6 ) To replace free market capitalism with social capitalism, and to replace Democracy with a fully transparent Meritocratic Republic, under a Meritocratic Constitution.

* Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy in Burma wins a majority of seats in the first free elections in 30 years in 1990, yet the Burmese military junta refuses to relinquish power, beginning an ongoing peaceful struggle throughout the 1990s to the present by Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters to demand the end of military rule in Burma.

Belgian Democracy, Its Early History ( 1910, 1915 ) 250 pp. history of towns in the Low Countries online free

Belgian Democracy, Its Early History ( 1910, 1915 ) 250 pp. history of towns in the Low Countries online free

Democracy conference Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad noted the similarities of American secularism and Islamic law, argued that the free exercise of religion is inherently part of Islamic law and outlined a vision of " Islamic pluralism " where the traditional dhimmi system of protection of non-Muslims must be explicitly protected constitutionally.

Putnam, a political scientist at Harvard University, wrote a book titled Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, in which Italy's " civic North " is defined according to the inhabitants ' civic traditions and attitudes, related to the historical emergence of the free medieval communes since the 10th century.

Conflicting models of Democratic Centralism versus Liberal Democracy, of state planning against free enterprise, of full or partial employment, of equality versus economic freedom, were to compete for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.

* “ Grid to the Twenty-First Century: Will a more networked society be a less free society ?” Democracy Journal, Spring, 2008.

Democracy aids social stability, empowers the free flow of information, and promotes a decentralized economy upon which efficient and equitable economies rely.

Discussions were held under the umbrella organization Patriotic Coalition for Democracy ( PCD ) in the fight for free and fair elections in Guyana.

In 1896, he was one of the most active opponents of the adoption of the free silver platform at the Democratic National Convention, and distinguished himself by a remarkable speech pleading for a return to the original principles of the Democracy ; he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for the presidency by those who favored the gold standard.

The Peace Mission views its church services as a great ' Spiritual Democracy ' with all members, male, female, child, adult, senior, black or white and all visitors as well, given free rein, within the bonds of the respect of all others to speak, to stand and to testify to the goodness and power of " Father " and to ' Thank Him '.

The Center for Democracy and Technology ( CDT ) is a Washington, D. C .- based 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote an open, innovative, and free Internet.

After the military government of Zia-ul-Haq went back on its promise to hold general elections in the country, leading political parties got together under the banner of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy ( MRD ) for the purpose of holding general elections, restoration of fundamental rights of the citizens, removal of restrictions placed on the free functioning of the press and the establishment of an independent judiciary.

In the case of Maneka Gandhi v Union of India, of 1979, the court found that " Democracy is based essentially on free debate and open discussion, for that is the only corrective of government action in a democratic setup.

* Cuba Democracy Caucus-A bicameral and bi-partisan congressional group that was created with the stated purpose of " promoting discussion and proactive policies designed to hasten Cuba's transition towards a free and democratic society.

* US-Cuba Democracy Pac-A special interest group that lobbies the United States Congress and White House with the stated goal of " promoting an unconditional transition in Cuba to democracy, the rule of law, and the free market.

In this first act of violence by Burmese exiles in Thailand, the gunmen demanded that Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC ( formerly known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council, or SLORC ) free all political prisoners and enter talks with the pro-democracy National League for Democracy ( NLD ).

The organization stated that it hoped to reach some ten million Burmese through this new effort ( which it claims is the first free and independent Burmese language television channel ), which was funded in part by non-governmental organizations such as Free Voice of the Netherlands, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Freedom of Expression Foundation.

US foreign policy expert Morton Halperin argues in his 2010 book The Survival and The Success of Liberty: A Democracy Agenda for U. S. Foreign Policy: “ Go multilateral: The role of coordinated international efforts to support democracy will often be crucial … UNDEF is not subject to the approval of any other body, and thus is free to distribute funds without interference from particular countries .”

Its primary project is a free and open-source software Internet television platform called Miro, formerly named Democracy Player.

On March 26, 2008, Dr Pepper announced a plan to give everyone in America – except the band's former guitarists Slash and Buckethead – a free can of Dr Pepper if the band released Chinese Democracy before the end of 2008.

