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News ReleasesIFJ Calls on United States to Withdraw "Perverse" Bar on Colombian Journalist2010-07-15 International Federation of Journalists International Federation of Journalists calls on the United States to lift a travel ban on a leading Colombian journalist who has risked his life to expose terrorism, warning of a "grave injustice" th... Sources Select ResourcesAll Rights Reserved: Now We Know the Final TTP is Everything We FearedMalcolm, Jeremy Article 2015 CounterPunch The release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears a... America Likes Democracy, Except In Venezuela Chavez in the Crosshairs Weisbrot, Mark Article 2012 CounterPunch Venezuelans can be sure that their vote counts. The government in Venezuela has done everything to increase voter registration and participation. Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for DemocracyIntroduction to the July 2, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2016 Connexions A constant theme in elite reaction to the Brexit referendum, expressed especially through the mainstream media, has been a visceral contempt for democracy. Ordinary working people are portrayed as stu... Brexit and the new hostility to participatory democracySparrow, Jeff Article 2016 Overland The reaction to Brexit illustrates the desperate need for the Left to return to first principles. For, as the result broke on social media, a remarkable number of progressives directed their anger not... Canada's Distorted Electoral SystemDiemer, Ulli Article 2000 Connexions Information Sharing Services / Ulli Diemer Canada's electoral system is undemocratic Consensus decision-makingConnexipedia Article Article 2010 Article about the group decision making process known as consensus decision-making. The conspiracy to censor the InternetArticle 2017 World Socialist Web Site The political representatives of the American ruling class are engaged in a conspiracy to suppress free speech. Under the guise of combating "trolls" and "fake news" supposedly controlled by Russia, t... Democracy was never intended for degeneratesMalik, Kenan Article 2016 Pandaemonium This is not a left vs right debate -- today, as a century ago, the anti-democratic impulse comes from both left and right, from both reactionaries and self-defined progressives. Destroying the CommonsHow the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 TomDispatch Our rights and liberties are under ever-increasing attack. Dismantling DemocracyStifling Debate and Dissent in Canada Article 2015 Voices-Voix An extensive dossier of the Harper government's attacks on democracy, debate, and dissent. Extremism goes mainstreamAcross Europe far-right parties are gaining power by forming coalitions while liberals have failed to find a coherent response Traynor, Ian Article 2010 The Guardian Right wing extremist parties that attempt to stir up racial and ethnic prejudices have been gaining support during the recession in Europe. In Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy liberals already form ... FascismSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Fascism is a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, values, and systems, including the political system and... Fascism and ideologySources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Fascism and ideology is the subject of numerous debates. The position of fascism on the political spectrum is a point of contention. Various scholars have sought to define fascism, and the consensus i... A freedom that we can't affordRightwing thinktanks profess a love of freedom, but their refusal to reveal who funds them is deeply undemocratic Monbiot, George Article 2011 The Guardian Freemarket thinktanks vastly outnumber those arguing for public spending. The author suggests that these thinktanks allow corporations to exert influence on public life without showing their hand, he ... Greece again Can Save the WestRoberts, Paul Craig Article 2015 Dissident Voice The 'Greek crisis' is not about debt. Debt is the propaganda that the Empire is using to subdue sovereignty throughout the Western world. Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence CompiledThe Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law. Beers, David; and Tyee Staff and Contributors Article 2015 The Tyee Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have racked up dozens of serious abuses of power since forming government in 2006. From scams to smears, monkey-wrenching opponents to intimidating public servants... Hollowing out democracy and lawMalik, Kenan Article 2017 Pandaemonium The recent actions of the Catalan government are not those of politicians respecting democracy. The reaction of the Madrid government, which criminalize political dissent, are equally disturbing. Israel's education system peddles intolerance and liesCook, Jonathan Article 2014 Jonathan Cook John Kerry spent last week testing the waters with the Israelis and the Palestinians over his so-called framework agreement – designed to close the gaps between the two sides. But the issues he is try... On Translating Securityspeak into EnglishIn the Land of False Cognates Carson, Kevin Article 2012 CounterPunch The Security State has its own language: Securityspeak. Like Newspeak, the ideologically refashioned successor to English in Orwell’s “1984,” Securityspeak is designed to obscure meaning and conceal t... One Vote for DemocracyConsensus vs. democracy Diemer, Ulli Article 1986 Ulli Diemer Makes the case that the democratic model is better than the consensus model for activist group decision-making. