The Workers Militia and The Right to Recall Elected Officials

In this video I elaborate on the Marxist perspective about the essential nature of The State (organized bodies of armed men).

I also explain the Marxist perspective on Recall in context of the alternative small "d" democracy of the classic Voluntary Association of Cooperative Groups.

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"The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a special election permitted under California state law. It resulted in voters replacing incumbent Democratic Governor Gray Davis with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003. "

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_California_gubernatorial_recall_election)

https://ballotpedia.org/Gray_Davis_recall,_Governor_of_California_(2003)

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"The Venezuelan recall referendum of 15 August 2004 was a referendum to determine whether Hugo Chávez, then President of Venezuela, should be recalled from office. The recall referendum was announced on 8 June 2004 by the National Electoral Council (CNE) after the Venezuelan opposition succeeded in collecting the number of signatures required by the 1999 Constitution to effect a recall. The result of the referendum was not to recall Chávez (59% no)."

(wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Venezuelan_recall_referendum )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3247816.stm

https://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc2023.html

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