3.05.06 social transformation

A Politics of Inclusion: An Interview with Egyptian Democracy Advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Following a fire in the Qale't el-Kabsh slum of Cairo, residents were promised replacement housing and compensation, but many received nothing. After a prosecutor told residents and the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights that they would not pursue
Authors: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Summary:

Women got upset and marched to the Royal Palace. The King called me and said, 'Saad, do you see what is happening?' I said, 'Yes, but that is democracy, your Majesty.'

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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

Authors: A coalition of Syrian democrats

Summary:

The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts.

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Diversity is the Revolution: The Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East

Families of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Egyptian men who disappeared into Syrian prisons during the Lebanese civil war staged a sit-in protest in front of the UN House in Beirut for more than a year. photo: E. Zarwan,June 27, 2006
Authors: Ammar Abdulhamid

Summary:

We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity.

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Majora League:An Interview with Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Majora Carter
Authors: Majora Carter

Summary:

The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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Tomato Pickers Organize to Improve Conditions: An Open Letter to Burger King and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange

Demonstrator in the rain
Authors: Clifton Kirkpatrick

Summary:

Boycott Burger King until it supports a penny per pound increase in wages.

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Justice Is Indivisible: Non-Discrimination Must Include Gender Identity

Yogyakarta Principles sign
Authors: Donna Rose

Summary:

Why I resigned from the Board of an organization I love.

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Breathing Life into the Struggle: Victories for Indigenous Peoples & Transnational Allies

Indigenous Child
Authors: Paula Palmer

Summary:

Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Venezuela's Constitutional Referendum: Polarizing Politics

Book Cover- Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era
Authors: Daniel Hellinger

Summary:

The referenda pits supporters of populist reform against opponents of states of emergency.

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Reconfiguring Democracy: Venezuela's New Communal Councils Confront Bureaucracy

Demonstrators
Authors: Kendra Fehrer Ponniah

Summary:

Democracy means participation.

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From the Editor's Desk

Global Regimes by Type- Graph
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:

Democracy is the outcry of dissent.

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