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Tag Archives: democracy
The Ninety Percent Club
The other day I was speaking to a group of gynecologists from the USA. This is the kind of thing I get paid to do. They were a very political group, and as part of their conference program in Sydney, had … Continue reading
Posted in democracy
Tagged 1967 Referendum, Australian citizenship, Australian Constitution, citizenship, citizenship test, civil rights movement, compulsory voting, Constitutional Recognition, democracy, electoral law, migration, Recognition Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution., voting
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A Conversation
The USA will soon have a President elected by people who voted for simplicity over complexity. The kind of simplicity that harks back to 20th Century Germany and Italy, Spain and Japan, Austria, Chile and Brazil. The list unfortunately goes on. … Continue reading
Posted in democracy
Tagged BREXIT, childhood versus adulthood, compromise, democracy, fascism, Parliament, political elite, politics, power, simplicity versus complexity, taxation, USA elections
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My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
The Revolution is not over. The Feminist Revolution that is. And the Democratic one too. In fact they’ve barely begun. “All my years of campaigning have given me one clear message: Voting isn’t the most we can do, but it is … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, climate change, Habitat, Spirit of Place
Tagged activism, Book Review, Cherokee, democracy, Democratic Conventions, Democratic Revolution, feminism, Feminist Revolution, Gloria Steinem, hope, joy, memoir, milpa, MS magazine, My life on te road, Native Indian agricutural methods, native mythology, Spider Woman, spirituality, the Trickster, vertical history
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Crying in the Cathedral
In Australia, left leaning, liberal thinking, chardonnay sipping, bleeding hearts types are living through hopeless times. It seems there is very little we can do except wait for the next election. At least there is a next election. I was … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Experiments with Food
Tagged candles, citizenship laws, climate change, democracy, elections, English Civil War, Federal Government, hope, legal system, meditation, Minister, Parliament, pragmatism, prayer, scrambled eggs, soul, soup, St Mary's Cathedral, The Pope's encyclical on Climate Change, voting
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