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15/07/2024

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"Gandhi's vision for world peace extended beyond India's independence, emphasizing the need for global cooperation to address contemporary challenges such as terrorism, social injustices, and environmental degradation. Schlichtmann underscores the enduring significance of Gandhi's non-violent approach in the face of these crises, arguing that it should motivate reforms in international organizations like the United Nations."

TLDR Dr. Klaus Schlichtmann's text discusses Gandhi's vision for world peace through non-violence and creating a world federation. Gandhi, a prominent advocate of non-violent pacifism, believed that achieving peace requires non-violent methods and a global federation where nations cooperate for coll...

10/03/2023

One more reason why decentralised, co-creative and liquid democracy is important.

10/03/2023

We support all Israelis that promote and engage in democracy at the current crisis moment in Israel.

I was so moved by the hundreds of thousands of people who came out to demonstrate for democracy across my country on Saturday night. It was an honor to speak on the stage in Tel Aviv, and I’m hopeful that together we can stop the anti-democratic coup led by our extremist coalition government. Unfortunately, democracy is under threat in many places around the world. It’s our collective duty to protect it. Read full article here: bit.ly/YNHDemoSpeech

30/12/2022

The democratic situation in the USA is still worrisome and problematic

"While the anti-democratic strains coursing through the electorate are troubling, the larger swaths of Americans stepping up to defend democracy are far more heartening. Successful democracies require a public that places broad democratic principles above any narrow pursuit of power by individuals or factions. Despite fears about cultural polarization eroding support for democratic institutions, voters in 2022 proved that they are still up to the task."

In the midterms, voters spurned candidates who lacked a commitment to free and fair elections.

14/11/2022

What is the general research saying about echo chambers?

Such chambers exist, and many people can still read and discuss opinions physically and digitally via social media.

"When social scientists run studies to discern how common echo chambers are and measure their effect, the results consistently downplay their importance and challenge some of the basic assumptions they rely on."

Engaging more with the other side can actually make us more partisan, not less.

28/10/2022

What is liquid democracy? Short story

Auf netzdebatte.bpb.de berichten wir von der re:publica 2012.„Wie kom­men wir davon weg alle paar Jahre eine Per­son zu wäh­len, die uns dann in allen Belan­...

12/10/2022

"Forskningen visar att avdemokratisering sker i ”tusen små steg” som var för sig ter sig mindre hotfulla men som tillsammans avvecklar demokratin. Det skriver Staffan I Lindberg, Åsa Wikforss och Mårten Wikforss."

Av Staffan I Lindberg, Åsa Wikforss och Mårten Wikforss.

08/10/2022

Positive news from Kenya regarding the recent elections

" In a marked departure from Kenya’s experience of 2007, the growing faith in the judicial system has been instrumental in averting mass violence as a reaction to a disputed election outcome.

In simultaneous elections at other levels, another welcome development has been the rise in the number of women who successfully contested for various positions."

Kenya’s electoral process and democratic progress offer lessons for other countries in the Horn of Africa. However, further reforms are needed to strengthen the judiciary, enhance women’s political representation, and support civic spaces.

03/10/2022

New solutions are needed

" But irrespective of the quality of ideas, little to none of these efforts is noticed outside the Brussels bubble. And even though the level of citizen satisfaction has been recovering since the end of the Euro crisis, more than one in three EU citizens are still unsatisfied with EU democracy and almost two in five believe that their voices do not count in the EU.

Meanwhile, ten years of avoiding fundamental institutional reform have done little to stop national populists in Hungary, Poland and elsewhere from undermining Europe’s democratic base."

By Julian Plottka and Manuel Müller | Institut für Europäische Politik 08-12-2020 Demonstration in favour of the European Union. Italy - January 2019. [Shutterstock/Mike Dotta] Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram This article is part of our special report Conference on the Fut...

22/09/2022

"Politiker har i flera fall tagit beslut som går tvärs emot majoritetens vilja, såväl på lokal som nationell nivå något som får de som berörs av besluten att svikta i sin tilltro till demokratin.

Våra riksdagspartiers starka partipiska gör att personvalda ledamöter tvingas att gå emot sin egen vilja. Den vilja och drivkraft man blev invald i församlingen till från första början. För bara några dagar sedan berättade statsvetaren Peter Esaiasson för SVT Nyheter om hur riksdagspartierna arbetar med att socialisera in ledamöterna in i partiets tänk och hotas med att inte få kandidera till nästa val om man inte följer partistyrelsens linje.

Flera statsvetare, f.d. ledamöter och journalister vittnar om det bland annat Anne-Marie Pålsson ”Knapptryckarkompaniet” och Jan Scherman ”Länge leve demokratin”. Detta är en av flera orsaker till varför politiska partier har allt färre medlemmar och försvagat vår demokrati genom att partierna har allt svårare att veta vilka medborgare man egentligen representerar"

Skrivet av Jesper Ek, Lennie Niit och Fredrick Östlund från Direktdemokraterna.

Politiker går emot folkviljan vilket försvagar demokratin och att ett nytt politiskt system behövs för att bättre spegla folkviljan. Förslaget är att övergå