The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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French Nuit Debout Movement Creates New Paradigm For Horizontal Democracy
Nuit Debout is apartisan, but not apolitical.
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5 Years On: Why the Occupations of 2011 Changed the World
The movements of the squares were a watershed moment that profoundly changed grassroots and institutional politics – they have enthused in equal measure as they have disappointed, both under-delivering and over-delivering on their promises.
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"Soon We Will Be Millions": From Paris with Love and Lessons
This is not a protest – Paris is alive with democracy. Real democracy. Overflowing the streets and squares. By Marina Sitrin
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How Movements Decide: Formal Consensus and Its Discontents
One of the main attributes of Formal Consensus is the intention to be non-adversarial – to ignore the traditional “us vs. them” paradigm that has increasingly paralyzed politics – but in many cases it hasn't worked.
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Together We Rise: Occupy National Gathering Kicks Off Thursday In Sacramento
After taking place in Philadelphia in 2012 and last year in Kalamazoo, Mich., the third Occupy National Gathering moves west.
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They Can't Represent Us: Why The Mask of Democracy Is Falling
A timely new book recounts stories of ordinary citizens around the world, providing unique insight into the massive, democratic mutiny that is brewing.
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Speaking of Resistance, The Gezi Park Forums Have Spread Across Turkey
The June 15 police crackdown that violently pushed protesters out of Gezi park has given occasion to organize more elaborate “forums” and “people’s assemblies” in dozens of public parks of Istanbul and across Turkey.
