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pWotD Episode 2875: 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 374,299 views on Sunday, 16 March 2025 our article of the day is 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, the Chinese government deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of 3 June in what is referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre. The events are sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement, the Tiananmen Square Incident, or the Tiananmen uprising.The protests were precipitated by the death of pro-reform Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Hu Yaobang in April 1989 amid the backdrop of rapid economic development and social change in post-Mao China, reflecting anxieties among the people and political elite about the country's future. The reforms of the 1980s had led to a nascent market economy that benefited some people but seriously disadvantaged others, and the one-party political system also faced a challenge to its legitimacy. Common grievances at the time included inflation, corruption, limited preparedness of graduates for the new economy, and restrictions on political participation. Although they were highly disorganised and their goals varied, the students called for things like rollback of the removal of "iron rice bowl" jobs, greater accountability, constitutional due process, democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech. Workers' protests were generally focused on inflation and the erosion of welfare. These groups united around anti-corruption demands, adjusting economic policies, and protecting social security. At the height of the protests, about one million people assembled in the square.As the protests developed, the authorities responded with both conciliatory and hardline tactics, exposing deep divisions within the party leadership. By May, a student-led hunger strike galvanised support around the country for the demonstrators, and the protests spread to some 400 cities. On 20 May, the State Council declared martial law, and as many as 300,000 troops were mobilised to Beijing.After several weeks of standoffs and violent confrontations between the army and demonstrators left many on both sides severely injured, a meeting held among the CCP's top leadership on 1 June concluded with a decision to clear the square. The troops advanced into central parts of Beijing on the city's major thoroughfares in the early morning hours of 4 June and engaged in bloody clashes with demonstrators attempting to block them, in which many people – demonstrators, bystanders, and soldiers – were killed. Estimates of the death toll vary from several hundred to several thousand, with thousands more wounded.The event had both short and long term consequences. Western countries imposed arms embargoes on China, and various Western media outlets labeled the crackdown a "massacre". In the aftermath of the protests, the Chinese government suppressed other protests around China, carried out mass arrests of protesters which catalysed Operation Yellowbird, strictly controlled coverage of the events in the domestic and foreign affiliated press, and demoted or purged officials it deemed sympathetic to the protests. The government also invested heavily into creating more effective police riot control units. More broadly, the suppression ended the political reforms begun in 1986 as well as the New Enlightenment movement, and halted the policies of liberalisation of the 1980s, which were only partly resumed after Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour in 1992. Considered a watershed event, reaction to the protests set limits on political expression in China that have lasted up to the present day. The events remain one of the most sensitive and most widely censored topics in China.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:39 UTC on Monday, 17 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Jasmine.

In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets of the Thai capital Bangkok, leading to huge demonstrations and an unprecedented protest movement in the “land of smiles”. These young Thais defied the biggest taboo in the kingdom by calling for a reform of the monarchy. Five years on, some of the protesters are still fighting for more democracy. Others, disheartened by the severe crackdown, have lost hope of changing their country's politics.

Fourteen prominent pro-democracy activists have been found guilty in a landmark subversion trial in Hong Kong. They were among the 47 opposition figures arrested under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law and charged with trying to overthrow the government by organising an unofficial primary for the 2020 legislative election. While Beijing and the Hong Kong government welcomed the verdict, rights groups have voiced deep concern. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer speaks to Sarah Brooks, China Director at Amnesty International.

Defend our Democracy Movement is urging individuals and organisations to register to observe the 2024 elections. The organisation says observers help protect the integrity of the elections in a politically non-partisan way. The Movement has also called on civil society organisations across the country to collectively observe the elections and share feedback into a common app system. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Executive Director at Defend Our Democracy, Zaakirah Vadi

The real question at the core of the Ukraine conflict, is simple &straightforward: “What's the best way for humans to govern themselves?”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Defend our Democracy Movement launched a national civil society campaign called Election Watch from last year. Election Watch is aimed at observing and pronouncing on the integrity of the upcoming 2024 elections in South Africa. This year marks 30 years of democracy and in the last three decades and we have seen positive change, development and transformation, but also failure: state capture, corruption, unemployment and poor service delivery. The 2024 elections will be the most contested yet; as a result we want organisations and ordinary people to come together to protect the integrity and credibility of the elections. To tell us more about this campaign were joined by Zaakirah Vadi Defend Our Democracy Executive Director.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lively panel discussion today's show with Steve Cortes and Grace Curley. The panel breaks down the competing border visits from former President Trump and President Biden today. Mitch McConnell has stepped down, who is a good replacement besides "the 3 Johns?" Congress has kicked the can down the road again to prevent a government shutdown. PLUS the Left and their "Saving Democracy" fallacy have taken the most anti-democratic actions as they try to jail their opposition candidate, President Trump. Showing their true colors as the Un-Guardians of Democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first episode of Season 5 of GTI Insights, GTI Program Manager Marshall Reid and Research Associate Adrienne Wu interview Kira Rudik, a member of Ukrainian Parliament, the leader of the Holos Party, and vice president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. In a fascinating discussion, Rudik shares her thoughts on Ukraine's resistance against the Russian invasion, Kyiv's role in the international democratic movement, and the importance of growing Ukraine-Taiwan engagement.

