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Democracy
Robert McChesney: We Need to Advocate Radical Solutions to Systemic Problems
The author discusses net neutrality, his hopes for a post-capitalist democracy in the United States and more.
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Democracy and Its Discontents
Globalization and rising inequality are contributing to the growing lack of confidence in democratic institutions.
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Ten Ways Human Rights and Democracy Won in 2014
Let's be honest: It was a brutal year for human rights. But we still have victories worth celebrating.
Henry A. Giroux | Barbarians at the Gates: Authoritarianism and the Assault on Public Education
The emergence of larger social movements depends on public education maintaining its democratic sphere.
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A Vote for “Draft Warren” Is a Vote for a Democratic Primary
MoveOn and Democracy for America want to draft Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for President.
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Going Beyond Private Versus Public
Economic democracy inside all enterprises is our era's issue, not secondary disputes over the division of production between private and state enterprises.
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The Craving for Democracy
Many are unwilling to participate in an electoral game that does not provide genuine popular control.
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It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Why People Don’t Vote
People understand that voting alone will not magically change the system.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Failures of Actually Existing Economic Systems
What so-called ‘freedoms’ were achieved with the fall of the Berlin Wall?
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Playing the Long Game
While the pundits gnaw the bones of Election 2014, Gar Alperovitz looks at the positive possibilities.