Politics & Democracy
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property,
are the rulers. -Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
Headlines
- 08/27/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 27, 2008
- 08/22/08 - Non-Organic Companies Slammed for Destroying Rainforests to Source Palm Oil
- 08/20/08 - Election Integrity - How We Lost It and How States are Getting It Back
- 08/20/08 - The Big Cover-up: Parallels Between the Anthrax and 9/11 Investigations
- 08/20/08 - The Weekly Spin, August 20, 2008
- 08/20/08 - Home Depot: Do the Right Thing, Dump Monsanto!
- 08/20/08 - Legislators: Say NO to Monsanto's Dirty Money
- 08/19/08 - The Dems Convention: I Won't Be Politically High in the Mile-High City
- 08/19/08 - Doubts over the Anthrax Case Intensify -- Except in the Corporate Media
- 08/18/08 - Greens Not Turning Blue in November Races
- 08/18/08 - Grassroots Democrats Press Pelosi: Why Haven't You Impeached Bush & Cheney?
- 08/16/08 - Did Washington Waste Millions on Faulty Voting Machines?
- 08/16/08 - Ohio's Election Stolen Again? State May Face 600K Voter Purge in Coming Weeks
- 08/15/08 - What's New In Your State?
- 08/15/08 - Special Report: Ivins Anthrax Case Another Black Eye for Network News
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The GNA Platform
Press the politicians to support:
- Eliminating the distorting effect of special interest money on our elections and politicians by providing full public funding for all federal, state, and local elections, as well as banning paid political advertising in the media.
- Do you support the declaration of Election Day as a national holiday, instant voter registration, publicly managed open source code for voting machines, laws ensuring that voting machines are secure from tampering, as well as local, state, or federal versions of Senate Bill 1980, requiring that voting systems produce a voter-verified paper ballot.
- Legislation mandating Instant Runoff Voting in city, county, state and federal elections along with the revision of the Electoral College to reflect the popular vote.
- Legislation mandating the FCC to require major TV, newspapers, and radio stations to allot each party and/or candidate free and equal media prime-time to broadcast their message.
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Resources
The Score
This website lists, to the hour, the schedule of both houses of
Congress, along with reports on floor activities and news.
Weapons
of Mass Deception
Book by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber
examines the use of propaganda in the build up to the Iraq War.
What
is the SPP?
The Security and Prosperity Partnership is an overarching and little
known initiative by both U.S. government and corporations dealing
with security, energy and agribusiness autonomy.
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