annual Third Way Anti-Social Justice Movement convention on K St.
Zorra
Aug 2012
#25
Even more precisely, Iceland was wrong.. like us.. FIRSt, then fixed it.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#36
As I recall, no one said a meltdown was impossible, because no one saw it coming.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#67
The need for a banking system is not the same as the need for the current cast or SOP
TheKentuckian
Aug 2012
#57