Just as the Roman Catholic Church was shaped, in part, by the culture of the Empire, so Methodism in America was influenced
by the democracy of the New World.
For a preview of his candidacy, here are some clips from his appearance at a candidate forum hosted
by Democracy Now and Act Now on March 5th.
Part of me wonders if a $ 10k sponsorship and the expense of staffing a booth in the exhibition hall wouldn't have been better served by sending an additional 10 - 15 union members to attend the training sessions (
organized by Democracy for America) and schmoozing with union staff from across the country.
- Create and share a curriculum that integrates Common Core Learning Standards for literacy and history / social studies with thirteen civic knowledge skills and dispositions established by Democracy Prep
The project is also
funded by the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Markkula Foundation.
The rise of the Nazi Party in Germany in 1933 was perceived
by the democracies as more of an uncertain event than a risky development.
«The Divine Right of Kings» is a hoax — nothing more than a tool of statecraft that has been
blunted by democracy.
«The republic which should define the framework and the limits of democracy is being dissolved from
within by democracy.
There is an inner basic relationship between what is meant or
realized by democracy and the Catholic Church.
The rejection of aristocracy,
whether by a democracy, by communism, or by some other collectivist system, does not, however, entail opposition to manners as such, but only to aristocratic manners.
This placing of their very lives in the hands of a strategic elite was like the trust that always had to be
granted by democracies to their military leaders, such as in ancient Athens or pre-1950s America; it was unlike it in the sheer immediacy of the new sort of death - threat and the practical impossibility of evading it.
I'll stick with the «non-theists» who believe in HUMAN governments run (supposedly)
by DEMOCRACY over your weird ideology that spits on our govt but tells us to get on our knees and beg an invisible man in the sky for help.
The young would like at least to visit the U.S., not because they are
impressed by its democracy and First Amendment, but because they are tantalized by designer jeans and discos.
After considering several forms of such response, Ignatieff concludes by returning once again to the promise
offered by democracy, arguing that the ultimate answer to terrorism must be persuasion: «We must be able to defend ourselves» with force of arms, but even more with force of argument.
But are these two examples of violence» that inflicted by terrorism on democracy and that
used by democracy to fight terrorism» inherently equivalent?
Democracy for NYC (DFNYC) is committed to the ideals
espoused by Democracy for America, the organization founded by Howard Dean, and the national network of local coalition groups dedicated to the same.
There is much common ground, too, with the ideas for «community - wealth building» being developed very
concretely by the Democracy Collaborative in the US, though there is a stronger emphasis in their work on the need to root capital in specific places than one usually finds in the alternative liberal tradition.
«Fifteen years ago people decided overwhelmingly that the future would only ever be
determined by democracy and consent, never by violence.
Speaking at a town hall meeting
organised by Democracy Vanguard, a civil society organisation working on good governance and democracy, the INEC chief, who was represented by Mr. Taiwo Gbadegesin, the INEC Public Relations Officer, said the agency is «committed to conduct a free, fair and credible election for sustainable democracy in Ekiti State».
As a leader, Buhari believes that «disgruntled elements» need to be taught a lesson by being crushed, while Osinbajo believes in allowing the opposition to have their say as
demanded by democracy.
Colleen's backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Eric is
backed by the Democracy for America organization, John's backed by the Republican National Committee.
If so, think again: a
survey by the Democracy Audit suggests Labour would indeed lose more MPs, about 25, but that the Lib Dems, with a far smaller Commons party, would lose at least seven (and the Tories 13).
Better Referendum is being
launched by Democracy Matters, a collaboration between the Electoral Reform Society, the Crick Centre for the Understanding of Politics (University of Sheffield), Centre of the Study of Democracy (University of Westminster), and the Centre for Citizenship, Globalisation and Governance (University of Southampton).
Sovereign is being unveiled this
week by Democracy Earth, a not - for - profit organisation in Palo Alto, California.
Smocked Crop Top, LANDS» END, $ 36.99; Button - Front Jean Skirt, ARTISAN
CRAFTED BY DEMOCRACY, $ 29.99; Francesca Western Boots, MOSSIMO SUPPLY CO., $ 37.99; Star and Paisley Bandana Neckerchief, ASOS, $ 8.50; Agenda in Pop Art, VERA BRADLEY, $ 25; Preppy Poly Ella Tote in Evening Sky and Clover, VERA BRADLEY, $ 108
Shelley Potter, president of San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel, protests ahead of SAISD's vote to turn Stewart Elementary into a charter school
ran by Democracy Prep.
US involvement in trade negotiations should be
guided by democracy, transparency, political accountability and must lead to a «race to the top» that provides real protections for communities, workers, and the environment.
According to the Democratic Voice of Burma, there was evidently some opposition to Rabinowitz working with the regime at all,
leveled by democracy activists who felt that cooperating with the junta served to validate its existence.