[governance] On positioning within the left-right political spectrum (was Re: URGENT: Last call...)

[Baudouin SCHOMBE]

Hello everyone,
after several discussions and ask for clarification, I think we need
to be present to avoid the empty chair policy.
Obviously everything is not correct according to the rules but our
participation will help to clarify any gray areas.

2014-11-22 10:44 UTC+01:00, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>:
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:21:29 +0530
> Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>
>> Canting jargon remains canting jargon.  I also have a bit of a
>> problem with groups having a regressively extreme left ideology
>> labeling themselves progressive
>
> I'm commenting because I read this slur as being directed towards JNC,
> where indeed groups who see themselves as progressive are welcome as
> members. JNC is however not in any way adopting an extremist ideology or
> extremist positions.
>
> The IGC Charter at http://igcaucus.org/charter which defines this group
> here (IGC) speaks twice of “civil society and other progressive groups
> or actors”, implying that civil society is supposed to progressive, and
> thereby firmly defining IGC as part of the set of groups which see
> themselves as progressive.
>
> Whether this aspect of the IGC Charter still has something to do with
> the current reality of IGC, or more broadly with the general state of
> civil society specifically in the Internet governance space, is of
> course a different question.
>
> In any case, in terms of the classical left-right political spectrum,
> using the term “progressive” as part of a group's self-image does not
> mean that the group's positions would necessarily be strictly leftist,
> in the sense of the positions being unacceptable to most of those who
> see themselves as being firmly democratically centrist. It however
> means that the group claims to work towards aims which are generally
> acceptable to those who see themselves as progressives, i.e. those at
> least a little on the left.
>
> We define the political identity of JNC as seeking to advance all human
> rights, including democracy and economic and social justice, a cause
> which unites many who see themselves as progressives and many who see
> themselves as democratic centrists.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> co-convenor, Just Net Coalition (JNC)
> http://justnetcoalition,org
>
>


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