There needs to be rotating pressure groups.

Interviewee: Margit Czenki

I think that there needs to be rotating groups, the members selected so that everyone is happy that the respective group can meet on its own and come up with its own ideas and formulations. For a period they should be able to enjoy the trust of everyone else, even when they end up doing things differently than one personally would have. Rotating pressure groups in other words, which are then allowed to speak out and don’t have to discuss every single word beforehand with everyone. It is important that rotation is in place, that it’s not always the same people. But it’s also important to have a degree of constancy. And not that a completely new group is formed each time. For example: three stay and three are rotated in. And here I can add something about Park Fiction: at the neighbourhood conferences, where everything was coordinated and votes taken, the whole focus was on getting something going, where those involved had a wish and were really passionate about getting it done. And not that someone turned up, said what they wanted, and simply didn’t show at the next six meetings. When people are there who really want something, then they roll up their sleeves and take matters into their own hands. This is also part of what I understand as grassroots democracy. Not just some tedious voting process but that something important is getting done, something you can support wholeheartedly. There are people who talk all big and radical, and so shut out others with their talk, but then they just sit at home in a flat they own.