The American Thomas Jefferson was a representative agrarian who built Jeffersonian Democracy around the notion that farmers are “ the most valuable citizens ” and the truest republicans.

Hot spots in the present civil war. The war started on December 23, 2005, when the government of Chad declared a state of war with Sudan and called for the citizens of Chad to mobilize themselves against the " common enemy ," which the Chadian government sees as the Rally for Democracy and Liberty ( RDL ) militants, Chadian rebels, backed by the Sudanese government, and Sudanese militiamen.

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.

They firmly believe that exposure of all citizens to the development of thought by those most responsible for the evolution of the Western tradition is integral to the survival of the freedoms, human rights and responsibilities inherent to a true Democracy.

This announcement consolidated the people, with more than a million students and citizens participating in anti-government protests all over the nation in June 1987 in the June Democracy Movement.

* Democracy: The government is answerable to citizens, who may change the representatives through elections.

In his book Soft Despotism, Democracy ’ s Drift, Dr. Paul Rahe, the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, wrote that focusing on equality-based rights leads to a subordination to the initial civil rights to an ever-expanding government, which would be too incompetent to provide for its citizens correctly and would merely seek to subordinate more rights.

A common definition of “ Internet Democracy ” is using the Internet, and other Information Communication Technologies ( ICTs ), to further democratic ideals and forms of governance through “ the Internet ’ s information flow, augmented by ever increasing rainfaills of data, constantly alter people ’ s knowledge of public affairs and more broadly the political relations of citizens within and between societies .” In numerous instances, social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress and Blogspot, are used heavily to promote democracy

Third Way advocates Direct Democracy along Swiss lines using referenda and citizens ' initiatives, and is strongly influenced by distributism and Social Credit.

In 1952 Jacob Talmon characterized Rousseau's " general will " as leading to a Totalitarian Democracy because, Talmon argued, the state subjected its citizens to the supposedly infallible will of the tyranny of the majority.

Democracy for America also fundraisers for the candidates directly, using their membership of over a million citizens to seek contributions for candidates directly

Democracy, which is so loudly proclaimed by the deluded is an absurdity in our countries, flooded as they are with vices and with their citizens lacking all sense of civic virtue, the prerequisite to establishing a real Republic.

Subsequently she founded a new political party, UPyD (" Unión, Progreso y Democracia " or Union, Progress and Democracy ), based on an already existing movement of basque citizens against terrorism of ETA.

* Democracy in the 21st century: Children: the silenced citizens.

The effect was to give ordinary citizens a direct say in how the country was governed ( see also Democracy ).

Since the Romans used a form of Direct Democracy, citizens, and not elected representatives, voted before each assembly.

The 20-page inaugural edition included " The Tri-State Defender Ten Point Program ", consisting of vows " to broadcast to the world the achievements of all the citizens it serves ", " to join hands with all citizens regardless of creed or color who wish to develop better human relations and to advance the principals of American Democracy ", and " to uphold those Christian principles which under gird our republic ", among others.

Justices of the peace used to be noblemen or squires but they now are more like what Alexis de Tocqueville described in Democracy in America as " well-informed citizens ".

His most recent book is The Making of Americans ; Democracy and Our Schools ( 2009 ), in which he makes the case that the true mission of the schools is to prepare citizens for participation in our democracy by embracing a common-core, knowledge-rich curriculum as opposed to the current content-free approach.

Declaring that “ it ’ s time for every Member State ... to increase the UN Democracy Fund ”, President Obama spoke of democracy as the form of government that delivers most for citizens, and described civil society – the focus of UNDEF's work – as the shapers of human progress and the conscience of communities.

As Diamond stated in his book, The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World, “ for democratic structures to endure – and be worthy of endurance – they must listen to their citizens ’ voices, engage their participation, tolerate their protests, protect their freedoms, and respond to their needs .”

Lappé co-founded the Center for Living Democracy, a 10-year initiative to accelerate the spread of democratic innovations in which regular citizens contribute to problem solving.