Circle of Democracy

Democrates speaks! Interviewed by Diana Jewell, for the Monday Brown Bagger program of 2009/08/31.

Democrates is the author of “Manifesto of REAL Democracy: The Guide to Liberty, Equality—and Survival.” This potentially transformative book explains how the principles of the original Athenian democracy have been subverted by the Demockracy Fraud of modern republican governments and how, by establishing Circles of Democracy, we can recover the original democratic idea and begin once again to govern ourselves.


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This book is available in Vancouver BC from:
- People's Co-op Bookstore (604-253-6442 or toll-free 1-888-511-5556 )
- Duthie Books (604-732-5344)
- Sophia Bookstore (604-684-0484)

To read the introduction, "The Vision of REAL Democracy", and to find a list of independent bookstores in Canada and the USA that have the Manifesto, go to:
circleofdemocracy.net

Lessons from the Tragedy of BC-STV

With the crushing defeat of BC-STV, electoral reform is dead in BC and
Canada. Here's the story and the lessons to be learned.


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What voters should know about BC-STV

Karl Losken interviews Jeff Jewell 0n 2009/05/07, regarding the BC referendum May 12 on the Single Transferable Vote, as recommended by the BC Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.
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BC-STV and an Election Without Democratic Legitimacy

British Columbia's election on May 12 is a second and final chance for electoral reform. This analysis explains how the 2005 referendum was a 'stolen' election, but it's result was the public delegitimation of the existing First-Past-the-Post voting system.


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Voting Reform Boot Camp, Part 1 of 3

Overview of the problems of democracy and the reasons why electoral reform is important; supplemented by different views expressed by our audience.


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Voting Reform Boot Camp, Part 2 of 3

Extended analysis of alternative voting systems.


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Voting Reform Boot Camp, Part 3 of 3

The BC Citizens' Assembly Saga: the Tragicomedy of Democracy Writ Large.
How the valiant efforts for electoral reform were thwarted by a covert campaign to spread Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about BC-STV; and the people were duped into accepting its officially proclaimed defeat, when the democratic process had compellingly shredded any pretense of legitimacy of the existing voting system.


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The Power behind the Power of the Throne

A deeper look at Canada's present political farce, revealing that the monarchy serves as a front for rule by the oligarchy, exerted via their control of the Liberal-Conservative duopoly; featuring audio clips on this subject by Jon Stewart, and Alex Jones interviews with Webster Tarpley and Connie Fogal, plus our analysis entitled "The Empire Strikes Back, Canadian Style".


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2008/12/01 Surreality News Update, topic 1: Canadian Politics

Canada's Parliamentary Crisis.
The political machinations of PM Harper's minority government, and the opposition united to defeat it. Commentary with audio clips from CTV news broadcasts.


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Obama-mania: the power of the Story and the power of Ideas

Review of the US 2008 election, examining how and why Obama-mania won over most Americans and the vast majority of citizens of the world. Obama promised only "change", without specifics, and was widely perceived as a 'messiah'. Beyond his exceptional intelligence, charisma, inter-racial appeal and fervent following, his annointment as 'chosen one' by Big Money was probably based on his image providing the most powerful facelift for the continuation of American imperialism, and the 'left cover' for imposition of draconian austerity measures required by the unprecedented American and global financial crises.


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The Rituals of Democracy and Realities of Economy Revisited

Review of the 2008 elections of Canada and USA, in the context of the rapidly exploding global economic crises.

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The Rituals of Democracy and Realities of the Economy

Commentary on the superficiality of the ongoing elections in Canada and the USA, in the context of the rapidly deteriorating economic crisis; audio clip of Webster Tarpley's critique of Paulson's ultimate(?) raid on the U.S. Treasury forcing taxpayers to bail out Wall St.

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2008 Election Wakeup Call

Report on the 2008 US election, featuring audio clips from the Democratic National Convention by Alex Jones and associates, and Dennis Kucinich's plea "Wakeup America", plus brief commentary on anticipated Canadian election.

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How Asians view the west

HARDtalk, BBC interview with Kishore Mahbubani (ambassador from Singapore), by Stephen Sackur.
How Asians view the west, and issues of development, democracy and human rights.

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Engdahl, "A Century of War", part 2 of 2

F. William Engdahl, interviewed by Jeff Rense, broadcast 2008/02/20

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"Is TINA True?" -1- Parecon

Is it true that There Is No Alternative to Capitalism? First we look
at the system called Participatory Economics, or Parecon, authored by
Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel.

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"Is TINA True?" -2- Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution

Is it possible to build a better alternative to the capitalist
system? Hugo Chavez calls it Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, and
it looks a lot like Parecon.

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