Episode #208: Better Burma's third panel tackles the issue of the lack of limited international governmental and infrequent media attention on the horrific, on-going situation in Myanmar and the Burmese people's valiant resistance against a brutal, Russia-backed military. Considering the widespread atrocities and human rights abuses, this lack of attention is actually rather startling. This disconnect was nowhere more apparent than in the Crisis Group's recent essay, “10 Conflicts to Watch in 2023.” Myanmar didn't even make the list!The topic of this panel, then, was Why Has Myanmar's Struggle for Democracy Been Ignored? Five distinguished guests addressed these questions: Why has the democratic movement in Myanmar been left to fend for itself? Why has this issue not risen to a global consciousness and concern, and not engaged any real sector to take on as an issue? Why have news media outlets, international organizations, neighboring countries, Western governments, and large aid organizations consistently declined to provide the support and attention necessary to an unfolding humanitarian disaster?

"Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance," says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to reimagine, accelerate and protect the pro-democracy movement — to build societies that are both functional and inclusive.

"Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance," says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to reimagine, accelerate and protect the pro-democracy movement — to build societies that are both functional and inclusive.

"Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance," says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to reimagine, accelerate and protect the pro-democracy movement — to build societies that are both functional and inclusive.

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She is the co-founder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé, and the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide. Tune in to learn more about: - What she learned during the pandemic; - About Diet for Small Planet 50 years later; - Her experience with the farmers in the Midwest from the 1980s to today; - The concentrated power of corporations in the food industry; - Why she is a “possibilist” and she believes that voices and actions count and can make a difference; - What democracy really means and about Democracy Movement; - The culture of valuing and taking responsibility of our natural resources.  To learn more about Frances go to https://www.smallplanet.org.  

Evan McMullin is running as an independent in a bid to oust Republican Sen. Mike Lee this November. He faults the incumbent for working with the Trump Administration to try to find a pathway to overturn the 2020 presidential election — something he says would have “ended our democratic republic.” If elected, McMullin says that instead […]

Evan McMullin is running as an independent in a bid to oust Republican Sen. Mike Lee this November. He faults the incumbent for working with the Trump Administration to try to find a pathway to overturn the 2020 presidential election — something he says would have “ended our democratic republic.” If elected, McMullin says that instead […]

Decades ago, America's wealthy backed a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism, and constitutional democracy. But today's billionaire class is pushing a radically anti-democratic agenda for America — backing Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, calling for restrictions on voting, and even questioning the value of democracy.Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech financier who is among those leading the charge, writes “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”Thiel is using his fortune to squelch democracy. He donated $15 million to the successful Republican Ohio senatorial primary campaign of J.D. Vance, who alleges that the 2020 election was stolen and that Biden's immigration policy has meant “more Democrat voters pouring into this country.” And Thiel has donated at least $10 million to the Arizona Republican primary race of Blake Masters, who also claims Trump won the 2020 election and admires Lee Kuan Yew, the authoritarian founder of modern Singapore.The former generation of wealthy conservatives backed candidates like Barry Goldwater, who wanted to conserve American institutions. Thiel and his fellow billionaires in the anti-democracy movement don't want to conserve much of anything — at least not anything that occurred after the 1920s, including Social Security, civil rights, and even women's right to vote. As Thiel wrote:The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.Rubbish. If “capitalist democracy” is becoming an oxymoron, it's not because of public assistance or because women got the right to vote. It's because billionaire capitalists like Thiel are drowning democracy in giant campaign donations to authoritarian candidates who repeat Trump's big lie. Not incidentally, the 1920s marked the last gasp of the Gilded Age, when America's rich ripped off so much of the nation's wealth that the rest had to go deep into debt both to maintain their standard of living and to maintain overall demand for the goods and services the nation produced. When that debt bubble burst in 1929, we got the Great Depression.It was also the decade when Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler emerged to create the worst threats to freedom and democracy the modern world had ever witnessed.If freedom is not compatible with democracy, what is it compatible with?  On Tuesday night, Doug Mastriano, a January 6 insurrectionist and Trump-backed Big Lie conspiracy theorist, won the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania (the fourth largest state in the country, and the biggest state that flipped from 2016 to 2020). Mastriano was directly involved in a scheme to overturn the 2020 election by sending an “alternate” slate of pro-Trump electors to the Electoral College — despite the fact that Trump lost Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes. If Mastriano wins in November, he will appoint Pennsylvania's secretary of state, who will oversee the 2024 election results in one of the most important battleground states in the country.Meanwhile, the major annual event of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) — the premier convening organization of the American political right — starts today in Budapest. That's no accident. The Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party have become a prominent source of inspiration for America's anti-democracy movement. Stephen Bannon, Trump's former adviser, describes Orban's agenda as that of a “Trump before Trump.”Orban has used his opposition to immigration, LGBTQ rights, abortion, and religions other than Christianity as cover for his move toward autocracy — rigging Hungary's election laws so his party stays in power, capturing independent agencies, controlling the judiciary, and muzzling the press. He remains on such good terms with Vladimir Putin that he's refused to agree to Europe's proposed embargo of Russian oil. Tucker Carlson — Fox News's progenitor of white replacement theory — will be speaking at CPAC and broadcasting his show from Budapest. Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows will also be speaking (although he refuses to speak to the House committee investigating the January 6 assault on American democracy).If America and the world should have learned anything from the first Gilded Age and the fascism that began growing like a cancer in the 1920s, it's that gross inequalities of income and wealth fuel gross inequalities of political power — which in turn lead to strongmen who destroy both democracy and freedom.Peter Thiel may define freedom as the capacity to amass extraordinary wealth without paying taxes on it, but most of us define it as living under the rule of law with rights against arbitrary authority and a voice in what's decided.If we want to guard what's left of our freedom, we'll need to meet today's anti-democracy movement with a bold pro-democracy movement that protects the institutions of self-government both from authoritarian strongmen like Trump and his wannabes, and from big money like Peter Thiel's. Seeing the system for what it is will empower you to join with others to change it for the better. Please share today's post. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

