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Stolen Elections
The big picture: When vote suppression, election manipulation, and misinformation add up to a stolen election.
Organizing ResourcesRuckus: A Call for Nonviolent Direct ActionThe Ruckus Society has developed an election-focused action toolkit you'll want to check out. We also recommend United for Peace and Justice's non-violent direct action resources. Voter Bill of RightsFrom unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots, to partisan election officials and 10-hour waits at the polls, it is clear that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul. To build a more just, secure, and robust democracy, please support the following 10-point Voter Bill of Rights . . . NewsBRICKER: Honduran teachers defy coupDate: July 7, 2009ZUNES: Has the Election Been Stolen in Iran?Date: June 13, 2009FRANK: No Fair Election In Honduras Under Military OccupationDate: November 29, 2009Take ActionAMNESTY: Support democracy for Hondurassource: Amnesty InternationalMove to Amend: Overrule the Supreme Courtsource: Campaign to Legalize DemocracyOrganize a Voter Assemblysource: No More Stolen Elections!EventsU.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Democracy Track at the U.S. Social ForumThe Democracy Track is a series of sessions and community spaces at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007. The purpose of these sessions is to centralize democracy in all of our everyday struggles. Wisconsin: March to Overrule the Court(February 16, 2010)Make plans to join the March to Overrule the Court, Noon, on Tuesday, February 16th as we loudly protest the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that corporations are persons entitled to constitutional rights to influence elections. Rally at the State Capitol, State Street steps, then march to the nearby federal courthouse. Bring a bell to ring, warm clothes, and friends. Click here to get a pdf poster to print out and distribute Publications & TalksLa FOLLETTE: July 4, 1897 on the Dangers Threatening Representative GovernmentConsidered among the several most significant speeches of the great radical reformer, Fighting Bob La Follette, we offer these excerpts to you 112 years later. VIDEO: Manski, Farsetta, Alexander Gray on Extending Democracy(May 1, 2009)Progressive Magazine's Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution FRIEDMAN: Democracy's Gold Standard(September 14, 2009) |
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