Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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How Podemos Works: The Party Born from Spain's Indignados Holds Great Lessons for U.S.
Since it's the takeover of our democratic process by big money that makes most Americans angry, Podemos is a story from which Americans could take heart.
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New Europe-Wide Project Uses Decentralized Tools for Democratic Empowerment
D-CENT is creating privacy-aware tools and a social networking platform for large-scale economic empowerment, citizen collaboration and participatory decision-making.
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Exclusive: Iceland's ALDA Movement Seeks A Roadmap Toward Systemic Change
Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a founder of Iceland's Association of Sustainability and Democracy, advocates measures that enable participatory decision making, democratize the workplace, protect the environment and restructure the financial system.
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Occupy Movements Around the World: How Is Brazil's Different?
Spain's Indignados. Egypt's Tahrir Square. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Gezi, and now Brazil. These local moments of a global Occupy movement represent a new stage in the history of protest.