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Tune in to the fifth episode of my deep dive into the hypothetical question “What if we (the Australian people) took control of the next Federal Election?Join me as I sit down with a friend we will call “John” - a person who has been involved in the “Voices 4” Democracy movement, to discuss: What the Voices 4 movement is all about;  Some of the issues with the democratic system in Australia; How the Voices 4 movement aims to combat the issues we face with democracy here in Australia;  How the mere presence of independents running in the Federal Election and in Federal Parliament can influence the conversation to create positive, tangible action;How John got involved in the Voices 4 movement to begin with;Some of the more practical considerations involved in setting up your own Voices 4 group; I ask who in Federal Parliament right now could be classified as a “climate denialist”; I ask who in Federal Parliament right now is acting in alignment with the science on climate.  Show links: Voices 4 Indi - https://voicesforindi.com/  Climate200 – https://www.climate200.com.au/ Voices 4 – general information on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voices_groups_in_Australia Zali Steggall – Climate Change Bill – further information - https://www.zalisteggall.com.au/media_release_zali_steggall_mp_presents_climate_policy_solution_for_cop26 

This debate about how humans should govern themselves is the real battle of our time, both metaphorically and literally, both internationally and right here at home.How Do We Stop a Trump Race War? Thom asks Rep. Joe Walsh, the host of "White Flag w/Joe Walsh." Also joining the show is David Cay Johnston, Investigative Journalist and author of The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family. Thom asks the question, "Is Trump REALLY Going to Jail?"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This debate about how humans should govern themselves is the real battle of our time, both metaphorically and literally, both internationally and right here at home. Editorial Director of Reactionary Times and Conservative Commentator, Julio Rivera then debates Thom Hartmann: What ARE Republicans FOR - Is it a Secret? Also, Conversations with Great Minds: Associate Professor of Global Politics, Dr. Brian Klaas, author of "Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver's seat.That's why I took some comfort just after the attack on the Capitol when many big corporations solemnly pledged they'd no longer finance the campaigns of the 147 lawmakers who voted to overturn the election results.Well, those days are over. Turns out they were over the moment the public stopped paying attention.A report published last week by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington shows that over the last year, 717 companies and industry groups have donated more than $18 million to 143 of those seditious lawmakers. Businesses that pledged to stop or pause their donations have given nearly $2.4 million directly to their campaigns or leadership political action committees.But there's a deeper issue here. The whole question of whether corporations do or don't bankroll the seditionist caucus is a distraction from a much larger problem.The tsunami of money now flowing from corporations into the swamp of American politics is larger than ever. And this money – bankrolling almost all politicians and financing attacks on their opponents – is undermining American democracy as much as did the 147 seditionist members of Congress. Maybe more.Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema — whose vocal opposition to any change in the filibuster is on the verge of dooming voting rights — received almost $2 million in campaign donations in 2021 despite not being up for re-election until 2024. Most of it came from corporate donors outside Arizona, some of which have a history of donating largely to Republicans. Has the money influenced Sinema? You decide: Besides sandbagging voting rights, she voted down the $15 minimum wage increase, opposed tax increases on corporations and the wealthy, and stalled on drug price reform — policies supported by a majority of Democratic Senators as well as a majority of Arizonans. Over the last four decades, corporate PAC spending on congressional elections has more than quadrupled, even adjusting for inflation.Labor unions no longer provide a counterweight. Forty years ago, union PACs contributed about as much as corporate PACs. Now, corporations are outspending labor by more than three to one. According to a landmark study published in 2014 by Princeton professor Martin Gilens and Northwestern professor Benjamin Page, the preferences of the typical American have no influence at all on legislation emerging from Congress.Gilens and Page analyzed 1,799 policy issues in detail, determining the relative influence on them of economic elites, business groups, mass-based interest groups, and average citizens. Their conclusion: “The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.” Lawmakers mainly listen to the policy demands of big business and wealthy individuals – those with the most lobbying prowess and deepest pockets to bankroll campaigns and promote their views.It's likely far worse now. Gilens and Page's data came from the period 1981 to 2002 – before the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to big money in the Citizens United case, prior to SuperPACs, before “dark money,” and before the Wall Street bailout.The corporate return on this mountain of money has been significant. Over the last forty years, corporate tax rates have plunged. Regulatory protections for consumers, workers, and the environment have been defanged. Antitrust has become so ineffectual that many big corporations face little or no competition.Corporations have fought off safety nets and public investments that are common in other advanced nations (most recently, “Build Back Better”). They've attacked labor laws -- reducing the portion of private-sector workers belonging to a union from a third forty years ago, to just over 6 percent now.  They've collected hundreds of billions in federal subsidies, bailouts, loan guarantees, and sole-source contracts. Corporate welfare for Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Tech, Big Ag, the largest military contractors and biggest banks now dwarfs the amount of welfare for people.The profits of big corporations just reached a 70-year high, even during a pandemic. The ratio of CEO pay in large companies to average workers has ballooned from 20-to-1 in the 1960s, to 320-to-1 now.Meanwhile, most Americans are going nowhere. The typical worker's wage is only a bit higher today than it was forty years ago, when adjusted for inflation.But the biggest casualty is the public's trust in democracy.In 1964, just 29 percent of voters believed that government was “run by a few big interests looking out for themselves.” By 2013, 79 percent of Americans believed it.Corporate donations to seditious lawmakers are nothing compared to this forty-year record of corporate sedition.A large portion of the American public has become so frustrated and cynical about democracy they are willing to believe blatant lies of a self-described strongman, and willing to support a political party that no longer believes in democracy.As I said at the outset, capitalism is compatible with democracy only if democracy is in the driver's seat. But the absence of democracy doesn't strengthen capitalism. It fuels despotism. Despotism is bad for capitalism. Despots don't respect property rights. They don't honor the rule of law. They are arbitrary and unpredictable. All of this harms the owners of capital. Despotism also invites civil strife and conflict, which destabilize a society and an economy.My message to every CEO in America: You need democracy, but you're actively undermining it.It's time for you to join the pro-democracy movement. Get solidly behind voting rights. Actively lobby for the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.Use your lopsidedly large power in American democracy to protect American democracy -- and do it soon. Otherwise, we may lose what's left of it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

