Democracy Spring and the US Voting Matrix – report
… how much of the electoral process is illusory? – Published on truthout, by Candice Bernd, April 24, 2016.
The parallel Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening mobilizations wrapped their week of sit-ins protesting the corrosive influence of money in politics and voter suppression at the US Capitol on Monday, tallying more than 1,400 arrests.
Launching with a 10-day march from Philadelphia to Washington, DC, the movement hosted rallies, speakers and teach-ins last week, along with lobbying members of Congress. The protests broke the record for the most nonviolent arrests at the Capitol in a single week, culminating Monday with arrests of leaders from the civil rights, labor and environmental movements.
NAACP president Cornell Brooks, Communication Workers of America president Chris Shelton and Greenpeace executive director Annie Leonard were among those who helped lead the Democracy Awakening mobilization on Monday, which also aimed to pressure Republicans to confirm President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, to the Supreme Court … //
… Eligibility and Registration: … //
… Cuts to Early Voting: … //
… Photo ID Laws: … //
… Voting Machines and Ballot Design: … //
… Redistricting and Redrawing: … //
… Primaries vs. Caucuses: … //
… Electing Electors: Superdelegates and the Electoral College: … //
… Money in Politics: A Shared Vector: … //
… The Red Pill: Transcending the Electoral Matrix: … //
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(Candice Bernd is an editor/staff reporter at Truthout. With her partner, she is writing/producing Don’t Frack With Denton, a documentary chronicling how her hometown became the first city to ban fracking in Texas — and why some went to jail to defend it. Follow her on Twitter: @CandiceBernd).
For more original Truthout election coverage, check out our election section, “Beyond the Sound Bites: Election 2016.”
Links:
Russian troops plunge into icy water near North Pole during Arctic drill [VIDEO], on RT, April 24, 2016;
Solar-powered plane soars over Golden Gate Bridge in fuel-free Pacific crossing [PHOTOS, VIDEOS], on RT, April 24, 2016;
When Will the Saudi Regime Stop Killing Syrians? on RT, by Nedal Naisseh, April 24, 2016;
The EU to Become a “U.S. Colony”? The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) would Abolish Europe’s Sovereignty,
on Global Research.ca, by Peter Koenig, April 24, 2016 / first Dec 2, 2014 … is Madame Merkel betraying the EU – endangering the Lives of future European Generations with her Push for the Nefarious TTIP?
Eating Brains: How the Collective Consciousness is Floating into Miasma, on Dissident Voice, by Paul Haeder, April 23, 2016 … Part 4 of a 5 Part Series; part one; part two; part three;
uploaded by Department of History at Ohio State:
- The History of “Radical” Movements in Islam, 59.54 min, April 20, 2016;
- Childhood and the Ambiguous Politics of Love: Danish Missions in Colonial South India, 79-07 min, April 19, 2016;
- History Talk Podcast: The EU: Past, Present, and Future, 30.27 min, April 11, 2016;
- The Economic Rise and Political Fall of Classical Greece, 106.20 min, March 24, 2014;
Global Activism: Art and Conflict in the 21st Century, on We Make Money Not Art, by Peter Weibel, March 25, 2016;
DADABOT: The role of algorithms in cultural production, on We Make Money Not Art, by Nicolas Nova and Joël Vacheron, March 4, 2016;
Kurdistan women – one film, three languages:
- spoken in french, subtitled in english: Kurdistan: Women At War, Arte tv, 53.05 min, uploaded by Shaswar Mame, March 8, 2016;
- in french: Kurdistan, la guerre des filles, 53.05 min, mide en ligne par Miro Miro, March 9, 2016;
- in german: Der Freiheitskampf der Kurdinnen, Doku HD, 53.01 min, uploaded by Mervan Dizin, March 12, 2016;
Americans join Kurdish Peshmerga to fight barbaric ISIS, 9.11 min, uploaded by EM KURDIN, Sept 15, 2015;
… and this:
- My Favourite clip from the UFO Disclosure Project, 2.13 min, uploaded by OriginalDrDil, March 7, 2007. .