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of Beirut. Lihaqqi members and other grassroots activists organized a civilian response to send support to firefighters and relief for displaced families. The failure of the
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Lebanese context, the group calls for the end of the sectarian power-sharing regime through the establishment of a secular state, and the replacement of sectarian clientelist networks with a reliable social welfare system. It also advocates fair and decentralized structures of economic governance, including worker and farmer cooperatives, and many of its members have been involved in such projects.
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tasks (as opposed to powers), and the general assembly can overturn any decisions by any elected committee through a quick internal petition. The organization's structure revolves around geographical, sectoral and thematic groups, called "grassroots" and "working groups". All these groups are entitled for autonomous self-management, and no central entity exists to supervise their work. Like elected committees, however, their decisions can be revoked by the general assembly if they are seen to be in violation of
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bank and foreign states, was conditioned on
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