Deep Democracy

The renewal and realization of democracy, or indeed its democratization, has many names: true democracy, direct democracy, radical democracy, council democracy, economic democracy, grassroots democracy, and many more. In 2026, we would like to organize the BG’s annual text series under the title “Deep Democracy.” Here, we are building on our previous annual text series, such as “Pluriverse of Peace” (2025), “Kin City” (2024), “Allied Grounds” (2023), and “After Extractivism” (2022), which focused on critical inquiries of the planetary polycrisis.