#Democracy

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dmbutopia

The new Kim Stanley Robinson novel looks as if it's been scientifically calculated to irritate me. KSR's often touted as a utopian, but one who tends to realism. But it's

CommunityLibPro

CommunityLibPro

Hello and very warm welcome to @MridulaKoshy, who is our director at The Community Library Project.Mridula will help us connect the dots between free libraries, free internet and their importance

Daniel M

Quirknky

I'll make a deal Joshua: if you actually have 2 million names of people interested in tenants organizing, give them to our housing justice commission, and do housing work in

Derek Alton

DerekAlton

Could we organize an international Government-as-a-Platform (#GaaP) Conference? I would be happy to help. @acroll could @fwd50conf facilitate this? There is interest from @OECD + so much we could learn

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Mob minds could do with some psychological distancing. I’ve pondered the Thielean anti-democratic turn for a few years now. Trump’s victory in 2016 struck me as both the most democratic

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zei_squirrel

if biden's establishment handlers like obama actually pick kamala harris as his vp and so as the actual president, they successfully got their candidate even though she dropped out before

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

This article, for me, shows one of the problematic side-effects with a national culture built on banging on about “British values” all the time: nobody discussed lockdown for the U.K.

Wendell Potter

wendellpotter

As a former health insurance exec, I know how rich corporations rake in billions by blocking life-saving procedures, hiking premiums & now exploiting a public health emergency. I often get

Allison Winn Scotch

aswinn

I've been registered as an Independent since I turned 18 & have never been a partisan voter.I will hold the entire @GOP, w/the recent exception of Mitt Romney, accountable for

Eyes Abroad

EyesAbroad

#DemocracyMatters....whether we're in a pandemic or not. Check out how our Embassies, High Commissions, and Consulates abroad are standing up for #Democracy around the - during #COVID19 and

Tsedale Lemma

TsedaleLemma

Just finished reading this article by PM @AbiyAhmedAli. Interesting to see that the argument in the article is informed by,& in keeping with, the long established tradition of the Ethiopian

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barrydeutsch

I got my ballot in the mail today. And that means - time to vote! Time to go through the whole ballot and figure out who I want to be

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Maripuerta

Several days ago a local reporter asked what was the reason for the "interest" Venezuelans have about politics (and elections) in the United States. We spoke about Venezuelan-Americans and their

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

I find it necessary to reach for the language and colorful colloquialisms of my native land, New Jersey, in order to express my feelings about today’s event in Bedmimster. It

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BatmanUvacha

'A Hindu defends Temple in Ayodhya by referring to employment, tourism and development. He failed to see that Rambhakts died for Ram, not Vikas.' 'Cow-killing is bad for a Hindu

Laurie Macfarlane

L__Macfarlane

Today the UK government has published the details of its “once in a generation” overhaul of England’s planning system. The proposed reforms confirm many of the fears I outlined here,