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Cooperatives and Building Productive Democracy

Madison  I took one wrong turn and ended up on the wrong side of the track waiting for a train, which only heightened my anticipation at what the Just Coffee Cooperative of coffee roasters might be like.  From across the tracks the street seemed to be smaller multi-unit apartments nicely appointed running down a row.  Finally [...]

Why not Mandatory Voting and Registration?

Set up and interview on voting rights and access with Fox News Eric Shawn for upcoming special

New Orleans   The interview with Eric Shawn, a Fox News anchor and senior correspondent, went OK as those things go, though of course who knows what they might edit and how little they might use by the time [...]

USA Voter System a Black Mark for Global Democracy

 Atlanta    In Rome I was talking in the halls of the Italian Parliament to policy makers and others about Democracy in the XXI Century, where we had an engaging conversation about the role of community organizations at the grassroots level increasing democracy and the disturbing trends in the United States through various repressive voter regulations, especially [...]

Cairo Excitement and Challenges for Organizers’ Forum

Tahrir Square

Paris We have a big, diverse and significant delegation traveling with the Organizers’ Forum for our 10th International Dialogue, this time in Cairo.  We are all in the air moving across the time zones now with great anticipation to meet with our counterparts and get a sense of the social changes and revolution [...]

Teachers on Hunger Strike, Union Fighting Wholesale Repression

Hunger Striking for teachers

Tegucigalpa Before 8 AM on Monday morning we were greeting Jaime Rodriguez, the President of COPEMH (Colegiio de Profesores de Educacion Media de Honduras) in the parking lot of the Colegio and teachers’ union.  Even as the lights left us in darkness drinking our sweet coffee in a sky lit [...]

First Past the Post – Majority Does Not Rule

Vancouver Sharing election night with my friends in Vancouver was a wild and bittersweet experience.  Earlier in the day hopes had soared on speculation of a rising number of seats being won by the New Democratic Party (NDP) which for some time has been the progressive voice of Canadians and the likelihood that they [...]