On Sunday, Abdalla Hamdok resigned as Sudan's Prime Minister, leaving the army in full control. Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets after the army staged a coup in October. Demonstrations continued when Hamdok returned to his position in a deal with the army. And there was more violence as he left power this week. Many are calling for new kind of politics in the country. So, how are they organised? And can they be successful? #AfricaDaily

Parallax Views is a new series of YouTube conversations between Marc Glendening (Head of Cultural Affairs, IEA) and individuals involved with and interested in the various Culture War issues now taking centre stage in British politics. These talks cover issues relating to free speech, ‘hate crime', political re-alignment, the ideologies driving cancel culture and the demand for greater state control over civil society. Brian Denny has worked as a journalist for over 30 years specialising in European affairs, music and culture. He has written numerous euro critical pamphlets and articles exposing the damaging political, economic and social consequences of EU policies. He was the Morning Star foreign editor for some years and has written for spiked, the New Statesman, Tribune and various European journals and Wetherspoon News (without his permission). He is currently editor of RMT News. Brian was nominating officer for the left wing No2EU electoral coalition which stood in the 2009 and 2014 euro elections. He is the author of Rebuild Britain's Fishing Industry: develop our coastal communities in an independent Britain published by Rebuild Britain in May 2021. And curator of Working River: songs and music of the Thames CD, released by Folktree Recordings in October 2020. Follow Brian on Twitter: @No2euDenny Marc Glendening is Head of Cultural Affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Before that he worked for Policy Exchange focusing on freedom of speech related issues and the political implications of human rights law. In 2011 he co-founded as political director of the cross-party Democracy Movement, the People's Pledge. This campaigned for a referendum on the question of EU membership and included politicians and others with contrary views on Brexit. Support the IEA on Patreon, where we give you the opportunity to directly help us continue producing stimulating and educational online content, whilst subscribing to exclusive IEA perks, benefits and priority access to our content https://www.patreon.com/iealondon FOLLOW US: TWITTER - https://twitter.com/iealondon INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ieauk/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ieauk WEBSITE - https://iea.org.uk/

In this episode, the IEA's Emily Carver, Kristian Niemietz and Marc Glendening sit down to discuss the threats posed to free speech by the encroachment of cultural leftism in our institutions. Emily Carver is the Institute of Economic Affairs' Head of Media, responsible for managing and growing the IEA's media output. Prior to joining the IEA in October 2019, Emily worked as Policy Adviser to a Conservative MP. Previously, she spent a year at public relations agency, Edelman. She has a degree in modern languages from Bristol University and an MSc in European Politics from the LSE. Dr Kristian Niemietz joined the IEA in 2008 as Poverty Research Fellow, becoming its Senior Research Fellow in 2013, Head of Health and Welfare in 2015 and Head of Political Economy in 2018. Kristian is also a Fellow of the Age Endeavour Fellowship. He studied Economics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the Universidad de Salamanca, graduating in 2007 as Diplom-Volkswirt. In 2013, he completed a PhD in Political Economy at King's College London. Marc Glendening is Head of Cultural Affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Before that he worked for Policy Exchange focusing on freedom of speech related issues and the political implications of human rights law. In 2011 he co-founded as political director of the cross-party Democracy Movement, the People's Pledge. This campaigned for a referendum on the question of EU membership and included politicians and others with contrary views on Brexit.   Support the IEA on Patreon, where we give you the opportunity to directly help us continue producing stimulating and educational online content, whilst subscribing to exclusive IEA perks, benefits and priority access to our content https://patreon.com/iealondon   FOLLOW US: TWITTER - https://twitter.com/iealondon​​ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ieauk/​​ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ieauk​​ WEBSITE - https://iea.org.uk/

