• As the Founders understood, not only is "democracy" not synonymous with liberty, it is one of the great threats to liberty, private property, and free trade. (mrctv.org)
  • She understood that democracy was not only about voting or participating in formal political institutions but also about building strong communities and empowering ordinary people to take control of their own lives. (lwv.org)
  • The Founders understood that human nature struggled with a temptation to selfishness. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • The founders of the country understood human nature well and the potential for self-interested behavior that could undermine collective action, and therefore designed a political system to ameliorate the effects of these selfish conflicts rather than change human nature. (liberalpatriot.com)
  • Chris Lightfoot (4 August 1978 - 11 February 2007) was an English scientist and political activist. (wikipedia.org)
  • The case pits an unusually powerful and well-connected legal activist against the highest political figures in the country, and involves a wide range of human rights issues including police misconduct, arbitrary detention, violation of privacy, land grabbing, neglect of due process, and repression of freedom of expression. (hrw.org)
  • In this blog, we highlight one such leader, climate change activist and co-founder of Zero Hour, Jamie Sarai Margolin. (lwv.org)
  • Current concerns include privatization of state-owned enterprises, expansion of democracy and political freedoms, inter-ethnic relations. (llrx.com)
  • This ignorance-fueled misapprehension about the political system in the U.S. (and California) not only gets it wrong about whether "democracy REQUIRES" active participation of all (that's an oxymoron, since "democracy" is supposedly each person expressing his position, but requiring participation prevents each man from expressing his free will to NOT participate), it glibly assumes that the political system of the U.S. is a "democracy. (mrctv.org)
  • The feel-good rhetoric about the U.S. system being a "democracy" is pervasive. (mrctv.org)
  • Huerta recognized that democracy was not just a political system but a way of life to defend and expand, which would require ongoing struggle and activism. (lwv.org)
  • Huerta firmly believes that democracy requires the active participation of all citizens, particularly those historically marginalized and excluded from the political process. (lwv.org)
  • Its political system is described as a "federal semi-directed democracy parliamentary republic" with an elected two house assembly and a federal chancellor. (offshorecompany.com)
  • But with some internal reflection on what each of us might do as citizens to improve the overall health of American democracy, perhaps we can begin creating something different in public discourse and get over the political stagnation and divisions of recent decades. (liberalpatriot.com)
  • Up/Root Democracy is an online public program focused on extractive systems undermining human/non-human rights. (framerframed.nl)
  • Slipping deftly behind political maneuvering, caste systems and codes of honor in a village in northern India, The Good Girls returns to the scene of Padma and Lalli's short lives and shameful deaths, and dares to ask: what is the human cost of shame? (booksandbooks.com)
  • For example, Californians joined voters in Oregon, Washington and many more blue states rebelling against the political caste - even those they like, in their own party - in order to banish the vile cheat known as gerrymandering. (blogspot.com)
  • Jonathan Cohn's sweeping narrative of the decades-long struggle to reform America's health care system-and of the sustained assault on Obamacare in the years after it became law-will go down as the definitive work on the definitive policy battle of the early 21st century. (northshire.com)
  • Lincoln summarizes America's political principles through three phrases each focused on the people. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • There are several reasons why Dr. Vu's case may well evolve into one of the most important cases involving a political dissident in the recent history of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (hrw.org)
  • And voters in many of these states have chosen new electoral codes that de-emphasize political party, resulting in more moderate legislators, both republican and democrat. (blogspot.com)
  • News of Bukele's official candidacy came on the heels of a series of shocking reforms that have entirely redrawn the country's electoral map and system of representational government. (cispes.org)
  • Though less visible in the international press, these drastic reforms represent a profound and troubling threat to the Salvadoran electoral system , adding to serious questions being raised by grassroots organizations as to whether free and fair elections are even possible at this point. (cispes.org)
  • This will require a hurried electoral code reform to match, and experts argue the measure may still violate the constitution, which mandates proportional legislative representation. (cispes.org)
  • Quirk is in the process of negotiating with coastal host nations for political autonomy and expects the first floating city to be established in 2020. (unu.edu)
  • Or should the Forum place the accent on solutions, including political strategies, thereby running the risk of diminishing the autonomy or (for some) the "neutrality" of the arena of exchange, by increasing the risks of political instrumentalization, factionalism and division? (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • He stayed his hand because of the election of Barack Obama, who had vowed to reform the intelligence system. (newrepublic.com)
