Sentences with phrase «by the democracy of»

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Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

In his meeting with his international counterparts, Mnuchin said, «we discussed how to achieve our shared objectives of restoring Venezuelan democracy, combating the kleptocracy of the Maduro regime, and responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by Maduro's economic policy.»

«The fact that we even have to clarify this is proof of how democracy continues to be fractured by people who manipulate and fabricate the truth,» he said.

«The brave and assiduous oversight by Congressional leaders in discovering this unprecedented abuse of process represents a giant, historic leap in the repair of America's democracy,» he said.

Norway topped the EIU's list of full democracies last year, followed by Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Denmark; Canada and Ireland tied for sixth place.

Every year, the firm's Democracy Index provides a snapshot of global democracy by scoring countries on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and politicalDemocracy Index provides a snapshot of global democracy by scoring countries on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and politicaldemocracy by scoring countries on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture.

A flawed democracy is a country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, according to the EIU.

(But one question: Why would he target the muffins to people interested in baking when it is the people who don't bake who need access to muffins most of all????) While muffins are a lot like Facebook in that even though they are bad for me and I consume them anyway because I enjoy the little sugar rush they provide to my system, the risks around our muffin data being scraped by bad actors and upending democracy are basically nil.

Created by Soros in 1979, Open Society is a grant - making foundation with branches and partners around the world and focuses on supporting democracies and combating issues of injustice and discrimination, among other causes.

«The brave and assiduous oversight by congressional leaders in discovering this unprecedented abuse of process represents a giant, historic leap in the repair of America's democracy,» Page said in a statement to Business Insider

Since joining the common market in 1975 the people of Britain have been repeatedly told by europhile politicians in Westminster and eurocrats in Brussels that the European project represents no threat whatsoever to British sovereignty or democracy.

For most of the history of American democracy, campaign strategy has been driven by geography.

The statement dozens of Sinclair anchors read in near - unison ended by calling the media landscape «dangerous to our democracy.»

That, of course, is democracy but it is not necessarily leading to good decisions by government.

I suspect he refers to the accounts of the failures of economies directed by state elites under the banner of «collective decision making» and «workers democracy», because all the literature on REAL workers» control shows it increases efficiency and, of course, freedom — it eliminates wage slavery.

The release of new opinion polls in Greece suggests a small lead by the New Democracy party, backed by 25.3 percent of voters, versus the 25 percent who favor Syriza.

And where better to look than a place where workers are casting off their chains, running their factories by direct democracy and (according to the workers) doing a better job of it than their former bosses?

By deciding to hold a referendum, «Tsipras exploits the ultimate weapon of democracy as a tactical ploy, undermining its political essence,» he said in a Twitter post.

Shareholder democracy activists should not get carried away by the arrival of proxy access proposals north of the border, according to a Toronto lawyer.

Posted by Nick Falvo under budgets, Canada, democracy, economic literacy, economic risk, federal budget, fiscal policy, progressive economic strategies, public services, regulation, Regulations, Role of government, social policy.

Our relationship is underpinned not only by sharing a common language and a commitment to democracy, but also by the fact that there are more than one million Canadians of...

Last month a report by the US Senate — entitled Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for US National Security — also criticized the adequacy of the investigations conducted thus far by Facebook and Twitter into allegations of Russian social media interference vis - a-vis Brexit.

Our democracy is a wistful relic of a bygone era when corporations and Super Pacs and billionaires could not outspend the average American in elections by staggering amounts of money.

The essential concept of the public sphere is under siege from legal and extra-legal adversaries alike seeking to divide and conquer democracies by microtargeting neighbors into parallel realities using the tools of internet advertising and social media marketing.

Highly critical of New Labour but strongly influenced by Scandinavian social democracy, Compass is advancing themes and policies which will resonate on the progressive left in Canada — a relentless focus on -LSB-...]