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She is the co-founder of three organizations, including the Oakland-based think tank Food First, the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé, and the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide. Tune in to learn more about: - What she learned during the pandemic; - About Diet for Small Planet 50 years later; - Her experience with the farmers in the Midwest from the 1980s to today; - The concentrated power of corporations in the food industry; - Why she is a “possibilist” and she believes that voices and actions count and can make a difference; - What democracy really means and about Democracy Movement; - The culture of valuing and taking responsibility of our natural resources.  To learn more about Frances go to https://www.smallplanet.org.  

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Thailand was one of the 18 countries that introduced measures to control so-called ‘fake news' last year during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the country has seen massive pro-democracy protests, which have challenged the role of the country's monarchy – previously a taboo topic. Authorities have resorted to violence to end the protests and journalists and news outlets have also also caught up in the crackdown. The government also recently revived its harsh lese majeste laws, which punish criticism of the royal family.   What's the status of press freedom in Thailand as of September 2021? My name is Javier Luque, and Today in Short, IPI Helsingin Sanomat Fellow Ronja Koskinen interviews Pravit Rojanaphruk, an award-winning columnist and senior staff writer at Bangkok-based Khaosod English online news. The interview was recorded at IPI World Congress, last Sept. 17.

As the military junta tightens in grip on power in Myanmar, pro democracy activists continue to fight back. But who are they and how do they keep up the struggle after all these years, particularly when many have served long-term jail sentences? Dr Seinenu M. Thein-Lemelson studies the movement and finds they have a very specific ideology fuelling them.

On today's episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, the brothers have on actor, comedian, musician & warrior for Democracy, HAL SPARKS. During the interview, Hal gives his take on how he thinks the California recall will break, anti-vaxxers, his own activism and why it is so crucial for Democrats to stick together in their crusade against the GQP. The brothers shift gears and discuss why in the world Donald Trump was announcing a boxing match and putting out endorsement videos for a well-documented cult, The Moonies, on 9/11. Then, with the California recall election arriving, the team discusses why it is so important to VOTE NO in order to keep GQP candidate Larry Elder from becoming Governor. If you enjoyed today's episode, please be sure to rate, review and subscribe. As always, thank YOU for listening! Support our sponsors: MAGIC SPOON -- Go to https://magicspoon.com/MEIDAS to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code MEIDAS at checkout to save five dollars off your order! STAMPS.COM -- Go to https://stamps.com, click the microphone on the top right corner and enter promo code 'MEIDAS' for a free 4-week trial PLUS free postage and a digital scale. No long-term commitments or contracts Get the latest Meidas Merch at https://store.meidastouch.com! Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447 Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we have two segments. The first is a conversation with Emerson T. Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council, about the fall of Kabul and the rise of the Taliban, and the role that digital and social media have and will continue to play there. And second, we turn to a discussion I had with Emerson's Atlantic Council college, Rose Jackson, and the Institute for Security Technology's Vera Zakem, about the nascent pro-democracy effort around tech issues and tech policy around the world, and the challenges it faces. First, to Afghanistan, where the fall of the Taliban was broadcast around the world by Taliban fighters themselves, sharing photos and selfies as they walked in to official residences and government offices, announcing their victory in the war in Afghanistan. To talk more about the role of social media in their return to power and what to expect in the future, we spoke with DFRLab's Emerson T. Brooking. Emerson is the coauthor of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, and is an expert in the fields of disinformation, terrorist communication, and internet policy, and recently led an initiative to secure the integrity of the 2020 U.S. election. I caught up with on Thursday of this week. Second, on to a conversation hosted before Afghanistan took over the headlines, about the future of democracy and its relationship with technology. My two guests are experts on these subjects. Rose Jackson is an entrepreneur and former diplomat with 15+ years of experience strengthening democracy and defending human rights, leveraging technology for social impact, and building institutions to support democratic activists around the world. Jackson is currently the director of the Democracy & Tech Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. She previously founded and served as CEO of Beacon, a platform leveraging data and marketing technology to make it easier for people to take meaningful civic and political action. Prior to founding her company, Jackson served as a senior policy adviser at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) where she led a presidential transition initiative focused on reforming U.S. support to foreign military and police. During the Obama Administration, Jackson served as the Chief of Staff to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the State Department, and before that as an advisor to Senator Chris Coons on foreign policy and national security issues as a Galloway Fellow. Vera Zakem is currently a Senior Technology and Policy Advisor at the Institute for Security and Technology and a founder of a mission-driven agency, Zakem Global Strategies. Previously, she led strategy and research at Twitter. She has also worked for a number of national security policy and research organizations, including the CNA Corporation, where she spearheaded initiatives to understand and develop policies to counter disinformation and global malign influence. She is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Tech Advisory Council for Atlas Corps. 

Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream. Talked about why Fox News is worried that workers get unemployment and the anti-democracy movement takes aim at the public. 

Bob Hawke was the 23rd prime minister of Australia and the most electorally successful Labor politician in Australian history. He delivered a speech on 9th June 1989, five days after the tanks and 27th Army rolled into Tienanmen Square and massacred  students gathered there. Hawke delivered this speech in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra, which was largely written by speechwriter Stephen Mills who is our guest for this episode. In the middle of the prepared remarks, Hawke also read from a diplomatic cable that contained graphic descriptions of what went on in the Square. He wept as he read from the cable, and it became one of the iconic moments of his prime ministership. It's recently been revealed in an ABC podcast, China if You're Listening, hosted by Matt Bevan that the contents of the cable was not accurate in terms of the scale of atrocities or the number of deaths in the square. Listen to full episode of China if You're Listening with Matt Bevan. Listen and watch 730 Report story about the diplomatic cable. Speakola now has a Patreon page which you can join If you want to offer regular support for as little as $3 per month. If it's easier, we also welcome donations in any format and any size, recurring or one off. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want a fortnightly email setting out great speeches by theme. Episode supported by GreenSkin™ and PurpleSkin™ avocados at https://greenskinavocados.com.au/. Please subscribe to the podcast, visit Speakola, and share any great speeches that are special to you, famous or otherwise. I just need transcript & photo /video embed. Speakola also has Twitter and Facebook feeds.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We need a pro-democracy movement in America. To that end, I will be conducting a virtual Democracy Activist Training on June 27th. For Jesus, this included an army of healers to heal the nation of Israel. To support Bible Study for Progressives. 

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Mmusi Maimane about the rise of the Defend our Democracy movement, what it means for the ANC, its corrupt leaders and what appears to be a brazen undermining of the Constitution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's most prominent critic, is determined to challenge the authoritarian leader and change Russia's political system. He was arrested on January 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Putin has denied being involved. Navalny is currently jailed for violating the terms of a 2014 conviction, a conviction Navalny maintains is politically motivated.rnrnNavalny's arrest and jailing has prompted the biggest dissent the Russian government has faced in years, and the peaceful protests that have occurred across Russia have been met with heavy police presence and thousands of civilian arrests. The situation has also heightened tensions between Russia and the European Union (EU)

Thailand has a long history of political unrest and protest, but a new wave began in February 2020 after a popular opposition political party was ordered to dissolve. The growing pro-democracy movement has been calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a military chief who seized power in a 2014 coup and was later appointed after controversial elections in 2019. Protestors are calling for amendments to the constitution, a new election, curbs on the monarchy and the king's powers, and an end to the harassment of activists and state/monarchy critics. So throughout 2020, hundreds of thousands of protestors gathered on the streets and college campuses all over Bangkok, hundreds have been arrested, and dozens have been injured from things like water cannons and tear gas that the police have used. In today's episode, Anna Naiyapatana, a senior at Georgetown University from Bangkok, Thailand, talks about reconciling with her American and Thai identities, the history of the pro-democracy movement and the 2020 protests, her social media/news group เฟมินิสต์หน่อย (@feministnhoi), conversations about feminism and gender equality happening within the movement, and her unique perspectives as a Thai student studying in the U.S.. --- Follow Homecoming on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/homecomingpod/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/homecomingpod) to get to know our guests better, receive quick access to updates, and see behind-the-scenes content! You can also find resources from all of our episodes so far here: https://linktr.ee/homecomingpod. --- เฟมินิสต์หน่อย (@feministnhoi) Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/feministnhoi?lang=en, https://www.facebook.com/feministnhoi Resources on the history of Thailand's pro-democracy movement and protests: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uLhWf1TRwXqkW_aqLRXjJlB6VEEk4Hg3-W-r27gthy0/edit?usp=sharing --- Thank you to mariokhol and Pixabay for the music! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/homecomingpod/support

In this episode, I talk about the pro-democracy protest in Russia and the powerful movement of Alexei Navalny. Also, a major corruption investigation that Navalny has uncovered. After that, I talk about the coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S surpasses 460,000 deaths. Then, I talk about the father of black history month. Finally, the Last Note is about historic confirmation votes for Biden Cabinet members and President Biden's immigration plan. Alexei Navalny YouTube Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI Check Out My Other Podcast: DISGRACE- anchor.fm/disgrace U.S Presidents- anchor.fm/uspresidents --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejeremiahpattersonshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thejeremiahpattersonshow/support

Osha interviews Frances Moore Lappé on how to end hunger, create a more positive future for humanity, and revive Democracy. Co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning & Connection for the America We Want, & author of Diet for a Small Planet, among many other deeply researched books, Frances talks about what happened to Democracy in America and what we can do to can bring it back. She and Adam Eichen partnered on Daring Democracy and are empowering the Democracy Movement, https://www.democracymovement.us/Learn more about her work at Small Planet Institute  https://www.smallplanet.org/Frances Moore Lappé tackles Climate Change in her newest book, not yet released, It’s Not Too Late: Lessons & Stories for Tackling the Climate Crisis.

