Bill Moyers – On Journalism
Some journalists are stubbornly pursuing the truth despite growing media monopolies, government secrecy, ideology, and public relations spin doctors鈥攂ut it鈥檚 getting tougher
Democracy
A Phoenix from the Ashes
Our youth, our natural world, our neighbors鈥攁ll are treated as expendables. What we need is a joining of movements based on valuing all life.
The Demand for the Common Good
What happens when economic growth produces more 鈥渋llth鈥� than wealth? What happens when it gobbles up the foundation of the good life鈥攖he commons?
Fighting For the Soul of the Democratic Party
fighting for the soul of the democratic party
by John Dittmer
Bringing Back Desert Springs
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
The Lake And the ‘hood
Mono Lake activists fought a 16-year David-versus-Goliath battle against the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) to stop water diversions to Los Angeles. Yet the rural community and the city have emerged from the fray as watershed partners.
A Watershed Runs Through You
The struggle to bring back endangered salmon draws one community into a new commitment to the well-being of its watershed
Study Circle Democracy
Deliberative democracy through study circles.
Women, Citizenship, and the End of Poverty
Nordic welfare society, Finland, Martha
Organization,
Let Every Voice Be Heard
Cumulative voting and instant runoff, Voting revolution, Alternative voting systems
Erosion of Liberty Since September 11
Erosion of Liberty Since September 11, DOJ
allows detenton without charges, US Patriot
Act
Get Your Vote On
In the early days of the campaign, I often
wondered whether the oppressive conditions of Selma were just a
figment of my own analysis because the people here seemed so
uninspired to oust Smitherman. I realized later that people
only needed the spirit of hope combined with inspired 鈥減eople
power鈥� and the timing of 鈥淕reater power鈥� to overcome
their worst fears and make lasting changes a
reality.
Where There鈥檚 a Way
Where there's a way, by Michael M鈥橤onigle.
Global Trade Agreements are just the latest way local
communities are losing control over the surrounding forests and
the watersheds. If there was a way to reclaim the commons,
might there also be a political will?
Great Commons of the World
Great commons of the World, by Kari McGinnis.
Commons are places where people gather and community blossoms.
Examines the qualities that make a good commons and describes
some of the best in the world.
The Cornucopia of the Commons
Community gardens, free software, self-help groups,
and other examples of how the gift economy fosters community
and social cohesion as well as economic
innovation.
The Next Revolutionaries
Stories of youth activists and their campaigns for the earth,
for justice, and against globalization.
Spread Leadership
spread leadership, by Robert
Kenny
Transportation and The Making of Cities
鈥淎 city should be a place of exuberance and exaltation of the human spirit, a place for celebration and public 'happenings', for rich and easy encounter, for relaxation and enjoyment.鈥�
E.R.Wickham
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