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{{Infobox_location|title = Federation of Neighbourhood Councils El-Alto|image = FEJUVE.JPG|imagecaption = An assembly location for FEJUVE.|map = ElAlto.JPG|mapcaption = The location of El Alto in Bolivia.|inhabitants = 400,000}}'''FEJUVE (Federación de Juntas Vecinales de El Alto)''' or '''Federation of Neighborhood Councils-El Alto '''is a [[Confederation|federation]] of [[Democratic Assembly|popular assemblies]] in the city of El Alto, [[Plurinational State of Bolivia|Bolivia]] in a [[Dual Power|dual power]] situation with the [[State (Polity)|state]].

== History ==
The first assembly was created in 1957 and was based off the traditional [[Democracy|democratic]] practices of the [[Aymaran People|Aymara people]] and the need to respond to widespread poverty, corruption and [[violence]] throughout Bolivia and El Alto. FEJUVE itself was created in 1979 after a mass meeting of neighborhood councils decided to create a federation. Since then, FEJUVE has grown to be on par with the city government.<ref name=":0">[[Raúl Zibechi ]](2009) [[Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces. AK Press]]</ref>

== Decision-Making ==
Assemblies have around 200 members that meet once a month and make decisions through discussion and [[consensus]]. Political party leaders, merchants, real estate speculators, and those who collaborated with past dictatorships are not allowed to be delegates between councils. The councils have been successful in blocking the Bolivian government's plan to [[Privatization|privatize]] natural [[Gas War (Bolivia)|gas]] and [[Water War (Bolivia)|water reserves]], introduce new [[Taxation|taxes]] and have been successful in creating the cities first public [[university]].<ref>[[Peter Gelderloos]] (2010) [[Anarchy Works]]</ref>
[[File:UniversityofElAlto.jpg|thumb|285x285px]]

== Economy ==
The economy of Fejuve strongly resembles [[mutualism]] in that there is a high degree of [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' control]] and [[Commons|common ownership]] while operating in a [[Market Economy|market economy]]. Councils are also able to pull together resources to build parks, [[Education|schools]], [[Healthcare|clinics]], [[housing]], [[cooperatives]] and install [[water]] connections, sewerage outlets, [[Electricity|electrical]] cables and [[Waste|garbage collection services]] to fill the hole that the state and [[Capitalism|private sector]] have left.<ref>Emily Achtenberg (2004) "Community Organizing and Rebellion: Neighborhood Councils in El Alto, Bolivia"</ref>

== Crime ==
In response to the violence and corruption of the police, Fejuve has created a system of [[Restorative Justice|restorative justice]] rooted in traditional Aymaran customs. Assemblies act as mediators between minor disputes with neighbours and communities form collective self-defense groups which are known to execute thieves, rapists and murders whilst hanging dolls outside of the houses of victims as a warning to any future attackers.<ref name=":0" />
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== See Also ==
* SEMAPA
* Coordinora

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