Many Americans have been distraught for the last four years as tightly held economic and political power drowned out their voices and values. But now, with a new administration and the Biden-Harris partnership, there is hope that building on small past successes real success could be found.  Claudia Cragg @KGNU speaks here (2017) with legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé @fmlappe who together with co-writer and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offers a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless—in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It’s not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique conversation are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a “canopy of hope” the policy advocates call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating “movement of movements,” millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs—for power, meaning, and connection—essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary interview, Lappé and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy. c.f. Anna Lappe @annalappe

Last week, the entire pro-democracy caucus resigned from the Hong Kong Legislative Council when it was announced that supporting independence had became a sackable offence. With pro-democracy protesters already off the streets under threat of long prison terms if they continue, is the battle for one country two systems over?

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan discuss the new economy the pandemic has created. The idea of Universal Basic Income is looking like a viable solution.Guests:Alexander Mercouris - Editor-in-Chief at The Duran.com | Level 3 Lockdowns in UKScott Santens - Writer and Advocate of UBI | Stimulus Package and UBIKaren Kwiatkowski - Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel | Misty PoetsBob Wenzel - Economist and Writer | Free Cash! Straight Outta ComptonBrexit trade talks are underway. There is no clear indication of a deal anytime soon. Editor-in-chief Alexander Mercouris joins the show to explain exactly what is happening in the negotiations.The economy is very weird right now. On one hand, tech companies are exploding and the stock market is thriving. On the other hand, millions are out of work and retail spaces are vacant. Writer Scott Santens explains how Universal Basic Income would work versus the short term solution of a stimulus package. Economist Bob Wenzel reports on what Compton is doing to help its residents.Misty Poets are Chinese poets who arose from youth dissidents in Mao Era China during the "Democracy Movement" from 1976 to 1980. Karen Kwiatkowski, a journalist and retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, explains how Misty Poets relate to today's global climate.

Global News Watch -Democracy movement in Thailand -UN security council rejects US attempt to extend Iran sanctions -Africa declared free from wild polio virus -태국 정권 퇴진 민주화 운동 -유엔 안보리, 이란 제재 복원 트럼프 요청 거부 -아프리카 야생 소아마비 박멸 선언 Guest: Nicholas Moore, Reporter

Several thousand anti-government protesters have been rallying in Thailand’s capital for the last three weeks, calling for a new constitution, new elections and an end to repressive laws.In the last week, two leaders of the movement were arrested, resulting in ever greater resolve amongst the protest movement. The pair were charged with sedition and breaking coronavirus rules, before being released on bail.And the demonstrations are likely to grow into an even larger movement as the economy worsens amid the coronavirus pandemic.On todays show we speak with Lek Yimprasert, exiled Thai activist living in Finland.

Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei talks about what's at stake in Hong Kong for the pro-democracy movement. Plus, vaccine testing in South Africa, which this week became the first African country with a vaccine trial. And, a change to a refugee program in Europe could leave thousands of the most vulnerable asylum-seekers who pass through Greek refugee camps homeless.

Dr. KIM Sung-hee, who is a research fellow for The National Institute of Korean History talks to us about the June Democracy Movement, commemorated on this day, June 10th, annually here in Korea. (#6월10일 #민주항쟁 #33주년 #민주주의 #역사)

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A More Equal Union.  The political crisis of extreme inequality.  How the electoral college undermines democracy.  Plus Jerry Brown and Pete Buttigieg together on the Bill Press pod.   Adam Eichen on the fight to end winner take all elections.  Ganesh Sitaraman on reviving the reforms of the progressive era.  Plus Bill Press with Jerry Brown and Pete Buttigieg on why US foreign policy needs a major fix.   Adam Eichen Adam Eichen is an author and activist focused on highlighting the emerging Democracy Movement in the United States. He says that the path to citizen equality demands fundamental reforms to the way we vote.   Ganesh Sitaraman Legal scholar Ganesh Sitaraman writes about the core connection between democracy and economic equality. He says that as concentrated wealth and power distort our democracy, it’s time to recall the progressives who fought back over a hundred years ago.   Pete Buttigieg The role of America in the world today with presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and former California governor Jerry Brown  If you'd like to hear the entire interview, visit BillPressPods.com.   Jim Hightower Why would we trust plutocrats to save us from plutocracy

