Richard Winger: Eight National Parties – One Law and They are ALL on ALL State Ballots [Federal Races Only]

The Federal Election Commission recognizes 8 parties as national committees. They are: Democratic Republican Libertarian Constitution Reform Green Natural Law Socialist The FEC has no mechanism to de-list a party that has gone defunct. The Natural Law Party is defunct, except it is still on the ballot and active in Michigan. Previous Post from Richard …

Occupy Update (Inter-Occupy National Initiatives)

Occupy Update (Inter-Occupy National Initiatives) Posted on 2011/12/26   Past Call Notes Official Announcements and Notes for This Meeting Informal notes below the line.   Direct Report on Media Group VERY impressive.  Monitoring media better than any government.  Thinking creatively about messaging, outreach. Discussion of National Hearts and Minds Strategy Working group forming Discussion of …

Michel Bauwens: Human Evolution – Who Are We Becoming?

Human evolution: Who are we becoming? By Steve McDonald On December 8, 2011 A map for the Archaic Revival This article appeared in Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) Journal 3 – 2011/2012 (December 2011) Introduction In 1974, American professor of psychology Dr Clare W Graves wrote an article for The Futurist magazine titled Human Nature Prepares for …

Mini-Me: Vaclav Havel – Reflections on Dissent & Democracy

Vaclav Havel personified the “power of the powerless.”  He understood — as John Paul II understood – the value of integrity, the value of truth.  The second paragraph in the article below is all too eerily suggestive of the USA in an era characterized by weapons of mass deception, unlawful indefinite detention, warrantless surveillance, and …

Theophilis Goodyear: Panarchy versus Anarchy – Non-Hierarchal, Network-Controled Governance + Panarchy RECAP

“Non-Hierarchal, Network-Controled Governance” Is a Better Term Than Anarchy For me, the anarchy argument is a philosophical can of worms. It’s like pulling a loose thread on a suit that never ends. Bryan Kaplan Ph.D. (of George Mason University), in his Anarchist Theory FAQ makes a pretty good case that the only thing anarchists have in …