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New 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 ResourcesAmerica 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. 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 Article about the group decision making process known as consensus decision-making. Destroying the CommonsHow the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 TomDispatch Our rights and liberties and under ever-increasing attack. 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 ... 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... 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... 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... Sources BookshelfTaking 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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