In this episode, we take a look at the South Korean labour movement including an interview with Mikyung Ryu, international director of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions. We were also at the November 9th labour rally in Yeouido to hear from participants. The music you heard in this episode is: ‘노조가 온다’ (Nojoga Onda)by Yamagata Tweakster, on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yamayamayamayama and 'Movement Proposition' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) References and Recommended Reading: A Single Spark. Directed by Park Kwang-su, performance by Moon Sung-Keun, Hong Kyung-In, Kim Seon-Jai, Lee Joo-Sil, 1995: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKZZBMc5qwNY2tuKN2dRDQ Chang, Paul Y., Protest Dialectics: State Repression and South Korea’s Democracy Movement, 1970-1979 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015). Cho, Youngrae, A Single Spark: The Biography of Chun Tae-il, Translated by Chun Soon-ok (Dolbegae Publishers, 1983). Chun, Soon-ok, They are not Machines: Korean Women Workers and their Fight for Democratic Trade Unionism in the 1970s, (London: Ashgate, 2003). Koo Hagen, Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001). Ogle, George E., South Korea: Dissent within the Economic Miracle (London: Zed Books Ltd., 1990). Park, Nohae, ’The Dawn of Labor’ Translated by An Sonjae, Brother Anthony of Taize: anthony.sogang.ac.kr/ParkNohaeBio.html You can find us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/contemporaryrebellions/ and Twitter: twitter.com/ContemporaryRe3

This week, Joan Mandle, Executive Director of Democracy Matters, joins Adam Eichen to discuss the role that students play in the Democracy Movement and how to get more of them involved moving forward. If you know a student who would like to be trained as a democracy organizer, visit www.democracymatters.org.

Vomena Sept 27th, 2019: Presidential elections in Tunisia; Democracy movement in Algeria by KPFA: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Shery Chanis. The trio talk about the protests and current happenings in Hong Kong. Zachary presents his poem, “Hanging Between.” Shery Chanis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. She is completing her dissertation on the identity […]

In this special edition, we're looking back at the Tiananmen Square massacre of three decades ago. On June 4, 1989, the Chinese government sent tanks to quell student-led protests calling for democratic reforms. One of the leaders of the movement, Wu'erkaixi, tells us about the legacy of Tiananmen and the human rights abuses still taking place in China today. The events of 1989 remain a taboo subject in the country, where censors erase mentions of June 4 from social media.

I have Dallas Hills on the podcast , a political activist and direct democracy advocate, who has ran with The British Colombia re-federation party. We talk about how the direct democracy movement needs unity, we also talk about immigration, agenda 21 and how all these topics are distractions from achieving sovereignty. At times the conversation did get heated but cooler heads did prevail. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AFDD/support

I have Dallas Hills on the podcast, a political activist and direct democracy advocate, who has ran with The British Colombia re-federation party. We talk about how the direct democracy movement needs unity, we also talk about immigration, agenda 21 and how all these topics are distractions from achieving sovereignty. At times the conversation did get heated but cooler heads did prevail. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AFDD/support

's speaks here with   about Americans who, she says, are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, "What do we do now?" Her answer: "(We) need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy." Americans, she says, are distraught as they see tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar  offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo, from her cooperation with Eichen, opens with an essential truth: It’s not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It’s feeling powerless—in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It’s not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a “canopy of hope” the authors call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating “movement of movements,” millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs—for power, meaning, and connection—essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary book, Lappé and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy.

What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is right about democracy? In Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen seek out an answer. Lappe, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” Eichen is a Democracy Fellow at the Small Planet Institute. Drawing on several previous New Books in Political Science podcast alums, including Lee Drutman and Zachary Roth, as well as numerous other political science scholars, Lappe and Eichen offer a series of critiques of our current state of democratic affairs. But they do not dwell long in the past, they instead focus on noble solutions. They back a Democracy Movement and call upon citizens to daringly take up the cause of democracy through becoming a citizen lobbyist, creating new public spaces for community talks, and celebrating democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie & Chris will be joined by Nick & Anthony from the Facebook group Direct Democracy for Canadians. Anthony will talk about the tool for direct action and direct democracy he is developing, inspired by the Occupy Movement.

DECEMBER 8 (REPLAY)When you’re speaking truth to power, how do you make them listen? In the great American tradition, non-violent civil disobedience has been on display across the US: Occupy, Wisconsin Uprising, Black Lives Matter, and many other less well publicized incidents. In this podcast, we speak to Scott Parkin of Rainforest Action OKNetwork and Rising Tide/North America about non-violent civil disobedience and it’s role in transformative change.Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

DECEMBER 8 (REPLAY)When you’re speaking truth to power, how do you make them listen? In the great American tradition, non-violent civil disobedience has been on display across the US: Occupy, Wisconsin Uprising, Black Lives Matter, and many other less well publicized incidents. In this podcast, we speak to Scott Parkin of Rainforest Action OKNetwork and Rising Tide/North America about non-violent civil disobedience and it’s role in transformative change.Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: November 6th, 1989 --- A Chinese student smuggles secret evidence of the Tiananmen Square massacre into MacGyver's house boat MISSION: A girl claiming to be a friend of MacGyver's shows up at his door and stashes evidence of a foreign atrocity in his home. When she disappears into the Chinese embassy, it's up to MacGyver to reveal the hidden information and rescue the girl. This week's highlights include: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (History) The Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (六四事件)[a] were student-led demonstrations in Beijing in 1989. More broadly, it refers to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period, sometimes referred to as the '89 Democracy Movement (八九民运). The protests were forcibly suppressed after the government declared martial law. In what became widely known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, troops with assault rifles and tanks killed at least several hundreds of student demonstrators trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square. The number of civilian deaths has been estimated at anywhere between hundreds and thousands. Check out the article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989. Watch S5E7: "Children of Light" on CBS's website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.