But Mercer Bullard, professor of law at the University of Mississippi Law School and founder of Fund Democracy, an advocacy group for mutual fund shareholders, told ThinkAdvisor on Thursday that «the plaintiffs have hurt their cause by delaying» filing a suit until now.»

Endorsed by 22 prominent business and environmental leaders including Chicken Soup co-creator Jack Canfield and innovation blogger / author Seth Godin, the book also includes guest essays from Cynthia Kersey (author of Unstoppable and Unstoppable Women) and Frances Moore Lappé (author of Diet for a Small Planet and many other books on food and democracy).

Ms. Caro Diaz is part of the Organizing and Capacity Building Team at the Center for Popular Democracy and provides support to social movements in Puerto Rico struggling against the debt and austerity measures proposed by a Fiscal Control Board.

By any standard of democracy, the protestors» demands are reasonable.

Comments made by Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed in February sound mighty relevant in the light of Cambridge Analytica: «It is acutely clear from the groundswell of consumer voices over recent months that people are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of digital on well - being, on democracy — and on truth itself,» Weed said.

Posted by Mathieu Dufour under democracy, Employment Insurance, monetary policy, Role of government, social democracy.

Looking over three centuries of Greek experience, Aristotle found a perpetual triangular sequence of democracy turning into oligarchy, whose members made themselves into a hereditary aristocracy — and then some families sought to take the demos into their own camp by sponsoring democracy, which in turn led to wealthy families replacing it with an oligarchy, and so on.

Similarly, the power of Google's search algorithm to surreptitiously shift voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 - 80 percent is highly troubling — and not only because it could potentially threaten the basic principles of democracy.

Posted by David Macdonald under Bank of Canada, banks, democracy, economic crisis, financial crisis, financial markets, financial regulation, fiscal policy, global crisis, monetary policy.

Other Uses of Funds In view of the near impossibility of replicating the debt cancellations of prior millennia in the modern context, we have re-interpreted the prior objective of seeking to sustain a property - owning democracy in terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary education.

Canadian democracy and politics have been warped by this insidious conservative domination of the public sphere for decades now.

Nothing about democracy in his statements, it's all about economic freedom pereptrated by the likes of Hayek, Flannigan, Harper and those crazies pushing their propaganda at the Fraser Institute.

Posted by Armine Yalnizyan under capitalism, democracy, economic growth, financial transactions tax, fiscal policy, global crisis, inequality, Occupy Movement, Role of government, taxation.

My assumption is: Democracy agendas / branding / policies are winners because of the zeitgeist created by Harper's anti-democratic regime.

Democracy is a system of government based on representation by the population of eligible members of a jurisdiction.

Founded by a godfather of Canada's conservative movement, Preston Manning, the Manning Centre for Building Democracy is training a new generation of conservative candidates and activists how to win elections.

«Now is the time for us to get serious about protecting the integrity of our democracy by closing legislative loopholes,» says Swann.

As the measure now moves to the U.S. Senate for further consideration, perhaps the upper chamber would be wise to remember that this nation was founded as a democracy — and that its actions would be by, for, and of the people.

● Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth — and How to Fix It By Dambisa Moyo Excerpt via Marketplace.org Almost three decades ago, the Berlin Wall fell.

You can either have a country where most of the wealth is owned by very few people or you can have a Democracy.

New Democracy won by a margin of just over 2.5 %.

«The Divine Right of Kings» is a hoax — nothing more than a tool of statecraft that has been blunted by democracy.

And, ultimately, if people only do they «right thing» as defined by you) because the government made them, is that really the type of democracy we want?

They also argue that the amnesty the South African government granted to perpetrators of human rights under apartheid in exchange for their testimony before the Truth Commission compromised justice and could be defended only if it were necessary for a transition to democracy, not by any idea of reconciliation.

I'm probably not the only Mormon who will be voting for Obama next November, but all the same — it pulls at my heartstrings to see / hear all this 1) hate, 2) ignorance, and 3) bigotry being spouted by supposed A) Christians and B) supporters of American Democracy.