Democracy

campaign reform, Democracy April 26, 2016

Reflective Democracy in Santa Monica

Santa Monica Daily Press By Michael Feinstein April 25, 2016 The best electoral systems give voters a realistic chance to elect candidates who reflect their views. In most industrialized democracies, this is accomplished by electing people using a form of voting called proportional representation. Under systems of proportional representation, if there are 100 seats in a state legislature and Democrats get 40% of the vote, Republicans 30%, Greens 20% and Libertarians 10%, then Democrats would win 40 seats, Republicans 30, Greens 20 and Libertarians 10. This is how most democracies work, in countries the United States is most often compared…

2016 Elections, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Green Party, Jill Stein April 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders Has His Plan B. What’s Yours?

Black Agenda Report By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon April, 13, 2016 “…the numbers are against Bernie. Not the numbers of Democratic activists and voters, but the numbers tabulated by the Democratic party’s official rules….” Bernie Sanders wants and maybe deserves the Democratic presidential nomination. But Bernie does have a Plan B. Bernie’s Plan B is now and has always been supporting Hillary Clinton. Bernie said it a year ago, he repeated it last week, and he’s said it scores of times in between. It’s not a new plan , and his reason is not a new reason. Any…

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2016 Elections, Bernie Sanders, campaign reform, Democracy, Green Party, Jill Stein, National Politics, Public Campaign Finance Reform, Third Party March 9, 2016

Result of Third-Party Lawsuit Could Decide Outcome of 2016 Election

Breitbart By Jason Scheurer March 7, 2016 A lawsuit filed on September 26, 2015 in Washington D.C. (and its eventual outcome) may turn out to be the most important event of the 2016 presidential election. Virtually ignored by all but a handful of alternative media outlets, this suit has the power to destroy the existing political power structure ─ much like the ridesharing firms, Uber and Lyft, threaten the antiquated taxi industry. If successful, it will permanently expand the number of candidates on the debate stage during the general election by proving that the Commission on Presidential Debates is in…

2016 Elections, Democracy, Green Party, Jill Stein February 23, 2016

Why I Support Dr. Jill Stein for President

truthdig By Chris Hedges February 21, 2016 The political crisis in America is severe. The old ideas that buttressed the ruling class and promised democracy, growth and prosperity—neoliberalism, austerity, globalization, endless war, a dependence on fossil fuel and unregulated capitalism—have been exposed as fictions used by the corporate elite to impoverish and enslave the country and enrich and empower themselves. Sixty-two billionaires have as much wealth as half the world’s population, 3.5 billion people. This fact alone is revolutionary tinder. We are entering a dangerous moment when few people, no matter what their political orientation, trust the power elite or…

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2016 Elections, campaign reform, Climate Change, Democracy, Fracking, Green Party, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Medicine, political corruption, Single Payer, Social Justice February 15, 2016

Here’s a Way to Hold Wall Street Accountable

Truthdig By Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein February 13, 2016 The year 2016 is off to a rocky start for the stock market, not just in the United States but also globally. Many economists are predicting a financial crash this year or next. Stocks are overvalued without a foundation to hold them up, production is down and debt is high. Central banks, such as the Federal Reserve, have run out of solutions, and investors have run out of confidence in them. The grand illusion of economic recovery is about to be exposed. Financial fraud is at the heart of the…