  • Another advocacy group, Software Freedom Law Centre, added, "There has not been any consultation on the code of ethics and procedure and safeguards in relation to digital/online media. (indiatimes.com)
  • Around the globe, lawmakers and regulators are rushing to fill this perceived gap, and even t he Vatican has established a code of ethics for A.I. systems. (groundzeromedia.org)
  • This belief is why Kabui and other food sovereignty farmers and workers are building alternatives to this system with anti-oppressive practices and decolonial ethics. (eatpimentokitchen.com)
  • Enforced by a regulatory system that insulates government interference/political censorship," Gupta also tweeted later. (indiatimes.com)
  • He has called the islands an "open frontier for experimenting with new ideas for government," including a society free of welfare, minimum wages, strict weapons restrictions and rigid building codes. (unu.edu)
  • Let's reverse this equation and make politics about the needs of the most vulnerable in America-those across racial and ethnic lines living in poverty-and develop a political approach that focuses attention on those who are struggling to survive rather than on those who spend their days trying to game the tax code or extract some goodie from government. (liberalpatriot.com)
  • Despite the period being dominated by conflict, the Warring States Period also saw a number of major developments in the government systems. (pilotguides.com)
  • The authoritarian government introduced standardised writing and measurement systems, a single currency and large-scale construction projects, including the initial Great Wall. (pilotguides.com)
  • The Founders knew that the people also could be selfish and thus that the majority could harm the minority. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • And they put in place systems like representation, federalism, and separation of powers to mitigate such selfish tendencies from having free reign even in popular rule. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • Huerta is best known for her work as a co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), a labor union that fought for the rights of farm workers in California and beyond. (lwv.org)
  • Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous and intelligent systems, encryption, tracking, and facial recognition are increasingly at the center of political and social debates. (groundzeromedia.org)
  • These communities would include aquaculture practices that have the potential to meet humanity's growing demands for food and energy - making seasteading possibly one of the most important social, political and innovative experiments of this century. (unu.edu)
  • The Seasteading Institute is in the early phases of establishing permanent dwellings in the high seas with new political and social systems. (unu.edu)
  • The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors (Pantheon, 2019) by SFI External Professor and Science Board member Matthew O. Jackson draws from psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business to take a complex systems-approach to understanding how human social networks, which hold a primary role in our daily lives, impact our personal beliefs and actions, and inform broader political and economic practices. (santafe.edu)
  • He came forth, not only with 'aqidah or beliefs but with shari'ah or law, a comprehensive social, political, and economic system. (islamicity.org)
  • In Caracas, inevitably, the 2006 World Social Forum came under the influence of the presidential regime of Hugo Chávez, which led to a more fervent and more strategically-oriented brand of political language than usual in the space of the Forum. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • She is interested in re-politicising data and technology, by understanding it's historical, social, cultural and political context in Europe. (framerframed.nl)
  • Researchers developed the intervention based on the rational that the potential of winning a large price would attract a lot of participants, which would create social support systems. (cancercentrum.se)
  • SFI Press, 2019), edited by SFI co-founder David Pines re-enlivens the debates and ground-breaking research that, in the 1980s, formed the foundation for the Santa Fe Institute. (santafe.edu)
  • When the Tunisian Republic was proclaimed on 25 July 1957, with Habib Bourguiba elected its first constituent president, long before the adoption of the constitution in 1959, the intention and spirit of the leaders were to give birth to a republican political system conferring the mandate of the head of state to the "Supreme Combatant" who had become the near-exclusive holder of power in the country. (nawaat.org)
  • The founder may be a natural person or a corporate body with nationality and residence in any country. (offshorecompany.com)
  • Stepan uses the colorful and respect to by-country travel while re- compelling personality and strengths fl ecting the fact that pathogens do not of Soper, the political complexities of recognize political borders. (cdc.gov)
  • In the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), no country has achieved integration of palliative care into its health care system, and only 4 countries have better-than-iso- lated palliative care provision. (who.int)
