Direct democracy as an alternative to student council elections in Helsinki University Student Body

Introduction by a Student Body activist who speaking on how direct democracy could be advanced within the Student Body in practice. Historically, student self-government has revolved around the erasing of the power of the individual student and replacing it with a bureaucracy which is ever more distant from their reality. Student council is the latest innovation in limiting the powers of the average student. However, replacing representation with direct democracy within the Student Body would be easily achieved by developing the two methods of direct democracy which are already included in Student Body constitutions, that is, a general referendum and general assembly. *Student Body in this case refers to the original student governing body established at the University of Helsinki in 1858. Youtube version: https://youtu.be/0uDIqRaugtk Second introduction by a representative of the Quebec student movement via skype: https://soundcloud.com/aryhma/direct-democracy-as-an-alternative-to-student-council-elections-quebec-student-movement Lecture took place 2nd of November 2014 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aryhma/ Instagram: aryhma Twitter: https://twitter.com/A_ryhma Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AryhmaHelsinki Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aryhma Spotify: https://sptfy.com/a-ryhma Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/a-ryhmä/id1508757319 Google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?q=a-ryhm%C3%A4