Politics & Democracy
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property,
are the rulers. -Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
Headlines
- 03/20/10 - USDA Inspector General Finds Bush Administration Ignored Organic Laws
- 03/18/10 - Conflict of Interest: Ex Monsanto Lawyer Clarence Thomas to Hear Major Monsanto Case
- 03/15/10 - Obama Has Tragically Lost The Youth, Antagonized Unions
- 03/12/10 - Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny
- 03/11/10 - Monsanto Critics Get Unusual Platform
- 03/11/10 - Should Farmers Speak at a Government Hearing on Farming?
- 03/11/10 - Government Hearings on Agribusiness Concentration Should Consider Role of NAFTA
- 03/11/10 - South Korea Does What the US Refuses to Do: Restrict Junk Food Advertising to Children
- 03/09/10 - Living Hero Interview with Vandana Shiva
- 03/08/10 - Time for a U.S. Revolution – Fifteen Reasons
- 03/05/10 - Behind the Green Revolving Door: from Nature Conservancy to Big Oil
- 03/04/10 - Anti-Trust Hearing Stacked with Big Ag Reps and Non-Farmers
- 03/04/10 - Media Reformers Are Out of Touch with the Reality of Today's Tabloid Media
- 03/02/10 - Who Decides Where Farms Go?
- 03/01/10 - Who's Watching the Farm? Dairy Lobbyists Shape Policy
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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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