Cross-posted on Americablog.com: There is a term that is often thrown around in reference to how elections, in any nation around the world, should ideally be conducted: "free and fair". When much of the world is watching an election and trying to gage if it is a good election,...
20 years ago Warwick Fry was in El Salvador covering the guerilla offensive at the height of a civil war. This year he returned, this time to observe elections, the results of which mean the first change in leadership for El Salvador in 20 years. He joins me on...
Production schedule is still not back on track, but close. Thursday the topic will be Philippines and the war in Mindanao with a correspondant there. More details and research can be discussed this week as well. But for now I'll do another recommendation, Monday's edition of DemocracyNow featured Noam Chomsky...
With the US election upon us, there are many tools available on the internet where citizens can collectively report and monitor voting irregularities. The election protection wiki is one of these tools and on in this podcast interview Conor Kenny explains what the EPwiki is, why it exists, and...
On the EU Elections
I wrote a piece for the Guardian on the Dutch vote during last week's European Parliamentary elections. Here's an excerpt: The headlines on Friday morning in Amsterdam looked not unlike those in the international press around the world: "Far right wins big in Holland". This was followed by a few...
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