Sentences with phrase «what national democracies»

What national democracies need is not more autonomy but more barriers in the way of any single political faction or grouping being able to call the shots.

Not exact matches

Among the language in the promotion was a line reading: «Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control «exactly what people think»... This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.»

♦ The newsletter Religion and Democracy notes that some churches in North America have what might be described as an ambiguous attitude toward the guerrillas in El Salvador, the Earabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).

But they do not seem to have considered the question of what will happen the day when the fragile national democracy of Moldova will be re-married with the well - structured and mobilized semi-authoritarian philo - Russian political culture of Transnistria.

But I did so not because I have been a life - long LibDem supporter or because, as a Swiss dual - national, I believe that direct democracy is necessarily the best of all forms of government, but because of what happened since then: I simply underestimated at the time the power of direct democracy, once its genie is let out of the bottle.

What is emerging is the outline of a left Keynesian policy, based on substantial public investment, a national investment bank and regional banks, the reform of company law to secure pensions and prevent dividend abuse, a proactive industrial strategy, the promotion of co-operatives and industrial democracy.

The founder and flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has said her main agenda is to promote what she describes as grass - roots democracy emphasizing inclusive governance.

Our bigger job is to help America fulfill the promise of democracy itself, the promise that this is a country where everybody gets a chance — no matter who you are, where you come from, where you live, or what you think about the issues of the day,» said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who in addition to talking up politics announced she would put $ 175,000 of her campaign cash into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and campaigns for state legislature seats.

As the years went by, the explanation for what U.S. forces were doing in Afghanistan shifted from America's raw national security needs to vague notions of nation building and «bringing democracy.»

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

Ngige said he did not attach any figure to what he termed «a deserving national tribute to one of Nigeria's foremost Statesman,» adding that he only gave a summary of the number of projects the Federal Government had taken to ensure that a man who easily was Nigeria's beacon of democracy was given a decent burial.

«The National Assembly considering what President Trump said about our leader and nation should be celebrating this icon of integrity and the new face of democracy in our nation than this unwarranted demonstration of shame and embarrassment.»

His words, «I wonder how a governor that have failed to bring democracy dividends to Abians would invite the National chairman of his party to commission what he termed as projects.

During the lecture, «Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American National Myth at Home and Abroad,» cosponsored by the Askwith Forum and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Rice reflected on what she called the great American myth that if one works hard, one can achieve anything, even if coming...

During her lecture, «Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American National Myth at Home and Abroad,» former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reflected on what she called the great American myth that if one works hard, one can achieve anything.

This is a three part module designed for KS2 explaining democracy in straightforward terms, including: - what democracy means - how the system of voting and elections works in the UK - the way that local, national and European government works - an overview of how an idea becomes a law This includes a PowerPoint presentation and an activities sheet.

Homeschooling shows what's great about American democracy, yet also where our national education system needs to improve.

With a national election and campaign finance system spiraling out of control and increasingly under the control of special interests, Connecticut actually stood up and took an action that would serve as the national model for what can and should be done to promote true democracy.

According to the National Council for the Social Studies (2008), what ties these disciplines together into one domain is their focus on civic competence — on preparing students to be able to use knowledge of one's community and society to interpret data, solve problems, and make decisions in ways that support the goals of democracy.

Since that time, Thompson has organized such major projects as the annual Creative Time Summit, Kara Walker's A Subtlety (2014), the group show Living as Form (2011), Paul Ramirez Jonas's Key to the City (2010), Jeremy Deller's It Is What It Is (with New Museum curators Laura Hoptman and Amy Mackie; 2009), Democracy in America: The National Campaign (multiple artists, 2008), Paul Chan's acclaimed Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007), and Mike Nelson's A Psychic Vacuum, with curator Peter Eleey.

Selected group exhibitions include After The Thrill has Gone (Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Virginia, 2016), Re (as) ssisting Narratives (Framer Framed, Amsterdam, 2016), International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen, 2016), When Tomorrow Comes (Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg; Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, 2015), DIS / PLACE (MoCADA, Brooklyn, 2015), AFIRIperFOMA (Lagos, 2015); What Remains is Tomorrow (South African Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2015), La Fabrique (De L'Homme Moderne, in association with the Lyon Biennale, La Fabric, 2015), Solomon Foundation for Contemporary Art (2015), Foreign Bodies (WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, 2015), Broken English (Tyburn Gallery, London, 2015), Brave New World... 20 Years of Democracy (Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 2014),!

Since then, Thompson has organized such major Creative Time projects as The Creative Time Summit (2009 - 2015), Kara Walker's A Subtlety (2014), Living as Form (2011), Trevor Paglen's The Last Pictures (2012), Paul Ramírez Jonas's Key to the City (2010), Jeremy Deller's It is What it is (2009, with New Museum curators Laura Hoptman and Amy Mackie), Democracy in America: The National Campaign (2008), and Paul Chan's Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007), among others.

This is what democracy looks like: Countless fans of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will come to the National Mall in Washington D.C. this Saturday to demonstrate for sanity and fear, respectively.

This is a fundamental test of our social goals and our national will: our ability to say to ourselves and the rest of the world that Australia is a first rate social democracy, that we are what we should be — truly the land of the fair go and the better chance.