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The hills are alive with the sound of adhan!

Gareth Hughes wrote 4 hours ago: Steeple and minaret in Wangen bei Olten, Solothurn, 7 August 2009 by Michael Buholzer This coming Su … more →

Tags: Immigration, Islam, racism, BNP, constitution, democracy, Minaret, Mosque, Referendum

Venezuela's Lesson for America; How to Get from Recession to Ascension1 comment

John Aronno wrote 3 weeks ago: Trying to find enthusiasm in politics today is much like trying to find logic on Sarah Palin’s … more →

Tags: Local Politics, National Politics, Alaska, ambassador herrera, ANCHORAGE, Bailout, bailouts, Banking, Big Oil

Democracy as a contact sport

morelightthanheat wrote 4 weeks ago: We’ve heard for years that all politics are local.  My community will be electing city council … more →

Tags: Current Events, Ideas!, Politics, City Council, democracy, democracy contact sport, effecting change, Local Elections, Local Politics

Social "Things" and E-democracy

Brian Hurley wrote 1 month ago: Social networks and services offer interesting possibilities for the future of e-democracy. E-democr … more →

Tags: Best Practices, Canada, Canadian Politics, General Interest, Government, Government Policy, Information Technology, Innovation, Universities

Faceless Suit2 comments

missivesfrommarx wrote 1 month ago: Here’s one from PartiallyClips, which is awesome apart from the presumptions about male sexual … more →

Tags: Shared Items, Capitalism and Exploitation, Comics, capitalism, partiallyclips, Lobbyists

Two-Party System Shills 1 comment

Liberal Arts Dude wrote 1 month ago: Pundit Chris Cilizza pooh-poohed the idea of the “Rise of Independents” in this Washington Post arti … more →

Tags: anti-establishment, Commentary, democracy, Empowerment, Independent, participation, political parties, third parties, Chris Cilizza

White Paper on Multilevel Governance

Вихър Георгиев wrote 2 months ago: The White Paper on Multilevel Governance by the Committee of the Regions has been published. Accordi … more →

Tags: White Paper, multilevel governance, Regions, Committee of the Regions

So You Want to Change the System? (Part 1)

Liberal Arts Dude wrote 2 months ago: For background: read this first [So You Want To Form A New Party? Hmmm, Come With Me] The blog post … more →

Tags: anti-establishment, third parties, participation, Mainstream, democracy, Independent, reform, activism, political parties

Train cooperative on track in SW England?4 comments

charliemarks wrote 3 months ago: Paul Gosling reports: Electrification of the London to Swansea rail line is good news for public tra … more →

Tags: climate change, Consumer Rights, Cooperatives, Economics, energy policy, Public Transport, Railways, Workers' rights

Thoughts on SDS

lettrist wrote 4 months ago: Going through some “draft” posts I have on the back-end of this blog, I found a lot of n … more →

Tags: iraq, Afghanistan, IMF, World Bank, ivaw, Students for a Democratic Society, Youth Activism, Campus activism, Amnesty International

Profound Disinterest

justabovesunset wrote 4 months ago: It may be an oxymoron, but most people are profoundly disinterested in politics. Yes, those two word … more →

Tags: California Bankrupt, California is America, Healthcare Reform, Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin, california goes bankrupt, Disinterest in Politics

Total victory as sacked strikers return to work

charliemarks wrote 5 months ago: How outrageous! Workers voting by show of hands to withdraw their labour – no postal ballot, c … more →

Tags: Policing, Unions, Workers' rights, Industrial relations

Red Oil (Venezuela) Part 1 (12 mins) of 4.

raved wrote 5 months ago: … more →

Tags: Post WW2 New World Order, colonisation, Decolonisation, Résistance, Latin America, Anti-globalisation, Resistance to Crisis, Globalisation, Global Economic Crisis

Internet and Participatory Democracy - US NOW

Andreas wrote 6 months ago: A documentary just released, US NOW, shows how the internet is being harnessed for collaborative ven … more →

Tags: The New Collectivism, alternative space, democracy, Public Space, US now, film, Internet, Online democracy

What Would Socialist Democracy Look Like?

Tio wrote 6 months ago: by Ian Birchall Most politicians and journalists talk as though the only possible sort of democracy … more →

Tags: bala fria, Socialism, Politics, democracy, change, People power, socialist, revolution, social change

High Performance Government

John Kamensky wrote 6 months ago: People have been asking me when I was going to blog on the President’s new budget.  I wasn’t interes … more →

Tags: Government, presidential transition, Management, obama, Transition 2009, Recovery Act!, omb, Collaboration, OPM

Brian Yap: Change at grasstroot level needed

chinhuatw wrote 7 months ago: Brian Yap wrote a wonderful piece reminding us that elections should begin at the grassroot level. … more →

Tags: democracy, Brian Yap

Another public service reform is possible!

charliemarks wrote 7 months ago: Not the catchiest of slogans, that. But, you get the picture, hopefully. Following on from her 2003 … more →

Tags: Labour Party, Socialism, Unions, liberal democrats, Privatisation, Workers' rights, public ownership, capitalism, Local Government

Beyond Elections: Part 1 of 16 (5 mins)

raved wrote 7 months ago: … more →

Tags: Decolonisation, Résistance, Latin America, Anti-globalisation, revolutionary rap, Globalisation, credit crunch, Global Economic Crisis


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