Sentences with phrase «real democracy»

The want real democracy, just like the protesters, right?
This problem might be fixed through real democracy, that means direct democracy, it means people voting their own laws.
They don't see it as real electoral reform; they don't notice that it could actually severely undermine real democracy.
If you want real democracy, then let's eliminate the contingency budget option entirely.
And if the dinosaurs like Prescott fight bitterly against any extension of democracy and win, how much chance will there be of a referendum on real democracy in the future?
He eschews the term «Jacksonian democracy,» judging Jackson to be an opponent of real democracy because of his resolute support of slaveholders and his opposition to «the inclusion of non-whites and women within the American civil polity.»
Daalgard says he saw in Imgur «real Democracy on the internet.»
Could this little - known system provide a way forward for real democracy — from the bottom up — in our failing neoliberal political systems?
In a strict sense of the term they are the only real democracy because every significant issue (and sometimes insignificant i.e. local parking charges) is put before the people.
«I plan to work on legislation in the Assembly to bring real democracy to the forefront of special elections and fix this broken system,» the assemblywoman wrote in a statement released this afternoon.
Mr McMillan - Scott replied: «The public wants to see transparency and real democracy from their parliamentarians - in Brussels or Westminster.
Perhaps, far from being apolitical, demands across the political spectrum to empower the 99 % with real democracy are republican in spirit, as are pragmatic efforts to share control of our wealth and workplaces.
It also have to do with limited real democracy, more corruption, less freedom of press et.c.
All other labour regimes are patronage regimes, more or less liberal, more or less malleable, in which real democracy can not be accommodated [17].
Just as President Muhammadu Buhari looks to new partnership with the Nigerian people our hope is that in your capacity as a CHANGE Minister you will help to thoroughly bring reform and plant real democracy within the society.
And not just for Greens, but for all who support real democracy Beyond the Duopoly.
As Assemblies for Democracy meet this Spring, citizens are starting to ask what real democracy is.
The Spanish have the right idea - take to the streets & demand real democracy.
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the The Occupy movement is an international socio - political movement against social and economic inequality and the lack of real democracy around the world.
Not since the days of the Greek City States had the world seen real democracy in action as practiced by the Baymen.
Particularly with a general election less than two years away, conference as the platform for presenting ourselves as a party of real democracy, as well as being passionate about policy, is really important.
As a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and grassroots activists, the Working Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real democracy.
A young woman at a hearing Thursday morning in Manhattan held up a large sign that read: «We Want Real Democracy
«The only way one's ever going to get real democracy and get local people getting control of their own affairs is if they have control of their revenue.
Poverty might be fixed through real democracy, that means direct democracy, it means people voting their own laws.
Cuomo introduced legislation to establish an independent, nonpartisan redistricting commission, calling it a crucial step to bringing real democracy and accountability Albany.
But that was real democracy in action, a real effort by good caucasian people to liberate Czechoslovakia.
They're yearning for a real choice, for real democracy, and we may well see the beginnings of a third party rising next year.
If the goal is real democracy, nothing beats an actual vote.
Northern Europe does it just fine without the God card, of course, they have a real democracies, something we might have one day...
Real democracy is messy.
The corresponding step in the case of Governments... is to submit to real democracy.
Real democracy was not won when kings went; real democracy is still to be won.
She approves of Gandhi's view that only individuals who are critically conscious of their own conflicts and passions can build a real democracy.
Real democracy could take # 200 billion (30 %) off the cost of running the UK by replacing our unproductive politicians and senior civil servants by a few elected co-ordinators with emergency powers only.
«If you believe in real democracy and reform, then you know we need to bring a true and hardworking leader to Albany in 2010.»
Untrammeled by party political loyalties, we ask how we as citizens can secure our liberty, human rights, self - government and real democracy.
Also, real democracy can not exist in capitalist society because the majority of property is privately owned so can not be controlled by the public.
The society approach: When the society is weak, when the civic education is low (or doesn't exist), when there's no promotion of real democracy, society won't participate because they're not interested or they don't know the advantages of the process.
«We need to eat vegetables to have real democracy,» she said, «but people are opting to only eat dessert,» referring to the gluttony of media consumption preoccupied with sports, celebrity and the like.
There is a reasonable argument that we don't have a real democracy unless we have reasonable freedom to influence the electorate.
Governor Ambode said though the peoples» hope was dashed with the annulment of the elections by the military junta, the lessons of the elections can not be wished away despite subterranean efforts by many to do, describing June 12 as the real Democracy Day in Nigeria.
(It is hard to speak of a real democracy in a country such as the US where winning a presidential election costs $ 1 billion and where that $ 1 billion comes from a few very wealthy donors.)
Let's put it this way, if the line dividing real democracies from not - real democracies is drawn such as not to allow the UK to qualify, then there are very few real democracies in the world.
The politicians were reviewed on four criteria, including good jobs and access to them, real democracy and fair elections, a just safety net, and truly affordable housing.
Moderate members like me aren't prepared to allow Corbyn the luxury of leading Labour into the electoral abyss in the vain hope that this dose of real democracy will banish the hard left forever.
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