Posts Tagged ‘ elections ’

On the EU Elections

June 8, 2009
By bicyclemark
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
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bm301 Observing Change in El Salvador

April 21, 2009
By bicyclemark
bm301 Observing Change in El Salvador

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 ch
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Chomsky Breaks it Down

November 25, 2008
By bicyclemark
Chomsky Breaks it Down

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 we
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bm285 The Election Protection Wiki

November 3, 2008
By bicyclemark
bm285 The Election Protection Wiki

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 tool
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ExCon and the Vote

October 27, 2008
By bicyclemark
ExCon and the Vote

Ever since the 2000 election in the United States, the fact that in many states ex-convicts are barred from voting, has become somewhat more known.  Rarely covered in the mainstream media, the few inv
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National Self Esteem

October 7, 2008
By bicyclemark
National Self Esteem

There is no shortage of blog posts and online commentary about the US elections right now.  Despite being dedicated to under reported news, today I'm going to add just a little more to this excessivel
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Manipulation Through Nationalism

January 7, 2008
By bicyclemark
Manipulation Through Nationalism

Watching video of last week's Iowa Caucuses on the Uptake, it left me severely disturbed to watch as people stand in a room and yell at each other about which candidate is best. They scream and shout
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bm199 What these Elections Will Do To France

April 23, 2007
By bicyclemark

Media coverage of the French elections has spiraled into the typical who looks tougher who will lose reporting, as is the norm for mainstream media today. But there are real policies that will harm o
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