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Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column

Adrian Tawfik ImageThis is Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column on Democracy Chronicles. Adrian has run DC since 2011 and is currently living in New York City. This opinion column reflects more of Adrian's personal views and is in addition to his frequent posts about daily democracy news. See Adrian's unique political memes at DC's Political Art page. Also, checkout the rest of our international team of authors. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on American democracy.

Election Reform and Occupy Wall Street

May 24, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

Protests for Election Reform and Occupy

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.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, New York City and State Elections, Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party

Of Princes, Blind Lawyers and the Future of Chinese Democracy

April 29, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

Those Were Different Times

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.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Asia, Chen Guangcheng, China, Dictatorships

Europe and the Declaration of Independence

April 19, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Europe, Founding Fathers

Obama Needs to Support the Invisible People of Bahrain

April 13, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik 2 Comments

Invisible People of Bahrain Mothers

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

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Arab Spring, Bahrain, Dictatorships, Middle East, Saudi Arabia

A Really Democratic Foreign Policy

April 1, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik 2 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column Tagged With: Arab Spring, Colonialism, Dictatorships, Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine, Worldwide

Why We Should Help People Shop Democratically

February 29, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

Help People Shop Democratically

To help end the reigns of the last dictatorships, it is important that people are given the chance to know where they can find places to shop democratically

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Charity, Dictatorships, Worldwide

Why China’s Political Model is Worse than Democracy

February 20, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik 2 Comments

China's Political Model is Worse than Democracy

The government-selected managers of China’s massive state-subsidized industries, including finance, are caricatures of the only villain in Marx’s ideology, the ruthless power-corrupt upper class.

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, George Orwell, Taiwan, Thomas Paine, Worldwide Corruption

Identifying Voters – The Voter Registration Dilemma

February 9, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

The Voter Registration Dilemma

America can once again be the city on a hill, admired for our system of government but it has to focus on simple things like properly identifying voters

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Compulsory Voting, Voter Access, Voter ID, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout

Interconnected World Democracy and the Modern Economy

February 7, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

Interconnected World Democracy Economy

The percentage of humanity that is plugged into this interconnected world democracy-based economy is greater than at anytime in history in era of the planet

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Colonialism, Election History, Socialism and Labor, Voting Technology, Worldwide

The Common Sense of Thomas Paine in the Arab World

January 28, 2012 by Adrian Tawfik 2 Comments

Mubarak Common Sense of Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine in the Arab World: Hopefully, over time and with some luck, it will gradually become possible for Arab citizens to see their politicians in the same honorable light as American citizens see our politicians: a necessary evil

Filed Under: Adrian Tawfik's Opinion Column, DC Authors Tagged With: Arab Spring, Colonialism, Egypt, Election History, Middle East, Palestine, Thomas Paine, Tunisia

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