I'd like to recommend to the list a book I recently finished reading:
Democracy at Work by Richard Wolff. Challenges from farm labor rights to
externalized environmental costs could be addressed eloquently by Wolff's
Workers' Self-Directed Enterprises; and at the heart of his proposal is a
way of
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/11-5
Published on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by Common Dreams
Democracy and the Ecology of Transportation
by John Buell
There is no question as to whether New York City and the surrounding
coastal communities of the tri-state area will be rebuilt. But
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11037-democracy-from-the-ground-up
Democracy, From the Ground Up
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 00:00
By Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press | Serialized Book
This is part seven of an exclusive Truthout series from political
economist and author Gar
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [Biofuel] Democracy Born in Chains: South Africa's Constricted Freedom
Ms Klein has a point, as usual. - K
http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2011/02
Hey, the repugs won't need to purge any voters here in
Pennsylvania. Incredibly the PA legislature banned the
use of voting machines that keep a paper trail of vote
counts. We will be using touch screen voting machines
that are easily hacked. There will be no recounts,
just people scratching their
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/greg_palast/2006/06/voting_rights_
act_nailed_to_bu.html
Democracy in chains
US Republicans are planning to change the law to stop black, Hispanic
and Native American voters going to the polls in 2008.
Greg Palast
June 23, 2006 05:03 PM
Don't kid
to
be either closed or become so rampantly obvious that someone will do
something about it.
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poorfolks
Did you all hear today's Democracy Now? Looks like the US is letting
Chavez sell heating oil
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topoorfolks
Dear sir:
if I were a poor american I would agree 100% with you, but I am a
venezuelan
and Mr. Chavez is giving away our
Did you all hear today's Democracy Now? Looks like the US is letting
Chavez sell heating oil at a 40% reduction to poor-er folk in Brooklyn and
Boston.
I imagine the petro boys and the corporate world are squirming right now:
this is the first time a major corporation (Citgo?) has VOLUNTARILY
The top 5 petro boys (3 are HQ'd in USA, he other two are BP amd RD Shell)
own 50 % or more of refining, discovery and gas station (distribution)
operations. They own it all and aren't worried about a little thing like
Congress.
Rad
-- Original Message
But are you
saying that a dictatorship is better than a democracy, if the majority
of the people don't agree with us?
Nope.
What I'm saying is: When the gods want to punish us, they answer our
prayers.
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
viz straight represetative democracy - be careful what you wish for.
Nope.
What I'm saying is: When the gods want to punish us, they answer our
prayers.
Touche...
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ahhh .. Mr. Rogers w/attitude .. can I be your
neighbor? I live in W's brother's fiefdom now ..
don't mind the sound of an axe, want a garden - and a
field of switchgrass, maybe .. be glad to share the
produce!
room for a wind turbine, andsome PV technology would
be nice, too :-)
--- Mike
We touched on this once before. We discussed other examples of democracy and one thatI mentioned,which includes referendums on almost everything, is Switzerland. You can't even build or add to a house without the community's approval. Although some individual freedom is sacrificed, it certainly
I'm putting on my gardening sweater now.
Some of my neighbors are fine - one guy across the street ran into the
local Gestapo when he built an addition. He prevailed, but they all
whined and carried on. He's always quite pleasant, if fact, if he's
having an outdoor shindig he'll politely ask
viz straight represetative democracy - be careful what you wish for. If
Saudi Arabia had a pure representational system they'd wind up with a
far more radical Wahab state. Look at California's referendum system -
it's out of control. It's created an ungovernable state. Looks at
Arizona's
Mike Weaver wrote:
viz straight represetative democracy - be careful what you wish for. If
Saudi Arabia had a pure representational system they'd wind up with a
far more radical Wahab state. Look at California's referendum system -
it's out of control. It's created an ungovernable state.
An interesting case in point is the small town that I'm moving to.
Back in the 70's they set up their own participatory democracy (not a
representative democracy), and basically succeeded from county
control. They have their own building department, water board, etc.
Only 60 some people live
viz straight represetative democracy - be careful what you wish for. If
Saudi Arabia had a pure representational system they'd wind up with a
far more radical Wahab state.
Well, that would not be so good for the US I agree. But are you
saying that a dictatorship is better than a
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10562
The Election Story Never Told
Greg Palast, MediaChannel.org
March 6, 2001
Here's how the president of the United States was elected: In the
months leading up to the November balloting, Florida Governor Jeb
Bush and his Secretary of State,
I think it would be safe for all of us to agree
that it was not Nazi Germany was Democratic
but that Nazi Germany came into being in a democratic system?
I think you and Thor both have some valid points.
I don't, however, agree with you on your comparison to Today's Us president
and
the
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