Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) is an education and social action organization dedicated to increasing democracy in all phases of our common life. The goal of MDS is the creation of a more egalitarian society in both the political and economic spheres. MDS believes in participatory democracy, the expansion of human rights, universal healthcare, the rejection of discrimination based on race, gender or sexual preference, the preservation of the earth's environment, the expansion of workers' rights, a more equitable distribution of wealth, and the rejection of militarism and war as a way of resolving differences among peoples and nations.

January 20, 2008 Riverside Park

Jacksonville Movement for a Democratic Society held it’s first of many Food Not Bombs to come in Riverside Park at 2 pm on Sunday, January 20th, 2008. Flyers for the event were distributed in Hemming Plaza, Memorial Park, and Riverside Park. MDS gathered and cooked all Vegan meals and handed out blankets.

MDS is organizing FNB again to not only serve as a great community event that will pave the way for upcoming projects concerning Jacksonville’s homeless issues, but also to gather as many activists within the community to work on other concerns beyond those that FNB addresses.

"The difference between the unsolvable and the necessary is that for the first one there is no need to prepare. And only preparation makes it possible to determine the second."

- - Don Durito de La Lacandona

We welcome everyone to come out and join our movement. If you’re interested in becoming an active member of your community through the MDS ogranization please (click here) to find a chapter near you.