Great explainer that helped me understand, as a life-long Dem who has become fed up with the “party system”, what the promise of party and political associate can be IF not abused by party-elite. I’ve taken to calling RCV a voter-centric reform, but this gives me ideas of how to message the benefits of RCV to parties.
Fascinating to read this history from my former political stomping grounds (Franklin and Benton Counties / 9th LD). I moved back to the state of my youth in 2008 and got officially politically active with the local Democrats a few years after the events you described here, so I didn't have much awareness of the history of the Top 2 and brief life of RCV. I was the chair of the Franklin County DCC for a time and ran for State Legislature 2.5 times, begrudgingly as affiliating with the Dems after recognizing an Independent run was a non-starter. I resigned after winning the 3rd primary I never wanted to be in mid-pandemic 2020, then immediately put nearly 3,000 miles of physical distance between myself and the party of dysfunction and infighting to ensure my escape. The whole experience left me me with little hope for American's ability to work together for the common good, even in life and death situations, so I now live safely tucked away in Europe. Anyhow, it's interesting to see how all that infighting and lack of vision or cooperation far preceded the Bernie years.
Thanks for your comment JD Goulet. And for DemSOS readers, JD has her own very interesting Substack newsletter, "Disenchantments & Discoveries," (great name) full of insights and good writing about her expatriate experiences in Portugal/Europe. Check it out at https://jdgoulet.substack.com/ -- Steven Hill, editor, DemocracySOS
What is your take on Kshama Sawant and workers strike back? I think your goal is noble, perhaps consider teaming up with Vancouver like minds in COPE. We mutually support Kshama at times and vice versa. Your love for democracy appears genuine, I think we need to apply pressure with outside groups tho, for best results.
If you are interested in putting your events in an events app for more exposure i will provide a link to lighthouse media from Germany who i work with. It could be helpful. We are also reformists but trying to build an international coalition. It is going well. Check it out if you have time. It’s a bit cookie cutter, my apologies.
Our concept of starting sincere dialogue with mainstream journalism about world wide peace and truth activities is essential for discussing and ending the hypocrisy of media and bring new ethics to journalists.
Only together with honest and balanced media informations we can bring peace and truth to the world.
Today we invite already to more than 200 events, adding them to the web tool:
Great explainer that helped me understand, as a life-long Dem who has become fed up with the “party system”, what the promise of party and political associate can be IF not abused by party-elite. I’ve taken to calling RCV a voter-centric reform, but this gives me ideas of how to message the benefits of RCV to parties.
Dear Joy, That's the address. Thanks!!! — Krist
Fascinating to read this history from my former political stomping grounds (Franklin and Benton Counties / 9th LD). I moved back to the state of my youth in 2008 and got officially politically active with the local Democrats a few years after the events you described here, so I didn't have much awareness of the history of the Top 2 and brief life of RCV. I was the chair of the Franklin County DCC for a time and ran for State Legislature 2.5 times, begrudgingly as affiliating with the Dems after recognizing an Independent run was a non-starter. I resigned after winning the 3rd primary I never wanted to be in mid-pandemic 2020, then immediately put nearly 3,000 miles of physical distance between myself and the party of dysfunction and infighting to ensure my escape. The whole experience left me me with little hope for American's ability to work together for the common good, even in life and death situations, so I now live safely tucked away in Europe. Anyhow, it's interesting to see how all that infighting and lack of vision or cooperation far preceded the Bernie years.
Thanks for your comment JD Goulet. And for DemSOS readers, JD has her own very interesting Substack newsletter, "Disenchantments & Discoveries," (great name) full of insights and good writing about her expatriate experiences in Portugal/Europe. Check it out at https://jdgoulet.substack.com/ -- Steven Hill, editor, DemocracySOS
Thank you for the recommendation!
What is your take on Kshama Sawant and workers strike back? I think your goal is noble, perhaps consider teaming up with Vancouver like minds in COPE. We mutually support Kshama at times and vice versa. Your love for democracy appears genuine, I think we need to apply pressure with outside groups tho, for best results.
If you are interested in putting your events in an events app for more exposure i will provide a link to lighthouse media from Germany who i work with. It could be helpful. We are also reformists but trying to build an international coalition. It is going well. Check it out if you have time. It’s a bit cookie cutter, my apologies.
Our concept of starting sincere dialogue with mainstream journalism about world wide peace and truth activities is essential for discussing and ending the hypocrisy of media and bring new ethics to journalists.
Only together with honest and balanced media informations we can bring peace and truth to the world.
Today we invite already to more than 200 events, adding them to the web tool:
8min Explanationvideo: https://youtu.be/JMY-A6XdiBE
Link to web tool: https://lstu.fr/mediadialogueforpeace
International CALL of ACTION:
-Do you have contacts to a platform to publish our strategy for peace?
-Do you have personal contacts to independent journalists?
-Do you have personal contacts to peace and truth activists, to network and tell them about this strategy?
-Do you know of national or international events or event calendars of world wide peace and truth events to add them to our event list?
Do not hesitate to ask any questions, Greetings
Jimmy Gerum, +49-151-5055 2062
https://LeuchtturmARD.de/uk
https://theprisma.co.uk/2023/10/16/lighthouse-media-evolution-against-misinformation/