  • Dave Randall - musician (Faithless/Slovo) and author of 'Sound System The Political Power of Music' (Pluto Press, 2017). (radicalmay.com)
  • However, he succeeded in winning over a handful of devote followers who continued his legacy and Confucianism later went on to become one of the most influential thought systems of Chinese history. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • It is considered to be amongst the most influential periods in Chinese history, establishing political systems which would be put in place for millennia and creating a distinct cultural identity. (pilotguides.com)
  • She has worked tirelessly to promote civic engagement and political participation and has inspired generations of activists. (lwv.org)
  • Full participation exclusively by foreigners is permitted including the founder, beneficiaries, trustee, and all assets located in other countries. (offshorecompany.com)
  • 100% Foreign Participation: Foreigners may create foundations with foreign founders, beneficiaries, managing bodies, and assets located anywhere in the world. (offshorecompany.com)
  • By the way, it is no longer their code of conduct. (groundzeromedia.org)
  • Although the belief system and code of conduct of believers was clearly delineated, the rights of unbelievers were often reduced to the right to die. (islamicity.org)
  • Humans who occupy political offices are not "lawmakers" in any way. (mrctv.org)
  • They write codes and statutes: prohibitions and mandates foist on sovereign, self-owning, self-controlling individuals. (mrctv.org)
  • Lincoln here succinctly says that the people are sovereign, that political power originates with them. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • Unconstrained by China's weak legal system and a nascent digital privacy code, China's tech giants and security apparatus are able to track phones, monitor online purchases, and decrypt messages. (ypradio.org)
  • Project Vote Smart jammed a wrench into the spin machine, the political and media apparatus that anoints candidates and disenfranchises the vast majority of voters. (votesmart.org)
  • Bill Ayers was a principal founder of the domestic terror organization the Weather Underground, which bombed the U.S. Capitol building in 1971 and the Pentagon in 1972. (wnd.com)
  • Researcher David Sorensen has revealed how the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN), as well as their globalist partners such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Planned Parenthood, have taken control of education systems worldwide to promote pedophilia . (naturalnews.com)
  • When we talk about creating a just and sustainable food system, we're really rooting ourselves in an international peasant movement called La Via Campesina, that lays out a detailed platform of what that food system looks like," Leah Penniman, farm manager and co-director at Soul Fire Farms, tells Mic. (eatpimentokitchen.com)
  • Looking for a potential balance for legitimate, ethical and sustainable systems in the Anthropocene, we need to consider new forms of political representation, legislation and re-politicise data and technology. (framerframed.nl)
  • However, such control masks a disturbing level of systemic bias and outright inaccuracy baked into China's deeply penetrating digital surveillance systems. (ypradio.org)
  • Founder Control: Founders may prepare a Charter providing powers including being the President of the governing board. (offshorecompany.com)
  • Participaron 22 NN-TND, 8 en el grupo control. (bvsalud.org)
  • The anti-drone activists, who are co-founders of the campaign "No Combat Drones! (no-to-nato.org)
  • In solidarity with actions of U.S. peace organizations such as Code Pink, the German activists raised their hands - which were painted blood-red - and called out "Ban Combat Drones, sir! (no-to-nato.org)
  • From those "givens" Rauch then claims that this purportedly universal dogmatic mania is attributable to the recent trend of democratically empowering voters to express their political will, dispensing with middlemen. (blogspot.com)
  • A century ago, the "progressive" states established initiative and referendum systems allowing voters more direct say. (blogspot.com)
  • In the cacophony of political attack ads and "robo-calls," it's never difficult for voters to find out what political candidates want them to think. (votesmart.org)
  • EMRO) in collaboration with the American University of care is "an ethical responsibility of health systems" and Beirut Medical Center and Harvard Medical School with that universal access to palliative care is necessary for the long-term goal of developing strategies and pathways achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) ( 1 ). (who.int)
  • Both systems, through through different approaches, promote peace and goodwill among the family, society and with neighboring states. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • As more and more resources are concentrated in the hands of a small elite, ordinary people are increasingly shut out of the political process. (lwv.org)
  • Like OKCupid for the political set, VoteEasy (from Vote Smart) let's you weed through the qualities you find most attractive in a potential commander-in-chief. (votesmart.org)
  • The four guests from all sides of the political spectrum discussed the changes to Kentucky's pension systems, tax code, and two-year operating budget made during the 2018 session and what it means for citizens and businesses in the state. (kychamberbottomline.com)
