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Michael Sainato articles

Michael Sainato writes for Democracy Chronicles from Albany, New York. Checkout the rest of our international team of authors as well. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on election reform in the United States.

Pandering Shows How Disconnected Clinton is From Voters

April 14, 2016 by Michael Sainato Leave a Comment

Disconnected Clinton

In 2016, voters are catching on to Clinton’s flawed attempts to appear authentic and down-to-Earth. Clinton’s reputation to say or do anything for political expediency.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Celebrity Politics, Democrats, Minority Voting Rights, New York City and State Elections, Political Comedy

Before Bernie Sanders, There Was Seattle’s Kshama Sawant

December 7, 2015 by Michael Sainato Leave a Comment

Seattle's Kshama Sawant

Sawant’s successes in Seattle have implications for whether a self-avowed socialist, such as Bernie Sanders, can win in a national election. Their organizing strategies of invoking a “political revolution” have several parallels

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, Bernie Sanders, LGBT People and Democracy, Occupy Wall Street, Socialism and Labor

On Income Inequality in Gainesville, Florida

July 15, 2015 by Michael Sainato Leave a Comment

Inequality in Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida is the 4th in the nation of cities with the most income inequality, according to a recent study conducted by the financial new site 24/7 Wall St. Bloomberg rates Gainesville as 5th on their list of cities with the most income inequality.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, American State Elections, Capitalism and Big Business, Education, Socialism and Labor

The Relationship Between Media Sensationalism and American Violence

January 11, 2013 by Michael Sainato Leave a Comment

Sensationalism and American Violence Prison Overcrowding with communal living area

Media sensationalism stories create the worst sort of precedent and are out of keeping with tolerant spirit of our age.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Election History, Journalism and Free Speech, Political Artwork, Voting Technology

How Modern Consumerism Has Changed Art and Culture

December 25, 2012 by Michael Sainato Leave a Comment

Modern Consumerism Andy Warhol

Popular culture serves capitalist interests because of industries that depend upon it for reproduction such industries are indebted to particular ideologies like modern consumerism

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Anarchism, Capitalism and Big Business, Celebrity Politics, Political Artwork, Socialism and Labor, Voting Technology

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