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 8, 2015Elections Diemer, Ulli (editor); Richwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 connexions Elections are the topic of the week, with items related to the October 19 Canadian federal election, and also to broader issues of parliamentary democracy, voting and whether voting can bring about ch... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Connexions Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... Poisoning the Democratic WellDobbin, Murray Article 2015 Counter Punch Opponents of so-called free trade deals have always struggled with the question of why these international treaties don't generate more alarm and vocal opposition from Canadians. These treaties, after... Puerto Rico: a Junta By Any Other NameCruz Díaz, Miguel A. Article 2016 CounterPunch Empire is once again fashionable. The financial crisis that is presently gutting the island of Puerto Rico plays out like the world's worst case of botched assisted suicide. The sell of its municipal ... The Reaction to Brexit Is the Reason Brexit HappenedIf you believe there's such a thing as "too much democracy," you probably don't believe in democracy at all Taibbi, Matt Article 2016 Rolling Stone "This isn't democracy; it is Russian roulette for republics," Kenneth Rogoff recently wrote in the 'Boston Globe,' of last week's Brexit vote.
The Secret SecretOf Wikileaks and Literacy Johnson, Jimmy Article 2010 CounterPunch Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret pri... A Short History of Black Voter SuppressionParker, Nicholas Article 2012 CounterPunch The Right's organized movement to suppress the votes of African Americans and Latin Americans, and the urban and rural poor by means of the passing of voter ID (Poll Tax) laws in states receives no me... Some Pundits Think the Solution to Right-Wing Populism Is Less DemocracyJohnson, Adam Article 2016 Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting The core orthodoxies of neoliberalism are under attack by populist forces, and commentators are scrambling for a response. Some are suggesting more left-wing red meat. Others, a moment of self-reflect... Trade agreements and the corporate war on democracyIntroduction to the November 7, 2015 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2015 Connexions The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled to be rubber-stamped by national governments on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, is best understood as a major milestone in the long-... The Two Souls of SocialismSocialism from Above vs. Socialism from Below Draper, Hal Article 1960 It was Marx who finally brought the two ideas of socialism and democracy together, because he developed a theory which made the synthesis possible for the first time. The heart of the theory is this p... We must win back democracy, even if it takes Hedges' revolution Fillmore, Nick Article 2016 Nick Fillmore While the banks, elites, and the super-rich have been scrambling to try to hold onto their billions following the UK's shocking vote to exit from the European Union, the anger expressed by the leave s... What is Stephen Harper doing to Canada? How can we stop him?Article 2015 The Harper regime has had a toxic effect on Canada. The wealthy are better off, but most Canadians are worse off, and rights and freedoms, democracy, access to information, and science have suffered. ... 'Worse Than We Thought': TPP A Total Corporate Power Grab NightmareArticle 2015 Common Dreams On issues ranging from climate change to food safety, from open Internet to access to medicines, the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) is a disaster. Sources BookshelfThe American Deep StateWall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy Dale Scott, Peter Book 2014 Scott makes a compelling case for a hidden "deep state," a second order of government behind the public or constitutional state, that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. The History of DemocracyA Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... Taking the Risk Out of DemocracyCorporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty Carey, Alex Book 1995 The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially... Who Will Tell The PeopleThe Betrayal Of American Democracy Greider, William Book 1993 An exploration of the undermining of U.S. democracy, starting with the basic issues of who gets heard, who gets ignored, and why. |
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