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Tom Atlee: Public Wisdom Practical Links

21st Century Town Meetings Appreciative Inquiry Argument Mapping Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) bCisiveOnline Canada Maclean experiment charrette choice-creating citizen consensus councils (CCCs) citizen deliberative councils (CDCs) citizen councilor forums citizen panels [By Popular Demand] citizen reflective councils   Citizens’ Assembly citizens juries civic journalism Community-Based Watershed Management Councils community quality of life indicators Commons Cafés …

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Berto Jongman: Kosovo – Crime without Punishment, Power without Responsibility

Crime without punishment, power without responsibility – Kosovo, international policy and the rule of law Unless the international community demonstrates it is serious abouthuman rights, restitution and disrupting organised crime and criminality, its current policy of stability in place of justice can only continue to fuel both injustice and instability. Learn more about the principles …

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Mini-Me: A Post-Israel Middle East Report — Covert Action, Solid Thinking, or Both?

Huh? 28 Aug 2012 US Preparing for a Post-Israel Middle East? Phi Beta Iota: The alleged National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) probably does not exist.  This appears at first glance to be a really excellent covert operation aimed to slamming the Israeli’s back before the election–we must remember that similar briefings have been given about Saudi …

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Tom Atlee: Collective Thinking About Public Affairs

Collective thinking about public affairs (NOTE: In this essay I intentionally subsume the thinking processes of official decision-makers into the thinking processes of the citizenry as a whole. I realize that official decision-makers can and do make decisions independently of the will of the people, unless that public will is united and organized. But elite …

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Berto Jongman: Johan Galtung Keynote to UN Human Rights Council – Twelve Theses for Creating a New Equitable World That Works for All

Peace, human rights and development in multi-polar and evolving world Johan Galtung TMS, 2 October 2012 Keynote Speech at the UN Human Rights Council SOCIAL FORUM – Oct 1, 2012 Your Excellencies! The title for this Sixth Social Forum – in the context of the 10 Articles of the UN Declaration on the Right to …

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Richard Stallman: Free Software Issue 54 September 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 54, September 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 61,769 other activists. That’s 1,189 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …

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Berto Jongman: Russian-based Story on Blackbird Technologies (USG Contractor) Allegedly Murdering Their Employee Kathleen Peterson & Her Family + PBI COMMENT

UPDATED 2 October 2012 to post 7 talking points. This is being read in Europe. US Family Massacred After Begging Russia For Help A shocking new Federal Security Service (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today alleges that an entire American family that sought Russian protection from the Obama regime was massacred by US intelligence …

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