  • His current research focuses on (1) migration, shadow economy and informal legal orders in hybrid political regimes, (2) corruption, informality and legal pluralism in Uzbekistan, and (c) informal hierarchies, religious orders and ethnic identities in Russian penal institutions. (lu.se)
  • Both systems disliked governments that employed killing and wished for a non-aggressive rule. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The legal system of the Kyrgyz Republic was shaped and developed within the framework of the Soviet state law. (llrx.com)
  • The legal system of Kyrgyzstan after acquiring independence has some features of the French legal system (as regards the state structure), as well as the legal system of the Russian Federation. (llrx.com)
  • The goal of the criminal legal system is supposed to be rehabilitation, redemption and helping people rejoin their communities. (aclu-mn.org)
  • Tonight on Ground Zero, Clyde Lewis talks with founder of aiethics.world and author of Inventing World 3.0, Matthew James Bailey about CHILDREN OF A LESSER INTELLIGENCE. (groundzeromedia.org)
  • Code Signing is the process of digitally signing executables and scripts to confirm the software author and guarantee that the code will not be modified or corrupted since it gets signed. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • He is the author of Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia (2020), published by the University of California Press. (lu.se)
  • To reduce the risk of human error, you should make a backup copy of your computer's configuration every time you perform a significant change to your system. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • China, the authors make clear, is not an exception in its embrace of a policing system fortified by video surveillance and artificial intelligence. (ypradio.org)
  • Vote Smart] would make the Founders weep with joy. (votesmart.org)
  • FixMyStreet - another map-based application facilitating citizens informing their local authority of problems needing their attention, such as broken streetlamps etc. tpop3d - a pop3 server vmail-sql - vmail-sql, a virtual email hosting system backed by MySQL Political Survey and - An attempt to generate a multi-axis political model based solely on principal components analysis of survey results, rather than preconceived axes. (wikipedia.org)
  • WhatDoTheyKnow is dedicated to Chris, who thought up the idea of automatically republishing email responses Mythic beasts (ISP), co-founder of the Cambridge based hosting ISP. (wikipedia.org)
  • Similar mechanisms underlie the processes of a musician rearranging musical phrases, a DNA strand coding multiple proteins, and a moth darkening over time. (santafe.edu)
  • CONTRARY BRIN: Political Insanity and Dysfunction: Are we citizens to blame? (blogspot.com)
  • No legislative achievement has done more to shape the modern political era than the Affordable Care Act. (northshire.com)
  • Popular movement organizations say the drastic changes are intended to insulate Bukele against the possibility that waning support could have a negative impact for his political party in the upcoming legislative elections scheduled for February 2024 and municipal elections scheduled for March 2024. (cispes.org)
  • This led some commentators and participants to worry about a political takeover of the Forum. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • The founder and chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba , Jack Ma, is quoted in Surveillance State as saying during a 2015 talk attended by high-level security officials, "Whoever owns enough data and computing ability can predict problems, predict the future, and judge the future. (ypradio.org)
  • ACLU-MN began testifying and lobbying against the law in 2005, filed a lawsuit against the state that went all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and is a proud co-founder and member of the Restore the Vote Minnesota Coalition. (aclu-mn.org)
  • The dynasty achieved its goal of establishing a unified centralised state of political power. (pilotguides.com)
  • A constant state of top-down surveillance, softly applied through the convenience of digital devices and police equipment, calls for new ways of hiding, un-tracking, resisting, and re-thinking legal systems to account for data and AI. (framerframed.nl)
  • Insightful… [ The Ten Year War ] takes its well-earned place next to Haynes Johnson and David S. Broder's account of HillaryCare, The System , as must-reads for anyone wanting to understand how the mean-spirited but occasionally uplifting politics of healthcare played out in the capital at crucial turning points in recent history. (northshire.com)
  • This is a unique group that wants to help and wants to lend their expertise - and they all have day jobs," DuHaime said after meeting Ginn and Johnson at a Christie fundraiser hosted by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. (politico.com)
  • and Jordan Harris, founder and co-executive director of the Pegasus Institute. (kychamberbottomline.com)
  • The ACLU of Minnesota applauds the decision to end this discriminatory law that led to racial disparities in voting and political inequality," said ACLU-MN Executive Director Deepinder Mayell . (aclu-mn.org)
  • Ruby Sales is the founder and director of The Spirit House Project in Atlanta. (onbeing.org)
  • Even though the two systems had different concepts about the way, the common denominator of both schools was to achieve total harmony in society. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Aristocracy threatened a few elites wielding political power only to help themselves. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • We have not sunk into despotism because we have not lost the grounding of political power and purpose in the people. (constitutingamerica.org)
