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'How non-violent struggle works'– Gene Sharp
I have often quoted Gene Sharp’s little book from ‘Dictatorship to Democracy’ when talking about the importance of peaceful protests pointing out how…
Forget The Soap-Opera. Let The People Govern
While the problems in the UK continue with rising costs of energy, 6 million NHS waitingThanks for reading The Harrogate Agenda!
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How popular votes made Switzerland a global democracy leader
[Series Swiss democracy hotspots with Claude Longchamp, Episode 4:]
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Why has the UK experienced more freedom and less despotism over the centuries?
How popular votes made Switzerland a global democracy leader
Forget The Soap-Opera. Let The People Govern
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Why we need a People's democracy.
Sortition explained.
Local democracy is a sham.
Why we need a People's democracy.
A point I feel worth making over and over again, given the general decline of our country and competence of our governance, is that we have clearly…
A few thoughts of the week.
1.As I posted on Twitter the other day.
Local democracy is a sham.
This article is by the Editorial Chairman and co-founder of 'The Week' Jeremy O'Grady.
The People's Way.
The break in weekly posts has been caused by having to deal with my ailing 96 year old mother and some preparatory work on a THA event, to be held…
Democracy is dead - long live democracy!
This article by Iain Davis is long but really worth a read and gives his thoughs on the use of sortition to give us the real democracy we have never…
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Recently on Dr North’s blog ‘Turbulent Times’, on which his coverage of the Ukraine war has been second to none, I have often posted the comment, over…
Discontented people bring about change.
A while back I was struck by this quote by the columnist Frank Tyger from the American business magazine Forbes.
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