Exploring Paths to the People’s Sovereignty: the hacp solution
The question is whether a system can be defined as a democracy when the People are not sovereign. The US is a system where organized money is dominant, not the people. The 28th Amendment we recommend should impose public financing of elections as the only source of campaign finance, exclusive of all other forms, in order to eliminate the influence of PAC’s, lobbyists and all types of “special interests” on representatives and policymakers. This is based on current public perception that Washington is corrupt and untrustfull, and that the American regime is undemocratic. Even current pollsters’ independence is doubtful. The people should create a High Authority for the Consultation of the People…
By Ndzana Seme
A Bleeding on a Continental Scale
The main weakness of Africa, in terms of the necessary move towards the economic development, is lack of a strong manpower of local, highly qualified individuals, engineers and academics. Read more
Mandela Accuses Bush's Inner Circle of Racism
Economic and Social Rights Prevailed in the Ogoni Case
It is easy for an individual, in a Washington’s beautiful morning, to wake up with the brilliant idea to change the world by spreading democracy. The idea rests on the following assumption: anywhere in the world, when a human being tastes freedom, rights and money, she would absolutely adopt them as irreplaceable values. However it is even more difficult, if not impossible, to carry out such a dream because, beneath other skies, people’ imaginary is comprised of values more significant than the Western democracy and capitalism. Read more
Unpopularity of Public Financing: the Widespread Myth
The American republican system is marred with corruption scandals and tragedies. It is clear that the American People are willing to root out the damaging influence of “organized money” (also called “special interests”) on their system of representative democracy. Yet supporters of the status quo are not short of misleading arguments, backed by a four-decade old authoritative, conservative Supreme Court decision in many respects contrary to the will of today’s American people. The new democratic majority in Congress should not wait until2008 to pay the people back with the strongest laws that would eradicate the influence of “special interests” on the elected representatives and society. Clean election and clean Washington activists should move their noble agenda forward with the strongest push for a victory of democracy in America.
By Ndzana Seme
The boundaries of present day Africa were largely determined at the Congress of Berlin.
Businesses and chaos
It is necessary to remove the businesses from the political management of the city if we want the American system to be democratic. Read more
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