Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, AlterNet. December 2, 2008. State and municipal elections held in Venezuela strongly favored President Chávez and his political party.
Naomi Klein, NaomiKlein.com. November 6, 2008. Terrible looting of public capital has a habit of taking place during periods of dramatic political transition, and Bush has one underway.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Video. November 3, 2008. Voting problems in this country have reached the point at which they cannot be ignored.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 24, 2008. In a democracy, people depend on one another to make rules that benefit everyone. Author Deborah Stone discusses how the GOP destroyed that reality.
Adam Skaggs, Brennan Center for Justice. October 17, 2008. The GOP-led campaign to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2008 vote comes as states are breaking records for new voters.
David Sirota, AlterNet. October 4, 2008. We now face market forces uninhibited by democratic governance. The bailout is an aggressive attempt to trade democracy for autocracy.
Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice. September 25, 2008. The Social Security Administration, whose databases verify new voter registrations, will be shut down in mid-October for three days for maintenance.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. September 1, 2008. The initial Democratic response to Palin indicates that many Democrats have not learned the lessons of the Reagan and Bush years.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 22, 2008. Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. August 5, 2008. We did not invade Afghanistan to help the Afghan people. So why are so many progressives buying into that myth?
Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. July 30, 2008. Bolivia's president, vice president and eight of nine departmental governors are the subject of an upcoming recall vote.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. July 18, 2008. San Franciscan's signature gathering efforts pay off: SF will vote on GWB sewage plant measure in November.
Gavan McCormack, Foreign Policy in Focus. July 15, 2008. "Through the prism of beef, South Koreans confront the limitations of key contemporary institutions: democracy, capitalism, and nationalism."
Briggs Bomba, AlterNet. July 12, 2008. The best path to democracy in Africa? Strengthening institutions and pressuring them to uphold their protocols on human rights and good governance.
Noam Chomsky, Khaleej Times Online. July 12, 2008. U.S. war planners want an obedient client state that will house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the world's major energy reserves.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 11, 2008. Across America, local culture has been supplanted by fast food and sub-par Will Smith movies. No wonder people don't care about hometown issues.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. July 7, 2008. America is experiencing a surge of hope -- the time is right to invigorate our damaged democracy and capture greater power for the people.
