Truthout recently posted an article, "With New Constitution, Post-Collapse Iceland Inches Toward Direct Democracy."
It was a detailed report on how Iceland is on the verge of potential revolution in adopting a populist constitution, while ensuring a transparent government and true freedom of the press. It is not certain that Iceland's new burst of freedom and rejection of the managerial class will succeed, but the promise is exhilarating, according to journalist Sam Knight, writing for Truthout:
Now, Iceland is making headlines for more
positive reasons: activists there are in the process of advancing some
of the strongest freedom of information laws and journalist
protections in the world, and the Icelandic economy, while still beset
by problems, is significantly outperforming other crisis-stricken
countries.
Most recently, on October 20, a
remarkable constitution - written by an elected council with help from
the public - took a step closer toward ratification after it was
approved in a referendum by a 2-1 margin.
Before the changes are signed into law,
the draft must be approved by the Althingi, Iceland's Parliament,
approved again by referendum and finalized once more by the legislature
after a fresh parliamentary election in April.
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