Democracy was never meant to be run by election bc it is too easily corrupted by oligarchs.
It was always meant to be by sortition & there is a longer history to that & it's success, than this version of 'democratic' elections which is failing us & fallen to #oligarchs as was known & expected by Athenians.
Aristotle said #elections were aristocratic & we're seeing that right down to dynasties.
Yusef Salaam, one of five teenagers convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, won a competitive #Democratic primary for a #Harlem City Council seat.
This from BBCNews #India is shocking; the abuse & humiliation of #women is endemic across the country with little evidence of any sustained attempt to address this issue.
Given India's claims around its #democratic culture, the plight of women & girls is extraordinary, inasmuch as it indicates a disconnect (as so often) between claims for a modern polity & the continuing discrimination & violence towards women.
[I should add that India is not alone with these problems]
"Those investments began to diverge sharply along red & blue lines, with conservative lawmakers often balking at public #health initiatives they said cost too much or overstepped. Today, people in the #South and #Midwest, regions largely controlled by #Republican state legislators, have increasingly higher chances of dying prematurely compared with those in the more #Democratic#Northeast and #West." #GiftArticle https://wapo.st/3PJpoZI
I've really enjoyed being part of social.coop and am itching for more sustainable services. I recently ported my Github repos over to #codeberg and been loving it. Appreciate any responses!
🔺You’ve seen the MAGA-GOP clown show (or heard about it).
🔺2024 is our last chance to keep this country a democratic Republic.
🔺Fascism is ONE LOST ELECTION AWAY.
Our #democratic right to make our voices heard is not a politician's to give away.
Faced with a government hell-bent on silencing peaceful action, last year we hired the #protest lawyer Lochlinn Parker. In this video, he explains why he’s worried and what we can do to fight back.
So political trickster and mobster #RogerStone seriously suggested and discussed killing a prominent #Democratic congressman to send a message to all others before the 2020 elections. Fucking imagine that: At that time the GOP was the ruling party, and still some of its dirtiest operatives were musing about deadly political violence.
Radical republicans push to have government make medical decisions for families as a big-government.
Republicans are in your bedroom, mandate what you can do and they want decide your medical decisions. Republicans are the fascist our grandparents defeated.
Nazi Republicans have unmask. Let's defeat them again.
Obviously, most of us have known for decades that radical republican are in fact the party of Big Government, but it feels like an emerging development that even Republicans are starting to acknowledge it. Fascism is pro-huge government.
As debates about #ArtificialIntelligence & its impact on society get ever more shrill, here's a piece I wrote fro @NWBylines a couple of months ago, setting out why its the people controlling #AI we should be more worried about than the #technology itself.
Building on the work of Lewis Mumford I argue we can, if we have the political will, make any technology #democratic.... but, that's not to say its easy.
Cries that AI is 'out of control' mislead us into inaction!
I'm a #healthcare policy analyst, advocate and blogger who focuses primarily on the #ACA (#AffordableCareAct), but I also write about #Medicaid, #CHIP and a lot of other U.S. healthcare system stuff. Last year I also gained some attention for #COVID19 data analysis.
During election season I also raise money online for #Democratic candidates.
Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision that for 50 years guaranteed women in all states the right to make her own decision about her own pregnancy, within viability guidelines.
This 51st year, women have known tragedy, confusion, persecution, prosecution, despair, and death.
In red state after state, legislators with NO MEDICAL TRAINING have imposed laws that are cruel, senseless, and reduce women to second-class citizens.
🔺REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE THEIR CRUSADE FOR A NATIONAL BAN. 🔺TRUMP “IS PROUD” OF PACKING SCOTUS AND OVERTURNING ROE.
Our only hope for reason & justice is to VOTE FOR EVERY DEMOCRAT, and to WORK TO GET OUT THE BLUE VOTE. The Biden Administration continues to strengthen protections, but real change will happen only with a #Democratic victory in House, Senate & Presidency.
🔹DONATE TO DEMS.
🔹JOIN ACTIVISTS.
🔹WORK TO GET OUT THE BLUE VOTE.
🔹SPREAD THE TRUTH ABOUT PRES. BIDEN’S SUCCESSES.
#Republican Donald #Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the #history of the #Jan6, 2021, Capitol attack [#insurrection], but positioning the #violent siege & its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the #WhiteHouse.
"Faculty don’t need bosses to do their work: they can #teach their classes and conduct their #research without any interventions, thank you very much. And, there’s no reason why #democratic self-governance and confederation can’t facilitate all #university decision-making. But, #administrators often convince themselves that the faculty are “out of control” and require discipline, which they are more than happy to offer."
The @CCC is back, inviting #hackers#activists, #artists, and technology enthusiasts to the renovated #Hamburg Congress Center. Expect insightful lectures, collaborative #learning, #creative#projects, and vibrant discussions in a peaceful, respectful atmosphere.
Join us at the #37C3 conference track "Sustainability & #Climate#Justice"! We're thrilled to focus on the pressing issues of ecological injustice and ecosystem collapse. If you're passionate about creating a sustainable, just, and #democratic#digital future, we invite you to submit your presentations by November 11, 2023. We're particularly keen to hear from underrepresented groups and those from the global south.
In the speech in support of the ceasefire resolution, the #Democratic Florida #StateRepresentative Angie Nixon said: “We are at 10,000 dead Palestinians. How many will be enough?”
Join us at @CCC 's #37C3 conference track "Sustainability & #Climate#Justice"! We're thrilled to focus on the pressing issues of ecological injustice and ecosystem collapse. If you're passionate about creating a sustainable, just, and #democratic#digital future, we invite you to submit your presentations by November 11, 2023. We're particularly keen to hear from underrepresented groups and those from the global south.
#SteveBarclay condemned the #doctors strike as being 'coordinated & calculated'.... so unlike the #Tories policy making, then.
Meanwhile, the Govt. is looking to invoke the anti-strike law on minimum service levels to 'force' doctors & #nurses to work... Well that's certainly going to to further inflame the #NHScrisis.
The right-to-strike is not only a #democratic right, without it employment starts to look more like authoritarian control than a transaction between #workers & employers!
@DemocracyMattersALot The way to “stop” #SCOTUS unfortunately takes some time — it’s by electing #Democratic presidents and #Senate majorities long enough to change the Court majority.