  • of a black gold empire built on financial power, political meddling and environmental destruction. (radicalmay.com)
  • From both an economic and political standpoint, the demand for living in a community-driven environment in the open ocean seems to be growing. (unu.edu)
  • These tactics operate to satisfy not just nutritional needs, but economic and political ones, too. (eatpimentokitchen.com)
  • It has touched nearly every American in one way or another, for better or worse, and become the defining political fight of our time. (northshire.com)
  • Project Vote Smart is a straight-shooting, nonpartisan political site that can bring you up to speed on a wide variety of political races in no time. (votesmart.org)
  • Using the webinar system, you may submit a question at any time by clicking the Q&A button at the bottom of your screen, typing your question in the Q&A box, and submitting your question. (cdc.gov)
  • There he stated that we would get the international system into such a condition as to stop such things in the future. (phillysoc.org)
  • Each party had their own proposals for creating an idealistic political society where the many problems they faced in their everyday lives could be eliminated. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • For example, Microsoft offers the option to apply software updates automatically, which is not available on macOS or Linux systems without third-party applications (e.g. (europeanbusinessreview.com)
  • With its original reporting and vivid storytelling, The Ten Year War is essential reading for everybody who wants to heal our sick health care system -- and our sick political institutions too. (northshire.com)
  • Hamer's project recognized and addressed the socioeconomic and political impacts of the mass displacement of Black and Indigenous people in North America. (eatpimentokitchen.com)
  • She is the founder of BalkonTactics , an open space for people using digital media interested in learning how to survive in a data extraction web. (framerframed.nl)
  • Through targeting and tracing of cookies and browser histories, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is fed to disseminate fake news, influence political votes and identify debtors and other vulnerable groups. (framerframed.nl)
  • Oh, I'll concede that political intermediaries are, indeed, prescribed in the Constitution for some good reasons. (blogspot.com)
  • When the Messenger of Allah established himself in Madinah, he consulted with Jews, Muslims, and polytheists, and created a constitution, the first of its kind in the political history of humanity. (islamicity.org)
  • The foundation's purpose as defined in the Foundation Charter (Constitution) which can be written in a way which reserves certain powers with the founder. (offshorecompany.com)
  • health systems and community clinical linkages - and chal enged the group to consider all four arenas during their deliberations today. (cdc.gov)
  • He also stated that 'The Obama Administration has shown its willingness to manipulate science for political ends and threaten our domestic energy production and our economy in the process. (techlawjournal.com)
  • Claiming that the action it was taking would obviate the need to litigate what kind of ads are acceptable and which ones would legitimately be rejected, the MTA board voted Wednesday, April 29, that it will no longer accept "ads for political parties, ballot referendums and any ad that is 'political in nature. (jewishpress.com)
  • It further added that judicial organizations are issuing statements that sex between little children and adults should be legalized, while media outlets and political parties are calling for the acceptance of pedophilia as a "normal sexual orientation. (naturalnews.com)
  • New York City's is not the first transit agency to ban political ads on their public transportation systems. (jewishpress.com)
  • He is a recent graduate in Public Administration from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. (lu.se)
  • Founders have flexibility with management involvement such as being appointed as the president of the Foundation Council or the Foundation Board of Directors. (offshorecompany.com)
  • Overseen by its founder Qin She Huang, the dynasty introduced a number of laws and systems which remained in place until the early 20th Century. (pilotguides.com)
  • Annually, 30,000 Hasidic and Orthodox Jews travel to Uman, Ukraine, during the Jewish New Year to pray at the burial place of the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. (cdc.gov)
  • Likewise, Daoism disliked the emphasis of status being displayed in the political realm. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • amidst an intersection of crisis, this program delves into how systems of extraction - be it digital, mineral or intellectual etc. - can be a force for or against democratisation. (framerframed.nl)
  • Edward Snowden has presented his decision to steal nearly two million files from the National Security Agency (NSA) and release them to the world as a simple tale of a political awakening. (newrepublic.com)
  • He also did additional coding on the video game LittleBigPlanet, which was released a year after his death. (wikipedia.org)
  • A study comparing Vote Smart to the New York Times, Yahoo, Fox News, CNN, and other major political information systems reports that Vote Smart is superior to all. (votesmart.org)