ABSTRACT
Peaceful, democratic groups are bringing in a new era of history. Local groups, global networks, and social movements are extending the application of democratic practices far beyond the realm of national politics to the project of reconstructing global society. Democratic groups work to end inequalities ranging from interpersonal to global, challenge institutions to meet human needs, and rebuild the world from the ground up and the top down. A loosely woven constellation of political actors are now unraveling unequal, unsustainable global relations and defining new ones based on justice and peace. Working in tandem and often without knowledge of one another, a diverse body of global groups is applying democracy to the remaking of society. By shaping the historical transition that is taking place today, movements of everyday people are having a say in what the world will become.
