Current Citizen Initiative Petitions - Elections Alberta
I predict this list is going to GROW.
(5 x RECALL) + NO CONFIDENCE VOTE=
ELECTION
https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/initiative/current-initiative-petitions/
democracy
Real Beats Fake: How Authentic #Democrats Are Breaking #Trump ’s Spell
https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-mamdani-era-begins #donaldtrump #ai #politics #news #tv #election #media #us #unitedstates #press #russia #eu #europe #nato #ukraine #china #democracy #fascism
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115532437680552638
Over the hundred now ! I just backed @bonfire as well, and I think you should too, especially if you are a scholar who cares about academic liberty, freedom of research and trustworthy, ethical and equitable open science.
@bonfire is indeed building what they rightfully call a new home for open science : the Open Science Network, built on Bonfire, which is about to go live (https://openscience.network/).
Wondering what this is all about ? Well, it goes much beyond science, towards politics and democracy, as @kissane wonderfully outlines it : https://www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/
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HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!
Slowly and deliberately. Originally published June 17, 2021
“ there is something far more sinister about these bills.
The real threat is that these bills are quietly setting Republicans up to steal the 2024 Presidential election after failing in 2020. There are steps being taken at all levels of government to make this a reality.”
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/
#maga #uspol #trump #democracy #unitedstates #fascism #TheBigLie #RootsofChange
The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mstarace/116091556000456915
Folks, yes, corporate US media is largely going along. But, even worse, they have been going along for many decades. I know I keep bringing up Zinn's People's History and I'm going to continue because he details this over and over in the book. Others have as well. The US media system has, as a rule, gone along with the establishment for decades. Every US foreign aggression, and foreign policy in general, gets approval from establishment media. Most domestic news is covered with a persistent lack of critique of the long running establishment, the capitalist class.
The linked essay is great except in its pretending that the #resistance to #fascism is a defense of #democracy. No, it's opposition to overt fascism. But the framework of any #liberal world view, even #progressive, that describes the previous norm as #democratic is a failure. Establishment government is corporatism, an illusion meant to capture our energy and dissuade us from real #struggle.
#capitalism #classwar
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If we want to keep a civilized society with democracy and human rights, we must all work much harder to denormalize the surveillance that has been banalized and implemented everywhere around us.
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The February 25th 1986 #PeoplePower in the #Philippines was the first successful non-violent 'People Power' revolution in the modern era, which became an inspiration for many starting with the 1987 South Korean uprising.
Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.
#News #Trump #Election #Democracy #USPolitics #Midterms #Law
Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.
I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.
This is not a drill.
If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.
They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊
#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
If enough Canadians contact
their local representatives, as well Mark Carney's office this week, we might be spared from this authoritarian mass-surveillance measure called "Age Verification" in Canada.
The time to fight back is NOW: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/social-media-ban-for-kids-under-consideration-in-online-harms-bill-carney/
Privacy is a human right essential to safety and democracy. If we do not fight to protect it, we will lose it.
#AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #Canada #CanPoli
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"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Democracy #Resist #Protest #Invincible #USPol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE #Fascism #NoKings #Vote #VoteBlue
The thing which #tech geeks of the sort who regard The Cathedral and the Bazaar as deep philosophy are likely to believe about #democracy are...very very silly, purely comical if the issue weren't so serious and stained with the suffering and bloodshed of so many human beings. It's actually not very funny at all how the United States of America, especially the nerdy Americans, uphold "democracy" in a way that's 100% fake and offensive.
(etc.)
NEW EPISODE 🚨
Can 150 random Europeans actually solve the EU’s biggest problems?
We sent Wojciech to Brussels to find out how these Citizens’ Panels work - and whether they’re worth the hype (and the cost).
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NEW: What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
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The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-in-voting-rules-midterm-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #MailVoting #Election #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy
There are still Emoluments Clauses in our Constitution that prohibit POTUS from using that office for the purpose of self-enrichment.
Every member of Congress who turns a blind eye to Trump’s corruption (or participates in it directly) has broken her/his oath to protect and uphold the Constitution.
Treason is the season.
#uspol #Trump #corruption #democracy
https://abcnews.com/amp/Business/trump-linked-crypto-venture-world-liberty-trust-granted/story
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NEW: Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held.
But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover
Tequila Talk w frmr #GOP Congressman Joe Walsh & me; #Orban losing? #JDVance 's sad Orban crush (worked out great!), how Orban is #Putin 's bitch.. Will be interesting at #EU & #NATO this week!
Watch👇the rest!
https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/substack-com-blueamp-note-p-193720619.html #news #trump #politics #hungary #fascism #democracy #europe #france #uk #ukraine #italy #ai #russia #usa #us #america #culture #tv #unitedstates #press #us #economy #media #socialmedia #straitofhormuz #iran #israel #middleeast #lebanon
Raw Story:
'The vibes aren't great' at the White House as Trump chaos grows: Politico
Politico’s Dash Burns claimed White House insiders admit things are not going well on multiple fronts.
Speaking with the hosts of “Morning Joe,” Burns claimed Trump insiders are dismayed at how badly things are going...
“Listen, the vibes aren't great,” ...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chaos-vibe/
The unusually long sentences criminalize being an anti-fascist activist, reading the wrong zines, and using the wrong communication apps. They're incredibly dangerous. #Democracy https://werd.io/signs-youre-a-dangerous-terrorist-using-signal-moving-zines/
Follow #StandUpForScience everywhere to fight for #science, protect #health, and defend #democracy. https://linktr.ee/standupforscience_bluesky
RE: https://bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116425879933047455
EN: And so, visitors to the website
https://openpetition.de
no longer click the #X logo as it was for a long time.
Instead, the pioneers of #citizenparticipation have now even added a share button / #ShareButton to their petition pages, allowing users to share their own signature on #Mastodon as well.
Very good. 👍
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Did you know there's a newcomer EU comissioner on mastodon 
? 🇪🇺 Henna Virkkunen, @HennaVirkkunen , is the Executive Vice-President for #Tech Sovereignty, #Security and #Democracy of the European Commission. Together with @EUCommission , it's the only official #EU account on #mastodon, according to https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/social-media-channels_en , at least for now...
It seems like a start, doesn't it? After all, the #fediverse is key in #TechSovereignty
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Nationalism and fascism with all of its branches and all its corruption will be the end of all of us.
There is no sugar-coating it.
All fascists must go. And we, the people have to make them leave!
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I finished the Black Rose 2023 Program a few days ago and have moved on to Social Anarchism and Organization which I'm reading in conjunction with Anarchist Popular Power by Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis. Recommended for anyone interested in learning more about Especifismo which is a model for anarchist organization developed from a collective process of theory and practice.
If you want a group experience check out the Center for Especifismo Studies. They run an 15-week introductory seminar, the Militant Kindergarten, every year starting in January.
#Anarchism #Socialism #Organizing #Resist #Antifascism #Capitalism #Politics #Democracy
Related:
https://www.blackrosefed.org/
https://www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html
https://especifismostudies.org
https://m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies