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Foreword

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ON MAY 15, 2011, the Puerta del Sol in Madrid was a meadow where hundreds of people of all ages, classes, and backgrounds camped, but with a common idea: "REAL DEMOCRACY NOW!". The problem was that they had not clearly and sufficiently defined what "Real Democracy" consisted. There was nothing in their political demands that had not already been tested and demonstrated its limitations and shortcomings. For example, the populous public assemblies could not agree on a simple global idea and precious time wasted in its formalities and requirements. And the inconsistency of the debates themselves, due to the breadth and vagueness of the proposals. Other groups considered that "real democracy" was not a question of the procedure, but honesty and the absence of manipulation. In the first case, consensus would only be reached in agreements and proposals at the domestic and local levels, without seeing the popular assemblies' viability to articulate a State p