democracy

The Sanctuary for Independent Media

“In order to stop terrorists from destroying America’s democratic freedoms, we will destroy America’s democratic freedoms ourselves.”

by Michael Barker; September 02, 2007 Published on ZNet

To date capitalists have financially supported two types of revolution: they have funded the neoliberal revolution to “take the risk out of democracy”,[1] and they have supported/hijacked popular revolutions (or in some cases manufactured ‘revolutions’) in countries of geostrategic importance (i.e. in counties where regime change is beneficial to transnational capitalism).[2]

Join peace march or criticize Bush will land you on "no-fly" list

Quote, "Professor who criticized Bush was told he was added to terrorist 'no-fly' list

by David Edwards; June 14, 2007 Published on ZNet
As we have previously reported* Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has long been demonised by the Western media as a "leftist firebrand" (The Independent), "Venezuela's demagogue" (Washington Post), and as a "militaristic strongman" (Financial Times).

By Harnecker, June 06, 2007, Published on ZNet

In the mid 70s the non aligned countries demanded a New World Information and Economic Order. Some time later, this decision led the United States to withdraw from UNESCO. For many decades only five or so monopolies controlled flows of information. It is only now that the demand to understand information as a human right and to democratize access to the media is being seen as a necessary requirement for building systems that are really democratic. The existence of media like Telesur or Al Jazeera, the proliferation of community radio and television stations, the expansion of computer networks and free software and the efforts states are making to take back control of their airwaves are all part of this effort to democratize the airwaves.

Many people don't vote any more. Maybe they just realize that citizens, while granted the right to vote, have little or no participation in the decision-making process of the government.