Who believes that America needs Pro-Democracy Movement currently?
Mark Green President of Air America Media Posted: March 15, 2007 01:07 PM America Needs a Pro-Democracy Movement Instead of trying to export democracy into a religious civil war or merely cursing the darkness, four leading progressive organizations are publishing a “Democracy Protection Act” to restore democracy here at home. The Democracy Protection Act includes 40 proposals that reflect a nascent pro-democracy movement among citizens who know something is wrong and have ideas how to make things right. Written by Demos, The Nation magazine, The New Democracy Project and the Brennan Center for Justice, it covers five general areas: voting rights; rule of law; democratizing congress; secrecy; and the economics of democracy. Among the proposals advanced are: enacting “democracy funding” and free airtime for qualifying federal candidates, creating national voting standards, making electronic voting secure, strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, making CEO’s more accountable for exc
nstead of trying to export democracy into a religious civil war or merely cursing the darkness, four leading progressive organizations are publishing a “Democracy Protection Act” [pdf]to restore democracy here at home. The Democracy Protection Act includes 40 proposals that reflect a nascent pro-democracy movement among citizens who know something is wrong and have ideas how to make things right. Written by Demos, The Nation magazine, The New Democracy Project and the Brennan Center for Justice, it covers five general areas: voting rights; rule of law; democratizing congress; secrecy; and the economics of democracy. Among the proposals advanced are: enacting “democracy funding” and free airtime for qualifying federal candidates, creating national voting standards, making electronic voting secure, strengthening the Freedom of Information Act, making CEOs more accountable for excessive corporate compensation, restoring habeas corpus; and restricting presidential signing statements. (See
