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A quiet and peaceful Sunday afternoon in Frank Ogawa Plaza Downtown Oakland. OWS Oakland reestablished after last weeks removal of the camp by Police.  No police presence. Electoral Reform Hand-Out distributed, generally met with skepticism – a real reluctance to engage in specifics.

Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco, bustling with activity. The camp is well organized and clean. A small group of protesters were being taught on how to deal with Police. The Chinese Progressive Association was on the march through the camp.There was very little Police presents on this afternoon. Electoral Reform Hand-Out distributed, generally met with …

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I spent the day getting to and from a two and a half hour meeting of the NYC General Assembly working group on Politics and Electoral Reform (P&ER). The skeleton minutes of that meeting are online. With respect to Electoral Reform, first the group considered Summary of NYC GA Working Group on Politics and Electoral …

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The People Before the Parties Preliminary two pages from NYC General Assembly Working Group on Politics & Electoral Reform, date of information 27 October 2011. The centralization of political power in the hands of two narrow factions at all levels of government is neither democratic nor republican. No party system whatsoever is mandated by the …

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NEW PERSISTENT URL:  http://bigbatusa.org Broken Link fixed 30 Apr 2012