Has Internet Cyber Repression in China Changed the Balance of Power Between People and Government
Articles by DC Authors
DC Authors articles from Democracy Chronicles writers across the globe are colleced here. And take a look at DC's Author Central page for more information about the writers and even inquire about getting involved yourself. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on American democracy.
Election Reform and Occupy Wall Street
Can Occupy Do More For the Cause of Fair Elections in the US? Within the vast diversity that includes everything from the free-to-all ‘People’s Kitchen’ and the ‘Environmental Solidarity’ group, there is need for more support for election reform and for the people who work on the front line of our democracy.
Some Problems With Our Current Voting System: Plurality Voting
Problems With Our Current Voting System: Minimal But Powerful Improvement Called Approval Voting
Of Princes, Blind Lawyers and the Future of Chinese Democracy
Future of Chinese Democracy: If China is going to avoid the political icebergs that are ahead, its leadership must steer a clear path towards democracy. The Chinese people are as capable of governing themselves as anyone else.
Europe and the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (for Europeans): A democratic government can be formed of the Europeans, by the Europeans and for the Europeans – and the world would be a much better place as a result.
Obama Needs to Support the Invisible People of Bahrain
Can the Arab Spring Enter the Persian Gulf? Invisible people of Bahrain have been met with a weak American foreign policy not supportive of the rights of Arab people to govern themselves
A Really Democratic Foreign Policy
Really Democratic Foreign Policy: When Immanuel Kant and Thomas Paine wrote of democracy in the days of the American Revolution, they did so based on a belief that democratic countries would avoid war with each other. Let it be so.
On Voter ID Laws…
Mistake the Democrats make is placing their focus on voter ID laws that require voters to present identification instead of on broader voter registration
On Biopolitics…
Biopolitics and how genetics exert their influence on social and political attitudes
A (Not So) Surprising Consensus
SuperPACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of candidates they support; a Surprising Consensus. Of those Super PACs should be illegal