This weekend - February 27th - is the 72nd anniversary, but the corporate media most likely won't cover it. The generation that experienced this history firsthand is now largely dead, and only a few of us dare hear their ghosts. It started when the governm

Excerpt: "Democratic decentralisation is the process of ... so as to facilitate greater direct participation by the citizens in governance. The

Three is a crowd in our current voting system. Plurality voting, where the candidate with the most votes wins, is dysfunctional when more than two candidates run. It promotes zero-sum politics that discourage new candidates, suppress new ideas and encourag

Politics is all about branding. And brands are not about issues or details - they're about identity. When progressives and Democrats think of how Bush voters understand the word "Republican," they assume these folks are thinking "pro-life"; "moral values";

INVOLVER is an alliance of independent organizations, venues and artists who are pissed off about the state of our country and are facilitating a new political movement with two solutions: 1. Convincing our generation that we have to get involved in politi

... emergence and maintenance of viable democratic institutions and an enthusiastic ... community in supporting continuing democratic and accountable government. Within the

... class is the creation of government participation (conservatives call it "interference")