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'Free trade' agreements affront to democracy
2016-02-03 23:18:37| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The full text of the latest "free trade" agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP was finally published in November after seven years of secret negotiations. Prior to that, in June, the United States Senate gave President Obama what's known as "Fast Track" authority, even before they had seen the agreement.
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Energy Democracy: Inside Californians' Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power
2015-11-13 06:24:39| Energy - Topix.net
Large utility companies control about 75 percent of the electricity market in California. A hybrid between a public agency and private utility, the new Community Choice program is a model for communities that want greener, cheaper energy.
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On the campaign trail with Zoltan Istvan and the rise of Democracy 2.0
2015-11-02 15:23:30| Extremetech
Today's political machinery is so woefully behind the technology curve that it's likely nothing short of complete overhaul can save it from irrelevancy. Enter the Transhumanist political party.
VIDEO: Democracy 'one of India's greatest strengths'
2015-08-27 06:02:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The BBC's business editor, Kamal Ahmed, speaks to Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley about his country's ambitious attempts to reform.
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Why we should still be reading Democracy in America #July4th #FourthofJuly #IndependenceDay
2015-07-05 12:46:20| IT Services - Topix.net
Editor's note: On the occasion of Independence Day, we felt it appropriate to reprint, from our Australian edition, the remarks of University of Sydney political thinker and writer John Keane on why Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America - 180 years on from its first publication - is still worth reading, whatever one's perspective. The remarks were originally delivered as a lecture to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Scholars Program at the University of Sydney, April 24 2015 .
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